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1 person is interested
Good Neighbor Hospice Volunteer Program
ORGANIZATION: Good Neighbor Hospice
Please visit the new page to apply.
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1 person is interested
Volunteer fills the gap between loved ones and professional caregivers. Volunteers will be there even when friends and family find it hard to do so. Volunteers don’t have the emotional attachment family does. They are trained to meet the needs of patients and families. They visit on a schedule, yet are open to change as dictated by the patient’s health and interests. They are unpaid, yet priceless.
Hospice volunteers need to know that hospice work takes its toll. You become friends with people who are going to die, and with the people who love them. You must be able to sit quietly, take a back seat to the events taking place around you, be a calming presence when that is called for. You need to be a guest, an observer, a facilitator.
As a hospice volunteer, you need to:
- Commit the time to volunteer orientation
- Be dependable
- Be patient
- Be a listener, and comfortable in silence
- Know your strengths, your limits, and when to say no
- Be non-judgmental
- Accept that needs can be physical, emotional and/or spiritual
- Respect all beliefs, all religious customs and all who lack them
More opportunities with Good Neighbor Hospice
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Good Neighbor Hospice
Location:
1122 N Main St., Muskogee, OK 74401, US
Mission Statement
Good Neighbor Hospice, LLC is guided by a tradition of personal, clinical and technological excellence. We believe that serving patients in the community setting is the most important activity of the organization. We are dedicated to providing the highest quality of patient care with compassion and respect for each person.
Description
Good Neighbor Hospice offers patients and their families a variety of support services. These services are provided by professionally trained physicians, therapist, nurses, volunteer, and clergy. This team wil put together a plan of care based on the needs of the patient and their family. Medications, medical equipment, and incontinent supplies are just some of the support services provided.
Additional services provided include, pain and symptom management as well as bereavement and spiritual counseling. The patient may have their religious desires carried out throughout their illness by a qualified religious representative.
Good Neighbor Hospice is locally owned and operated since 2007 by:
Cindy Johnson
Robert Gaddy
and
Jennifer Gaddy
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1122 N Main St.Muskogee, OK 74401
DATE POSTED
September 7, 2016
SKILLS
- Hospice Care
- Elder care
- People Skills
- Bereavement Support
- Spiritual Healing
- Administrative Support
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training