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12 people are interested
Hospice Volunteers needed (office & field)
ORGANIZATION: Victoria One Hosice, Inc.
Please visit the new page to apply.
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12 people are interested
Victoria One Hospice, Inc. volunteers offer support, companionship and practical, compassionate help. Some interact directly with patients and families. Others prefer to work behind the scenes in the office setting. As a volunteer, you help determine which tasks you’re best suited to perform. The tasks of volunteers include:
- Helping with office support tasks at the agency
- Running errands for patients and families
- Staying with patients so family members can get a much-needed rest
- Reading, or providing a comforting touch
- Playing or singing soothing music to patients
- Keeping vigil with patients in their final hours
- Providing a friendly visit to lift a patient's spirits
- These and other tasks are why hospice volunteers are such an essential part of the Victoria One Hospice, Inc. experience.
More opportunities with Victoria One Hosice, Inc.
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Victoria One Hosice, Inc.
Location:
510 E. Foothill Blvd. Ste 106, San Dimas, CA 91773, US
Mission Statement
Victoria One Hospice is committed to providing comfort, care, and compassion to our patients as well as their loved ones. Our mission is to enhance the hospice patients quality of life by managing their symptoms and promoting their physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being. Our goal is to ease the emotional burdens of the patients as their loved ones experience the end of their lives journeys. With patient care our top priority, we recognize that their loved ones too need support and guidance. Hospice allows the patient to be cared for wherever place they call home: including their family residence, long-term care facility, assisted living facility, or in a hospital setting.
Description
HOSPICE CARE is a program of care and support that you may want to consider if you or someone you care for is terminally ill. HOSPICE CARE is a special way of caring for people. It is given by a public agency or private company approved by Medicare. It is for ALL age groups, including children, adults, and elderly during their final stages of life.
Here are some important facts about hospice:- Hospice provides comfort and support services to people who are terminally ill. It helps them live out the time they have remaining to the fullest extent possible.
- Hospice care is provided by a specially trained team that cares for the "whole person", including his or her physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs.
- Hospice provides support to family members caring for a terminally - ill person.
- Hospice is generally given in the home.
- Hospice services may include medications, physical care, counseling, equipment and supplies for the terminal illness and related condition(s).
- Hospice is Not only for people with cancer.
- Hospice doesn’t shorten or prolong life.
- Hospice focuses on comfort, not curing an illness.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
510 E. Foothill Blvd. Ste 106San Dimas, CA 91773
DATE POSTED
February 20, 2019
SKILLS
- Bilingual
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Flexible, we will work around your schedule
- Orientation and Basic training will be done after the application process