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1 person is interested
Patient and Family Support Volunteers Needed!
ORGANIZATION: Hosparus Health
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1 person is interested
Hosparus Health of Barren River needs volunteers in Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Logan, Metcalfe, Monroe, Simpson and Warren counties and will offer a free orientation and training session from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. CST on Friday, June 21st (lunch provided), at its Glasgow office, 1320 North Race St. Individual trainings can be scheduled based on need.
Hosparus Health provides hospice and palliative care to seriously ill patients and their families. Volunteers perform a variety of duties, which may include patient/family support, administrative support, help with community events and fundraising. Hosparus Health volunteers must be in good health, have available transportation and complete an application and full day of training. The organization needs volunteers of all ages and interests.
Pre-registration is required prior to training. To register for this event, or for general information about how to become a Hosparus Health volunteer, visit hosparushealth.org/volunteer to complete an application online or contact Jessica Briley at 270.782.7258 ext. 3815 or jbriley@hosparus.org.
About Hosparus Health
Since 1978, Hosparus Health, a fully accredited nonprofit hospice and palliative care organization, has provided medical care, grief counseling, pain management and much more for people facing serious and life-limiting illnesses in Kentucky and Indiana. Hosparus Health has over 700 employees and 700 volunteers who care for almost 8,500 patients and families every year. To learn more, visit www.hosparushealth.org.
More opportunities with Hosparus Health
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Hosparus Health
Location:
6200 DUTCHMANS LANE, LOUISVILLE, KY 40205, US
Mission Statement
Hosparus Health offers compassionate care for patients and families who choose to have the best quality of life possible until the end of life. We provide hospice and palliative care, wherever our patients call home. Our enhanced vision through this expansion is to be the pre-eminent provider of compassionate life care, offering specialized, person-centered care for anyone who is seriously ill.
Description
For 40 years, thousands of people living with serious and life-limiting illnesses in Kentucky and Indiana have relied on Hosparus Health to help them get the most out of each day. We provide compassionate palliative and hospice care wherever our patients call home. Our nationally recognized Care Teams offer medical care and pain management, individual and family counseling, personal care, companionship, spiritual care, and so much more.
Our services are available to patients of all ages. Through our Kourageous Kids, program, one of the first pediatric palliative and hospice program in the country, we care for seriously ill children and their families. And as a fully accredited nonprofit organization, our services are available to any patient who needs us, regardless of their ability to pay.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
1320 North Race StreetGlasgow, KY 42141
DATE POSTED
June 4, 2019
SKILLS
- Elder care
- Bereavement Support
- Patient Care
- Community Outreach
- People Skills
- Relationship Building
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- Flexible volunteer schedule: ask for commitment of 24 hours of volunteering per year but not required
- 2 Step TB Skin test is required for patient and family support volunteers (provided by Hosparus Health free of charge); flu shot is required for all volunteers November 1 through March 30.