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College Student Volunteers Needed! Trinity Health of New England at Home Hospice

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ORGANIZATION: Trinity Health Of New England at Home

  • A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
  • 26 people are interested
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Looking for Students interested in or working towards a career in Healthcare.

Use what you have learned in the classroom to help improve the quality of life for hospice patients. Utilize free time to be compassionate and genuine in order to reduce terminally ill patients’ loneliness and isolation. Please help us keep our patients happy and comfortable as they reach the end of their life due to a variety of health conditions including: cancer, Alzheimer’s, etc.

How can you benefit by being a volunteer?

  • Build your resume: Volunteer experience shows proof of motivation, commitment, initiative, dependability, and flexibility

  • Develop interpersonal skills

  • Increase meaning and purpose in your life

  • Receive a letter of recommendation
  • Experience significant opportunities for growth and development

    Responsibilities of Companion volunteers:

  • Contribute to our patients' quality of life

  • Attend to Patients' Needs

  • Communicate with Nurses by keeping them Up to Date about each Patient visited

  • Maintain Patients' Confidentiality

  • Travel and Visit patients in their homes or nursing facilities close to home.

  • Read to them, give hand massage, assist in life review or memory building

    We offer you:

  • FREE TB test and MMR Titer

  • Extremely flexible assignments (anytime you can give is greatly appreciated)

  • Convenient Orientation and FREE training and that fits your schedule

  • Receive Internship Credit (if applicable-unpaid)


    *Please contact Volunteer Coordinator, Iqra Malik at newenglandvolunteers@trinity-health.org. Or Visit our Website for more information https://www.trinityhealthathome.org/connecticut/trinity-health-of-new-england-at-home/volunteer/

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About Trinity Health Of New England at Home

Location:

76 Batterson Rd, Farmington, CT 06032, US

Mission Statement

Enjoy great satisfaction as a compassionate volunteer who enriches the lives of patients with life-limiting illnesses and their loved ones. All you need is genuine desire to help patients and their families, emotional maturity, ability to offer assurance and kindness without judgment, ability to listen with sensitivity and respect, flexibility to adapt to the changes in needs and background-check clearance. Full training is provided. Those who have recently lost a loved one are asked to wait a year before becoming volunteers.

Description

Volunteer Opportunities

  • Companionship
  • Respite care - support to provide a break for patient’s caregivers/loved ones
  • Supportive check-in calls for grieving families
  • Light household assistance
  • Meal preparation assistance
  • Spiritual support
  • Administrative assistance

CAUSE AREAS

Community
Health & Medicine
Seniors
Community, Health & Medicine, Seniors

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

76 Batterson Park RdFarmington, CT 06032

(41.714188,-72.79403)
 

SKILLS

  • Office Reception
  • Administrative Support
  • Data Entry
  • Animal Therapy
  • Music Theory
  • Bereavement Support

GOOD FOR

  • Group

REQUIREMENTS

  • Driver's License Needed
  • Background Check
  • Must be at least 18
  • Orientation or Training
  • 6 hours a month

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