Peace Through Music
ORGANIZATION: Elara Caring
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Elara Caring, one of the nation’s largest providers of home-based care, is looking for compassionate volunteers willing to donate their time to provide exceptional end-of-life care to local hospice patients and their families.
If you love to sing or play an instrument, you can share music with a hospice patient in a local nursing facility or a patient’s home. This opportunity is especially appealing to music lovers and music therapy students. We typically ask that you visit your assigned patient 1-2 hours per week.
For information please contact Candy Whipple cwhipple@elara.com
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About Elara Caring
Location:
630 Kenmoor, Grand Rapids, MI 49546, US
Mission Statement
Elara Caring Hospice encourages a philosophy of care that assists patients, caregivers, family and friends during the final stages of terminal illness. We promote dignity and emphasize quality of life for those who choose to die in familiar surroundings with the ones they love. Right time, Right place, Right Hospice.
Description
Time is our most precious gift. Share your gift with a Hospice patient.
Time is limited, yet of eternal value. What makes it so is how you use it and to whom you give it. Share your gift of time with a patient on their end-of-life journey. No special skills are necessary, just a listening ear and an open heart. It will be some of the most rewarding time you’ll ever spend.
Elara Caring Hospice is currently looking for Volunteers: Companion Volunteers, Pet Therapy, Veteran Volunteers, Office Volunteers, and Crafting Volunteers. We have patients in need in outlying areas as well as the Grand Rapids Area. These areas include Grand Rapids, Big Rapids, Wayland/ Hastings, Greenville, Rockford, Holland, and Saugatuck/Douglas.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
State STBig Rapids, MI 49307
DATE POSTED
March 15, 2024
SKILLS
- Elder care
- Music Arts
- Hospice Care
- People Skills
- Music Therapy
- Singing
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 17
- Orientation or Training
- Hours are flexible. Typically we ask that you offer 1-2 hours per week in the office.
- Background check, fingerprinting, TB Test, Weekly COVID testing … All paid for by Elara Caring.