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6 people are interested
Bilingual Volunteers needed for Friendship & Support of Hospice Patients
ORGANIZATION: Residential Hospice
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6 people are interested
Residential Hospice is seeking dedicated Patient Support Volunteers to help patients and families through their end-of-life journey. Hospice patients have a terminal diagnosis and a limited life expectancy, and they and their loved ones are often dealing with many emotional stressors while in the care of hospice. Because we care for a diverse group of patients, we are looking especially for volunteers who speak more than one language. Our most common requests are:
Spanish
Filipino
Polish
Russian
Korean
Yiddish
A patient support volunteer can help in a few ways:
1. Volunteers can provide comfort, companionship and friendship to a patient living in a nursing facility or at home who is struggling with feelings of loneliness or a lack of socialization. These volunteers can provide a range of interventions depending on the patient and their diagnosis - from reading aloud, talking, or attending facility activities with the patient to simply listening to music, painting nails or holding a hand.
2. Volunteers can provide respite services for caregivers who are overwhelmed by the stress of caring for a loved one. Volunteers sit with a patient (sometimes doing the same activities as above) while the caregiver takes time to grocery shop, attend an appointment of their own, or just do some much-needed self care.
No previous experience is necessary. To be a good hospice volunteer you need only to be dependable and punctual, flexible and patient, non-judgmental and friendly, a good listener and kind-hearted.
Qualifications:
- Volunteers must be 18 or older, and must be willing to commit to volunteering for 2-3 hours/week for a minimum of one full year.
- Volunteers must be willing to complete a health assessment (at our agency's expense)that includes a physical, a blood screening for infectious disease and a Tb test, as well as an annual flu vaccine. Volunteers must also have their Covid Vaccine and may be required to receive boosters.
- Volunteers must have a social security number and complete paperwork for us to run a background check.
- Volunteers must be willing to complete our Volunteer Orientation process, which is done in person and remotely, and typically takes 5-10 hours depending on previous experience.
- If a volunteer has had a loss of a close family member or friend, we ask that they wait 12 months before applying to volunteer with hospice.
- Those who are going into or have been in the healthcare or mental health field
- Veterans wanting to work with other veterans
- Retirees who enjoy socializing with folks who need company
- Those with registered therapy animals who would like to participate in our Pet Therapy program
- Volunteers who speak a second language and would like to support patients in their own language
- Those who have benefitted from hospice support (over a year ago) and would like to help others going through a similar experience
If this role sounds like a good fit for you, please get in touch to arrange an interview - we look forward to hearing from you!
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About Residential Hospice
Location:
4901 Searle Pkwy # 160, Skokie, IL 60077, US
Mission Statement
We’re on a mission to provide elite care across the healthcare continuum. Our multidisciplinary team provides unique solutions for each patient dependent on their needs and goals. We’ve been serving patients and their families with intention and meaning for over 20 years.
Description
At Residential Healthcare Group, we are on a mission to positively impact our patients and their families and inspire a renewed sense of hope and confidence by providing exceptional home health, palliative, and hospice care.
To meet the unique needs of every patient and family, our extraordinary care teams serve as way finders and way makers by delivering individualized care plans and experiences, wherever you are.
We are governed by core values in dealing with one another, our patients, their families and caregivers, our partners, customers, and vendors.
We believe that exceptional care is best delivered in a collaborative environment and seek to continually transform the home health, palliative and hospice industries through our proven team-based approach to care management and delivery.
By educating our patients and their families, and advocating for those in need, we aspire to increase access to our industry-leading services at every stage of the patient’s journey, whenever and wherever they need us.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Multiple locations Skokie, IL 60077
DATE POSTED
November 5, 2024
SKILLS
- Nursing
- Patient Care
- Hospice Care
- Veteran Care
- People Skills
- Relationship Building
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 2-3 hours/week, 1 year minimum commitment
- Tb test and Health Screen/Drug Test, Covid Vaccine, Background Check, orientation and yearly Tb Test and education.