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1 person is interested
Busy schedule? Become a pen-pal with a hospice patient - Butler College Area Area
ORGANIZATION: Gentiva-Heartland Home Health Care & Hospice
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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1 person is interested
Pen pal definition, a person with whom one keeps up an exchange of letters, usually someone so far away that a personal meeting is unlikely. Brighten a hospice patient's day with a weekly letter.
Promedica Hospice is looking for that special volunteer to bring joy to the life of a hospice patient, just by sharing yourself.
Volunteer Opportunities
Our 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 MAY INCLUDE:- 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
- Providing special veteran volunteer support to patients who are veterans
- Mailing birthday cards or becoming pen-pals
- Legacy Projects
- Making friendly phone calls
As a hospice volunteer, you can donate as much or as little of your time as you desire. When you become a volunteer, we will provide you with a detailed orientation to the hospice program, so you will fully understand our caring philosophy and goals and have the skills needed to assist patients and their families. Please e-mail Abbie Hutson, Volunteer Coordinator, at abbie.hutson@heartlandhospice.com with a time you can attend orientation to learn more about the volunteer openings we currently have available for you.
https://www.gentivahs.com/careers/volunteers/
More opportunities with Gentiva-Heartland Home Health Care & Hospice
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Gentiva-Heartland Home Health Care & Hospice
Location:
2872 North Ridge Road, Suite 122, Wichita, KS 67205, US
Mission Statement
The mission of Gentiva-Heartland Hospice is to provide quality care to patients with a limited life expectancy, as well as support to their caregivers. The quality of life for those we serve is enhanced through palliative and specialized supportive care designed to meet the physical, psychosocial and spiritual needs of the patients and caregivers. Hospice care is provided by an interdisciplinary team utilizing an approach to the care delivered to patients either in their own home or extended care facility; working cooperatively with area health care providers and other community resources. Heartland Hospice strives to provide care to all who are eligible and need hospice care irrespective of ability to pay. Hospice care is a promise....a promise to patients who are facing the most difficult time of life, when choices seem few, and the patient and family situation is most fragile.
Description
As a Hospice volunteer, you will be orientated to the Hospice Program so you can understand our philosophy and goals. This will enable you to have the skills needed to assist patients and their families. You will not be asked to become a family counselor, just a non-judgmental listener and friend.
As a volunteer you will love the sense of self-satisfaction you will receive from bringing special pleasure to someone's life. You will enjoy learning from the vast experience and colorful life of our patients and their families.
Also, if you are a member of a special interest group (a choir, drama club, garden club, etc.) you may want to volunteer your group for a special project or activity. Become an integral part of the Heartland team by becoming a Heartland Hospice Volunteer.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Multiple locations El Dorado, KS 67042
DATE POSTED
December 8, 2023
SKILLS
- Customer Service
- People Skills
- Relationship Building
GOOD FOR
- Kids
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
- 30 minutes to 1 hour weekly
- 1 time group projects welcome