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SHARPSBERG, With one hour a week, you could change a life.

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ORGANIZATION: Agape Hospice Care - Atlanta, Georgia

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Sharpsberg and surrunding area's, we are looking for you!
We are looking for students needing hours to graduate, stay at home parents, empty nesters, retired persons and all inbetween to join our volunteer team.
We need volunteers to make "friendly" visits to our terminally ill patients. By visiting one hour per week you can gift the gift of love.

How do I get started?

  1. request an application and consent to run a backgrund check
  2. Get a two part TB test (we pay)
  3. Take 9 online training modules by Relias.
  4. Meet up for an inperson orientation
  5. Meet your patient

This opprotunity is wonderful for collage students needing hours to graduate. We can work with anyone's schedule. There is NO hands on care being done by you, just spending time with a patient, reading, talking, playing music.

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About Agape Hospice Care - Atlanta, Georgia

Location:

1395 S Marietta Parkway SE, Bldg 750 Suite 730, Marietta, GA 30067, US

Mission Statement

The mission of Agape Hospice Care is to provide quality care for patients faced with a life-limiting illness. We assist any person with a terminal illness with the ability to live with little or no pain or suffering and to accept death without fear.

Description

Agape Hospice Care was a nurse-owned and family-run hospice that believes in providing the best care possible. At Agape Hospice Care, we support an individual’s Goal to live each day as they decide, whether in the home or at a facility. Agape Hospice Care Volunteers are an integral part of the Hospice team. We take pride in having volunteers from many different backgrounds with many different talents and abilities. Our hospice volunteers give generously of their time to assist patients, and caregivers to relieve some of the tasks required when one becomes lives with a terminal diagnosis.

CAUSE AREAS

Health & Medicine
Seniors
Veterans & Military Families
Health & Medicine, Seniors, Veterans & Military Families

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

125 West Montgomery StreetVilla Rica, GA 30180

(33.73256,-84.92061)
 

SKILLS

  • Customer Service
  • Hospice Care
  • Veteran Care
  • Crocheting
  • Knitting
  • Music Therapy

GOOD FOR

  • Teens
  • People 55+

REQUIREMENTS

  • Driver's License Needed
  • Background Check
  • Must be at least 17
  • Orientation or Training
  • that is up to your needs.
  • Committed, reliable, empathetic, mature

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