Are you considering a career in healthcare? If so, volunteer with hospice!

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Are you considering a career in healthcare? If so, get hands-on, real world experience by volunteering with hospice.

If you are thinking about a career in healthcare, you should consider volunteering with hospice. Hospice care is designed to support patients with life-limiting illnesses by focusing on comfort rather than a cure. It addresses the whole person, including their physical, emotional, social, and spiritual needs.

Volunteers are a integral part of the hospice care team (i.e., interdisciplinary team), which includes physicians, nurses, nursing assistants, social workers, chaplains, home health aides, and bereavement counselors.

Volunteering with hospice can be invaluable for individuals pursuing careers in medicine, nursing, social work, counseling, or other healthcare fields. As a hospice volunteer you will gain insights into patient care, develop communication and empathy skills, and learn how to support individuals in their end-of-life journey.

Volunteering with hospice doesn’t just benefit the patient and their caregivers; it also benefits the volunteer. Serving others is fulfilling work, and hospice volunteers who help those receiving end-of-life care often learn to appreciate life more. Everyone has a limited amount of time in their lives, and interacting with hospice patients can encourage volunteers to appreciate what they have and strive to live a more meaningful life with the time they’ve been given.

About Autumn Hospice

Autumn Hospice’s mission is to provide compassionate, holistic end-of-life care, centered on a personal approach, connectedness, dignity, and clinical excellence. Focus of care is directed toward patient goals for the remainder of life and is adjusted and refocused as the condition of the patient changes.

Nurses, social workers, home health aides, volunteers, bereavement counselors, chaplains, physicians, and management of Autumn Hospice provide a dynamic, holistic interdisciplinary team to serve the patient, family, caregiver and significant other, which is recognized as the "unit of care."

The Autumn Hospice team continuously strives to meet and exceed the unique and very individualized spiritual, emotional, and physical needs of the "patient/unit of care" during the dying process, continuing through the bereavement period that follows the death of the patient.

Vision:

• We believe that everyone’s journey deserves the utmost respect, empathy, and support. Our personal approach lies at the heart of everything we do.
• We strive to build strong, trusting relationships with our patients and their families; whomever they deem is their "family"; acknowledging their unique needs, wishes, and values.
• By truly understanding their stories, hopes, and fears, we aim to create an environment that promotes comfort, peace, and emotional well-being.
• We believe connectedness is a cornerstone of our mission.
• We foster a sense of belonging and community, ensuring that patients and their loved ones feel supported throughout this challenging time.
• We actively engage with families, offering guidance, resources, and a compassionate presence to help them navigate the complexities of end-of-life care.
• By fostering open communication and creating a supportive network, we aim to alleviate feelings of isolation and promote an atmosphere of shared understanding and solace.

Communities Served

Autumn Hospice serves patients and their families in several Massachusetts communities, including:

City/Town

County

Abington

Plymouth

Auburn

Worcester

Boston

Suffolk

Braintree

Norfolk

Brockton

Plymouth

Canton

Norfolk

Duxbury

Plymouth

East Bridgewater

Plymouth

Framingham

Middlesex

Hanover

Plymouth

Hingham

Plymouth

Marshfield

Plymouth

Norwell

Plymouth

Pembroke

Plymouth

Plymouth

Plymouth

Quincy

Norfolk

Rockland

Plymouth

Scituate

Plymouth

Shrewsbury

Worcester

South Weymouth

Norfolk

Sterling

Worcester

Stoughton

Norfolk

Sudbury

Middlesex

Wayland

Middlesex

Weymouth

Norfolk

Worcester

Worcester

Volunteer with Autumn Hospice

https://www.autumnhospice.com/volunteer

Autumn Hospice provides orientation and training for our volunteers as well as continuing education and ongoing support. Please contact us to learn more about Autumn Hospice and how to apply to our volunteer program.

Contact:

Phone: 781-480-1445

Email: volunteer@autumnhospice.com