Companionship and Respite Volunteer
OhioHealth Hospice in Athens (formerly Appalachian Community Hospice)
Volunteers in the field have big hearts and good common sense. Field volunteers visit with hospice clients in their homes (single family residences or nursing facilities) to provide companionship and give the caregivers some respite. Volunteers chat, play card games, watch television, make a light meal. Sometimes they take clients for walks or work in their gardens or a visit can involve just reading quietly by the bedside.
About OhioHealth Hospice in Athens (formerly Appalachian Community Hospice)
Location:
444 West Union St, Suite C, Athens, OH 45701, Athens, OH 45701, US
Mission Statement
OhioHealth Hospice in Athens is committed to providing the highest quality care to members of our community who are facing the end of their lives. Staff and volunteers strive to meet the physical, emotional, psychosocial, and spiritual needs of the our clients and their families.
Description
OhioHealth Hospice in Athens program Athens, Hocking, Meigs, and Vinton Counties in Ohio. Hospice offers nurses, home care aides, physical, occupational and speech therapists, social workers, and volunteers to make the final months of the terminally ill as comfortable, as pain-free, and as fulfilling as possible.
Volunteers are an integral part of the Interdisciplinary Hospice Team and are treated and trained as unpaid employees. We have a volunteer coordinator who oversees and nurtures our volunteer program.