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2 people are interested
Companion Volunteer- Rush City, North Branch Area
ORGANIZATION: AseraCare Hospice
Please visit the new page to apply.
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2 people are interested
Companion Volunteers
AseraCare Hospice seeks caring, compassionate individuals who would be willing to spend an hour a week visiting our terminally ill patients and their families. Volunteers spend sacred time together with patients and families simply by accompanying them during their final journey. Companions offer patients healing by practicing a calming presence, deep compassion, and generous listening. Volunteers play an important role in providing social support and decreasing isolation that can so often occur for the terminally ill.
Volunteers are provided free training, a training certificate, and can work flexible hours that suit their individual schedules. Volunteer training blends ancient wisdom with contemporary practices.
Volunteer Training is offered on a quarterly basis at the Bloomington office. However the Volunteer Coordinator would also be happy to provide training individually in your area.
*Out of respect for the grieving process, if you are a surviving family member, we encourage you to wait a minimum of one year following the patient’s death to serve as a direct care volunteer or in public relations activities.
More opportunities with AseraCare Hospice
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About AseraCare Hospice
Location:
5001 American Bvld., Suite 655, Bloomington, MN 55437, US
Mission Statement
AseraCare's mission is to share our passion for improving quality of life through innovative healthcare, one person, one family and one community at a time.
Description
Hospice is about living. Hospice neither hastens nor postpones death, but rather it affirms life, emphasizes dignity, and enhances the quality of the remainder of a person's life. Hospice adds life to days at a time when days can no longer be added to life.
Hospice treats the person, not the disease . . . focuses on family and friends, not just the individual . . . and emphasizes the quality of life, not the duration.
Hospice is a program of palliative and supportive services that provide physical, psychological, social and spiritual care for terminally ill persons and their families. It is a comprehensive, medically directed, team-oriented program that accentuates pain control and symptom management for patients who no longer respond to routine aggressive medical care. The focus of hospice care is palliative rather than curative in nature.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
650 S Bremer Ave.(in addition to other facilities and patients'homes in the vicinity)Rush City, MN 55069
DATE POSTED
September 27, 2018
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
N/A
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 1-2 hours per week
- + travel time