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47 people are interested
Pet Companion Hospice Volunteer- Twin Cities Metro
ORGANIZATION: AseraCare Hospice
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47 people are interested
Pet Companion Volunteers
Goal: "Patients experience the unconditional love of an animal"
Reward: "To enlarge your own capacity for letting yourself be loved."
Description: Pet Companions bring pets to provide a presence with patients. Pets are the epitome for showing us that it’s not just about what you do, it’s how you do it. When pets are used as a healing tool they can decrease patient stress, anxiety, and pain and increase the patient’s sense of warmth and love. All pets must be certified in pet therapy training, have up-to-date health records and insurance. Volunteers are expected to make a commitment to visit their patient once a week for one-two hours.
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 required and is offered on a quarterly basis at the Bloomington office. Volunteers who make visits with a pet must have appropriate documentation (including pet therapy certification) for their pet.
*Out of respect for the grieving process, if you are a surviving family member, we encourage you to wait thirteen months following the death of a loved one, 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
5001 American Blvd., Ste 625/655(Roseville, Stillwater, St. Paul, Fridley, CoonRapids, St. Louis Park, Hopkins, Richfield, etc.)Bloomington, MN 55437
DATE POSTED
September 27, 2018
SKILLS
GOOD FOR
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- 1-3 hrs per week
- + travel time