VITAS Healthcare of Dothan

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Seniors
Veterans & Military Families
Women

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1435 West Main StreetDothan, AL 36301 United States

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http://www.vitas.com/volunteer

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A Friendly Visit to Hospice Patients and their Families

Flexible Schedule | Dothan, AL 36301

VITAS is looking for kind and caring volunteers to help terminally ill patients and their families. When you make friendly visits, run simple errands, provide a listening ear, and offer the gift of friendship at a crucial time, you can make a real difference in another's life. Yours, too! Take advantage of numerous volunteer opportunities, including: Sitting with a patient while the caregiver takes a break Making friendly visits to patients and their families at home or in a nursing home Driving a patient to appointments Accompanying a patient to a church function, wedding, beauty shop, play, or ballgame Running errands to the grocery store, drug store, or post office Assisting with programs and special events VITAS provides free training and orientation for volunteers to help learn the skills required to be an outstanding hospice volunteer. Volunteering also strengthens your resume for a post-college career. For more information about VITAS Volunteer Services, visit https://www.vitas.com/volunteer .

Date Posted: May 1, 2025
A Hospice Veteran Volunteer Visit

Flexible Schedule | Dothan, AL 36301

VITAS wants to enlist your services to care for terminally ill veterans living at home and in nursing homes, assisted living communities and medical centers. Be all You Can Be as a Veteran Volunteer VITAS Veteran Volunteers may or may not be U.S. military veterans themselves. They are trained to meet the specific needs of terminally ill veterans living in their own homes, nursing homes, assisted living communities and veterans’ medical centers. Our Veteran Volunteers visit terminally ill veterans; drive and/or accompany a veteran to appointments, shopping and other events; help a veteran apply for benefits or learn about available assistance; help replace lost or stolen military medals by contacting appropriate agencies; listen to life stories or record or videotape a veteran’s reminiscences; telephone veterans to ask how they are doing; attend or help plan activities celebrating Memorial Day and Veteran’s Day; educate veteran’s groups about hospice services by speaking at their meetings. Volunteer orientation teaches the skills required to be a hospice volunteer. VITAS Veteran Volunteers are further trained to meet specific end-of-life needs of veterans to improve their quality of life. Time and dates are ongoing and flexible. Orientation and training to be a VITAS Veteran Volunteer is free. Veterans enjoy receiving visitors-people who will listen to their fading memories and reminiscences. Some veterans need transportation to appointments, shopping and other events. Others may need help applying for benefits or researching other kinds of assistance. VITAS Veteran Volunteers learn to help. Show a veteran that he or she is not forgotten. For more information about VITAS Volunteer Services visit: https://www.vitas.com/volunteer .

Date Posted: May 1, 2025
Do you like reading? Help a patient who would like to hear a soothing voice.

May 19 - Aug 17 | Dothan, AL 36301

VITAS is looking for caring individuals to share their voice and read to a terminally ill patient to help comfort them. If you enjoy reading and have time to , you may be a perfect person to help. VITAS provides free volunteer orientation to help you learn the skills required to be an outstanding volunteer caller. Volunteering can strengthen your resume for post-college job rvice concerns.interviews and careers.

Date Posted: Apr 25, 2025
Bring Music into the Life of a Hospice Patient

Flexible Schedule | Dothan, AL 36301

VITAS Healthcare(r) is looking for musical volunteers who are able to play musical instruments and/or sing for hospice patients living at home, in the hospital or in long term care facilities. Sometimes what a hospice patient needs most is a way to express feelings without talking. By playing or singing their favorite song or hymns, VITAS music volunteers help patients and families reconnect with feelings and memories that can bring about a sense of peace and happiness. VITAS provides training on how to work with people at the end of life. The volunteer provides the talent, compassion and time. Assignments are made according to the volunteer’s time and location. For more information about VITAS Volunteer Services visit: https://www.vitas.com/volunteer .

Date Posted: May 1, 2025
Are you a good organizer? Offcie help needed

May 19 - Aug 17 | Dothan, AL 36301

Administrative volunteers promote hospice care by helping perform clerical assignments in an office setting. These assignments can include helping process mail outs, filing, data entry, answering phones, restocking supplies, making packets, plus many other tasks. Your office contribution does help with our patients and families that we serve and you skills are always needed. VITAS Volunteer orientation is provided free of charge to help you learn the skills required to be an outstanding Office Volunteer. Volunteers are needed between the hours of 8am and 5pm, Monday through Friday.

Date Posted: May 19, 2025

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Mission Statement

VITAS Healthcare recognizes the importance of a strong and innovative program. Volunteers are an integral part of the hospice program, allowing VITAS to continue personalizing, enhancing and expanding services offered to patients and families. By exemplifying the VITAS Values, volunteers serve as patient and family advocates and are proactive in meeting the needs of patients and families. VITAS integrates volunteers into the hospice team by actively recruiting, training, supporting and creatively utilizing volunteers to meet patient and family needs. Volunteers and their contributions are respected and valued.

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Volunteers are the heart of VITAS Healthcare(r), providing friendly, non-medical support to hospice patients and their family or offering support services in the office. We are seeking caring and compassionate individuals to volunteer for our patients in their homes or in nursing facilities in your community throughout Dothan.

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by Iyioke C. from NG (April 10, 2025)

To render a selfless service and at the same time gain experience in the niche for onward interest of a remote Job... helping to solve people's problems and putting smile on their face has been my hobby.. so I will love to contribute toward that in life of my fellows as that is what I enjoy doing.

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by El MEHDI C. from MA (April 8, 2025)

I want to try that. And I love volunteering

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