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Newport News, VA 23606
Traditions Health of Newport News, d.b.a. Hospice Community Care, is looking for volunteers. We are seeking dedicated Friendly Visitor volunteers to spend time with our patients in Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk or Virginia Beach. Hospice Community Care provides dignified end-of-life care and quality services for our patients and their loved ones. As a Friendly Visitor volunteer, you would spend quality time with your patient by doing things like taking them outside (weather permitting), playing a card game or checkers, watching a classic movie together or simply providing quiet support for your patient with your presence. As a Friendly Visitor volunteer, you will visit your patient in whatever setting they call home; a nursing home, an assisted living facility, an apartment or a house. Friendly Visitor volunteers "bring the sunshine" to their patient by building a bond between themselves and their patient. We will work with your schedule as much as possible but we do ask for five hours a month. To become a Friendly Visitor volunteer, you must be 18 years of age or older, be a licensed driver with current auto insurance and a clean driving records with no DUI's. You must take a TB which Hospice Community Care provides at no cost to you. Training is mandatory and no personal care for the patient (feeding, bathing, dressing) is involved. You will receive training regarding Covid-19 including mask wearing, social distancing and hand washing. As a volunteer with Hospice Community Care, you will be required to follow Covid-19 protocols as they pertain to your patient. Does this sound like an opportunity for you? Contact us through Volunteer Match or contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Cynthia Vereen-Anderson at 804-290-0951or email her today at cynthia.anderson@traditionshealth.com. We are looking forward to hearing from you!
Date Posted: 2024-01-16
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Newport News, VA 23606
Hospice Community Care, the Heart of your Community, is experiencing unprecedented growth in the Peninsula area (Hampton, Newport News, Poquoson, Williamsburg, James City County or York County). We have a great need for dedicated volunteers to provide friendly visits for our terminally ill patients who reside in the Peninsula area. Our mission is to provide dignified end-of-life care and quality services that allow our patients and their families or significant others to live life richly, deeply and meaningfully for as long as it may last and to die with dignity in the setting of their choice. As a Friendly Visitor Volunteer with Hospice Community Care, you would facilitate this mission by spending quality time with a patient on a weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly basis. Friendly Visitor Volunteers visit patients in whatever setting the patient calls home, i.e., a nursing home, an assisted living facility, a retirement community or a private home or apartment. During a visit, Friendly Visitor Volunteers might read to a patient, play cards or checkers, take the patient outside on a pleasant day or simply hold the patient's hand to provide comfort and support. Friendly Visitors Volunteers provide an extremely valuable service for our patients and their families. All Hospice Community Care Volunteers must pass a background check, a TB test (at no cost to you) and attend training. *You must be at least 18 years of age and have a current driver's license*. Does this sound like a volunteer opportunity that interests you? Please call 1-800-409-9094 and speak with our Volunteer Coordinator, Cynthia Vereen-Anderson or simply reply to this Volunteer Match ad. This volunteer opportunity is not open to persons who are court ordered to perform volunteer work. Training takes place in Newport News and once you've completed training, you will volunteer in the Peninsula area.
Date Posted: 2024-01-16
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GLEN ALLEN, VA 23060
Traditions Health, d.b.a. Hospice Community Care, is actively seeking Friendly Visitor Volunteers to visit with our patients in Chester, Chesterfield, N. Chesterfield and the City of Richmond. If you don't have volunteer experience, it's okay because we will teach you! Friendly Visitors are just what their name implies. Friendly Visitors visit with our terminally ill patients and they "bring the sunshine" with them. Some patients enjoy being taken outside (weather permitting) others just want to sit and talk or watch a classic movie on television. You may be able to play a game of checkers or a board game like Sorry! As a Friendly Visitor, you will be taught CDC protocols during your training and you will be expected to follow proper use of hand sanitizer and hand washing, mask usage and social distancing. As a Friendly Visitor, you will need to complete an application, submit to a background check and a TB test. You will then need to attend volunteer training that complies with Covid-19 protocols. Once you are assigned to a patient, we ask that you visit a minimum of five hours a month.
Date Posted: 2024-01-16
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GLEN ALLEN, VA 23060
Are you a massage therapy student who needs hours? Traditions Health Hospice of Glen Allen, Virginia (formerly known as Hospice Community Care) needs you! We care for terminally ill patients, many of which could use supportive touch through hand, feet or shoulder massages. Our Glen Allen office serve patients in Western Henrico, Chesterfield, N. Chesterfield, Richmond City and Hanover, Virginia. You don't need to have hospice volunteer experience because we will train you to visit your patient or patients in whatever setting your patient calls home. You could visit patients in assisted living facilities, nursing homes or in private homes. All we ask is that you "bring the sunshine" with you to your visits. To become a Traditions Health Hospice volunteer, please answer the questions below. You must be 18 years of age or older and currently registered in a massage therapy program. (You will need to provide proof). You will need to attend training at our Glen Allen office. You will need a current driver's license, auto insurance and a clean driving record. Traditions Health Hospice requires compliance with COVID protocols including handwashing or sanitizing, social distancing and mask wearing.
Date Posted: 2024-01-16
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GLEN ALLEN, VA 23060
In 2020, Covid-19 greatly affected the volunteer component of care offered by Traditions Health Hospice of Glen Allen, formerly known as Hospice Community Care. Many facilities in our area where our patients live in assisted living facilities and nursing homes and are opening up to visits by volunteers for their residents. If you want to volunteer with hospice but not sure you are ready to visit in a facility, we have the perfect solution; you can volunteer with Traditions Health as a Pen Pal! Requirements: You will need to have a dependable vehicle or have the ability to access public transportation as all of your work will be done in our Glen Allen office. You will learn about hospice philosophy. We will provide all the materials you will need to share joy with our patients. You must be vaccinated against Covid in accordance with a recent ruling by the Supreme Court regarding health organizations that receive Medicare funds. We are asking that each Pen Pal volunteer donates five hours of their time a week.
Date Posted: 2024-01-16
