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Amedisys Hospice Amedisys Hospice
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(32.37667 ,-86.15593 )
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Mission Statement
The mission of Amedisys is to provide cost-efficient, quality hospice services to the patient's entrusted to our care.
Description
Direct Activities Include:
- Running errands
- Providing companionship to patients and/or caregivers
- Shopping for patients/caregivers
- Reading to or writing letters for patients
- Attending funerals
- Collecting and arranging donated flowers(i.e. from flower shops, funeral homes)
- Craft projects with patients and/or delivery to patients
- Care calls/tuck-in calls
- Spiritual prayer calls
- Videoing reports and introductions of team/staff for family members who live far away
- Light gardening
- Delivering supplies or equipment to patients' homes or running other errands to relieve staff
- Entertaining patients
- Support to family members
- Support at the time of death
- Helping patients decorate/un-decorate at time of holidays
- Holiday baking with patients and their families
- Christmas caroling at patient’s home
- Creating holiday decorations
A hospice volunteer helps fill that gap by being a companion who understands the process of dying and provides compassion, comic relief and conversation; there will be no hands-on medical or patient care required or allowed.
Website
Contact
- Mary Rhoden
- 334-395-7789
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