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Flexible Schedule
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Harrisburg, PA 17110
"SOUL"ACE MUSIC VOLUNTEERS Everyone has their own unique taste in music. It’s part of who we are. Music in hospice can draw from the patient’s culture, religious beliefs, and cherished memories to create a healing experience that is deeply personal and meaningful. Through music, the "soul" (reason, character, feeling, consciousness, memory, perception, thinking) of a hospice patient can find great "solace" (comfort, support, relief). MUSIC & TECHNOLOGY - Brings personalized music into the lives of Homeland Hospice patients through digital music technology, vastly improving quality of life. Our trained volunteers create and provide personalized playlists that enable those struggling with Alzheimer’s, dementia and other cognitive and physical challenges to reconnect with the world through music-triggered memories. MUSIC THROUGH VOICE - Employs the use voice to bring comfort and ease to hospice patients and their families. The musicians offer live music at the bedside, responding moment by moment to a patient’s needs, whether they be physical, emotional, psychosocial or spiritual. The music is not a performance, but rather is part of providing comfort and an opportunity to reminisce, complementing the clinical care we offer at Homeland. MUSIC GROUPS - A small group of singers who sing at the patient’s bedside. May sing as an ensemble at facilities and hospitals and in smaller groups when called to a bedside or a home. Whether as a whole group or in smaller "pods," singers are warm, compassionate, and calmly present as they share their music. All singers must complete the Homeland Hospice volunteer training. INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC - Musicians play quiet and soothing music aimed to restore, maintain or improve mental, physical, emotional and spiritual health. Music can dramatically affect depression, anxiety, anger, fear, frustration, confusion, pain, shortness of breath, social isolation, loneliness, boredom and serve to provide a spiritual connection or fulfill a need for spiritually-based rituals. Volunteers are required to complete an orientation program which can be done as a self-study in the comfort of your home at your own pace. A background check and 2-step PPD (TB) Test is also required. Any costs are covered by Homeland Hospice. * Homeland Hospice's office is located in Harrisburg, but serves 14 counties in South Central PA, including: Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Northumberland, Perry, Schuylkill and York. Volunteers are able to select where they wish o volunteer, near home or work; facilities or patients homes. Join our team of staff and volunteers to provide a positive impact on our patients and their families! * All CDC guidelines are followed and volunteers are educated on conducting safe visits.
Date Posted: Oct 19, 2021
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Flexible Schedule
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Millersburg, PA 17061
MAKE A DOG-GONE DIFFERENCE IN A HOSPICE PATIENT'S DAY! Share your four-legged best friend and provide comfort, peace, and soothing companionship to terminally ill patients receiving services from Homeland Hospice! A half hour/hour visit between a patient and an animal promotes activity, conversation and emotional connection. Often, simply the presence of the dog, cat, rabbit, or other pet is all that is required to promote the positive effects. However, patients, caregivers and family can interact with your best friend as they would with any pet: Tossing a ball or toy for the animal to fetch Enjoying the presence of the animal in silence Talking to, petting, holding, hugging or cuddling with the animal Enjoying playful animal tricks and commands such as sitting, rolling over, or shaking hands Pets and handlers must be certified. Pet certification organizations, like K-Pets or Caring Hearts Pet therapy, offer courses that allow handlers and their pets to learn techniques that help to ensure the utmost safety for the patients and for the animal. Obtaining certification allows both handler and animal to have the training needed to be prepared to interact with patients, caregivers, and families. Requirements for pets making visits include: Being effectively house trained Having no history of aggressive behavior and welcome human interaction Displaying obedience to commands such as "sit," "stay", and "come." Having all appropriate and up-to-date vaccinations Being of a certain age depending on species Hospice pet visits are so much more than a simple visit with an animal. Animals and their handlers have the unique ability to bring transformative joy and comfort to patients. Hospice pet visits, using the longstanding bond between humans and animals, brings joy, humor, unconditional love, and soothing companionship to those on the end-of-life journey. Volunteers must complete an orientation program which can be done as a self study in the comfort of your home and at your own pace. Volunteers also must complete a background check and 2- Step PPD (TB) Test. Any costs are paid for by Homeland Hospice. Needs exist today - in your community - and we would welcome the opportunity to talk more with you about how to get connected! * Homeland Hospice's office is located in Harrisburg, but serves 14 South Central PA counties, including - Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Northumberland, Perry, Schuylkill, and York. Volunteers share where it is that they would like to serve - near home or work, in a patient's home or a facility. * All CDC guidelines are followed and education on safe visiting is provided.
Date Posted: Oct 19, 2021
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Flexible Schedule
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Harrisburg, PA 17110
Music is shown to bring spiritual, physical and emotional comfort to persons on their end of life journey, so Homeland Hospice plans to bring individualized music opportunities to our patients! Volunteers are needed to "interview" patients and/or their family members to determine music interests. Using this information, the volunteer then develops playlists with patient specific song selections (IE: old-time Christian hymns, music from the 1940's and 1950's, jazz, and etc) from Spotify. Playlists will be given to the patient and/or used during patient visits by nurses, aides, and social workers. Volunteers are required to complete the self-study orientation program, complete a background check, and share two references.
Date Posted: Sep 27, 2021
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Flexible Schedule
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Harrisburg, PA 17110
YOU can make a difference in the life of someone at a very difficult time in his or her life! How can you make that happen? Offer companionship and share a few hours of your time each month; Offer a smile, a hug, a kind word; Listen; Reminisce; Be a presence for someone who is lonely; Sit with a patient to give a weary caregiver a much needed break; Run errands for someone who can no longer leave home; Read or provide music (instrument, singing, or cell phone!); Share your certified/trained best friend (dog, cat, bunny, miniature horse!) and see a face light up immediately! Hospice volunteers make an AMAZING difference! And, serving with us provides volunteers with the self-satisfaction that they are part of a team who's goal is to provide patients, caregivers and families with the most comfortable and compassionate end-of-life experience possible. Volunteers are required to complete an Orientation which can be done as a self-study in the comfort of you own home and at your own pace. Volunteers also have a background check completed and a 2-step PPD (TB) Test. Any costs are covered by Homeland Hospice. Needs exist today - in your community - and we would welcome the opportunity to talk more with you about how to get connected! * Homeland Hospice's office is located in Harrisburg, but serves 14 South Central PA counties, including - Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Northumberland, Perry, Schuylkill, and York. Volunteers share where it is that they would like to serve - near home or work, in a patient's home or a facility. * All CDC guidelines are followed and education on safe visiting is provided.
Date Posted: Oct 19, 2021
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Flexible Schedule
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Harrisburg, PA 17110
When facing the end of life, maintaining one's dignity and sense of being oneself are imperative. Providing a haircut to a patient who cannot leave his or her home is a treasured gift to both the patient and their family. We are seeking hairstylists and barbers with a current PA Cosmetology License. Haircuts would be provided in patient homes. Hospice volunteers make an AMAZING difference! And, serving with us provides volunteers with the self-satisfaction that they are part of a team who's goal is to provide patients, caregivers and families with the most comfortable and compassionate end-of-life experience possible. Volunteers are required to complete an Orientation which can be done as a self-study in the comfort of you own home and at your own pace. Volunteers also have a background check completed and a 2-step PPD (TB) Test. Any costs are covered by Homeland Hospice. Needs exist today - in your community - and we would welcome the opportunity to talk more with you about how to get connected! *Must have a current PA Cosmetology License * Homeland Hospice's office is located in Harrisburg, but serves 14 South Central PA counties, including - Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Northumberland, Perry, Schuylkill, and York. Volunteers are able to indicate where they are able to serve - IE: near home or work. * All CDC guidelines are followed and education on safe visiting is provided.
Date Posted: Oct 19, 2021
