Companionship Volunteers Needed
About the role
Residential Hospice is looking for volunteers to visit patients at home or in a long-term care facility. Companionship may include reading and talking to a patient, writing letters, reading a patient’s personal story, or giving respite to caregivers.
About the organization
Residential Healthcare Group is on a mission to positively impact patients and their families by providing exceptional home health, palliative, and hospice care. Our care teams deliver individualized care plans wherever needed, guided by core values of collaboration and transformation in the home health, palliative, and hospice industries.
Residential Hospice addresses medical, spiritual, and emotional needs through a team of physicians, registered nurses, social workers, and spiritual care counselors who care for the whole patient.
Benefits for patients
- Knowing that they are not alone
- The chance to see a new face and tell their stories
- Their caregivers can take brief breaks and be fresh when they return
- Having something to look forward to
Benefits for volunteers
- The satisfaction of bringing comfort to someone approaching the end of life
- The chance to witness the beauty of families coming together for someone they love
- The knowledge that you are a valued member of the hospice team