Pet Therapy Can Brighten Someone's Day!
About Residential Healthcare Group
Residential Healthcare Group is on a mission to positively impact patients and their families and inspire a renewed sense of hope and confidence by providing exceptional home health, palliative, and hospice care. The organization serves as way finders and way makers, delivering individualized care plans and experiences wherever patients are. Governed by core values in dealing with one another, patients, families, caregivers, partners, customers, and vendors, Residential believes exceptional care is best delivered in a collaborative environment and seeks to continually transform the home health, palliative, and hospice industries through a proven team-based approach to care management and delivery. By educating patients and families and advocating for those in need, they aspire to increase access to industry-leading services at every stage of the patient's journey, whenever and wherever they are needed.
Volunteer Opportunity: Pet Therapy Dog Visits
Residential Hospice cares for patients' medical, spiritual, and emotional needs through a team of physicians, registered nurses, social workers, and spiritual care counselors. Volunteers with certified pet therapy dogs bring joy to hospice patients' lives by visiting and spending time with them. Patients and their families warmly welcome volunteers and their canine companions. Residential Hospice provides volunteer orientation and hopes you will consider this rewarding opportunity with your pet therapy companion.
Requirements
- Certification as a pet therapy dog must be completed prior to volunteering
- Completed application
- Interview
- Background check
- Drug screening
- Fingerprint screening
- TB test
- All pets must be up to date on vaccinations
Safety & Protocols
Your safety and satisfaction are our greatest concern, and we adhere to all protocols necessary for protection and peace of mind.
Additional Information
Watch our video to learn more: "Jackie McKeeman - A Residential Hospice Story"