Volunteer with Residential Hospice! Help a Family in Need!
About Residential Healthcare Group
At Residential Healthcare Group, we are on a mission to positively impact our patients and their families and inspire a renewed sense of hope and confidence by providing exceptional home health, palliative, and hospice care. To meet the unique needs of every patient and family, our extraordinary care teams serve as way finders and way makers by delivering individualized care plans and experiences, wherever you are. We are governed by core values in dealing with one another, our patients, their families and caregivers, our partners, customers, and vendors. We believe that exceptional care is best delivered in a collaborative environment and seek to continually transform the home health, palliative and hospice industries through our proven team-based approach to care management and delivery. By educating our patients and their families, and advocating for those in need, we aspire to increase access to our industry-leading services at every stage of the patient's journey, whenever and wherever they need us.
About the Volunteer Role
Residential Hospice is seeking dedicated Patient Support Volunteers to help patients and families through their end-of-life journey. Hospice patients have a terminal diagnosis and a limited life expectancy, and they and their loved ones are often dealing with many emotional stressors while in the care of hospice. Our volunteers provide comfort, companionship, and friendship to patients in a nursing facility or at home. As a Hospice Patient Support Volunteer, your presence and support can make an impact for our patients and their families.
Volunteer Activities
- Reading aloud to patients
- Doing puzzles or games with patients
- Attending facility activities with patients
- Listening to music together
- Talking and providing companionship
- Holding a hand / offering comforting presence
- Providing respite for caregivers by sitting with a patient while the caregiver takes time for themselves
Qualifications & Personal Attributes
- Kind and friendly demeanor
- Patient and empathic nature
- Willingness to share your gifts with others during a difficult time
- Desire to help others in your community
- Comfortable providing emotional support to patients with terminal diagnoses and their families
Additional Information
Watch our video "One More Gift" to learn more about the volunteer experience.