Volunteers Required!

  Did you know that the federal government REQUIRES all hospices to have volunteers?  And it's not just a few volunteers!  They require that AT LEAST 5% of the total patient care hours be from volunteers.  That really adds up to a big need for hospice volunteers. 
  So what do hospice volunteers do?  Well, really a myriad of things.  Here are just a few:

Friendly patient visitors to share a warm, compassionate presence with patients and their families.  Much of the time the patients will be sleeping so the volunteers just sit quietly while the family care givers might run to a doctor's appointment or to the store.  Sometimes, these volunteers might run the errands for the family.  Other times, the volunteer might just hang out with a patient and talk, play cards, read a book, etc.  We try to match up volunteers and patients by their interests.  Musicians with portable instruments, such as violin, harp, flute, and guitar to play music for patients. Administrative volunteers who can do filing, answer phones, accomplish general office tasks and those with good person to person skills. Event volunteers to help plan and/or staff special community events. Bi-lingual volunteers Groups of volunteers who may come in and do a "work day" in a patient's yard, etc. So, really, if you have a desire to help people, we can use you as a hospice volunteer!  If you are interested in volunteering at Compassionate Care Hospice, please visit our ad on Volunteer Match or email me, Tiffany the Volunteer Coordinator, to get the details!