What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hospice Volunteer position at Capital Hospice & Palliative Care?
Administrative Volunteers
Provide support in the office: filing, preparing mailings, computer input, answering the phones, and special projects.
Visits, phone calls, support groups, memorial services and send bereavement mailings.
Visit patients and families at home, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, inpatient hospice units. Pay a friendly visit; relieve a family caregiver for an afternoon out; read aloud; listen to memories; walk the dog; be the high point of someone’s day.
Singing or playing a musical instrument.
Screened and trained pets and their volunteer owners visit patients and provide socialization, comfort, life review, etc.
Address special end-of-life needs by replacing lost medals, linking veterans to VA benefits, performing life review, visiting on Veteran’s Day, educating veterans organizations, etc.
