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Share the comfort of your Therapy Pet with terminally ill patients - South Office
ORGANIZATION: Caring Hospice
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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7 people are interested
Caring Hospice Services in Lakewood is a uniqure, holistice and cost effective service designed to meet the social, emotional, spiritual and physical needs of their patients and familes as they face terminal illness. The mission of Caring Hospice Services is to coordinate patient and family services while respecting their choices, values and beliefs. Caring Hospice Services has patients in communities throughout central New Jersey. They are looking for individuals who have an approved animal visitor (dog, cat, etc.) to visit terminally ill patients and their families to provide comfort, joy and companionship. Caring Hospice Services patients reside in private homes, nursing homes and assisted-living facilities throughout Ocean and Monmouth Counties. Pet theray volunteers help by providing companionship and social outlet to patients. Pet therapy handlers must provide produce documented evidence of annual reputable therapy pet organization membership and veterinary visits attesting to good behavior, good health an current vaccinations. Caring Hospice Services will find a way to share your talents and interests with their patients and families. Indivdualized training is provided free of charge without the need to Lakewood office. In keeping with Medicare requirements, background and medical checks are part of the training process.
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About Caring Hospice
Location:
1090 King Georges Post Rd, Suite 703, Edison, NJ 08837, US
Mission Statement
Welcome to Caring Hospice Services, a premier provider of hospice and palliative care services. At Caring Hospice Services we are passionate about our mission to bring comfort and relief into the lives of those who need it most. Every day, our caring and compassionate staff works wonders in the lives of hundreds of terminally ill patients and their families. They replace suffering with comfort, despondence with good cheer, and despair with hope. We have earned the confidence of medical professionals and the eternal gratitude of thousands of patients and family members.
Description
Experience - Caring Hospice has been providing hospice services since 1997
Individuality - at Caring Hospice, we respect and appreciate the individual beliefs, traditions, and approaches of the families we serve and develop our individualized care plans accordingly.
Customized care - We recognize different levels of pain tolerance, and fashion our care plans accordingly
Partners - Caring Hospice strives to serve each family according to their needs. For some, it means allowing family members to generally supervise the patient with assistance from our caregivers. For others, it means allowing Caring Hospice to assume greater responsibility for the patients needs.
Compassionate Care - Our caregivers are highly qualified both in their medical skills as well as their empathetic and compassionate natures. They are uniquely attuned and sensitive to the needs of their patients and families.
Comprehensive - Caring Hospice offers a comprehensive range of services that addresses the full spectrum of patients and family’s needs. Our team carefully assesses the physical, emotional, social and spiritual needs for both patients and their families, and provides the comprehensive services to address their needs.
CAUSE AREAS
Animals,
Community,
Health & Medicine
WHEN
We'll work with your schedule.
WHERE
525 Route 70W- Suite 2Lakewood, NJ 08701
(40.050915 ,-74.19952 )
DATE POSTED
December 9, 2024
SKILLS
- Customer Service
- Animal Therapy
- Community Outreach
- Animal Care / Handling
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Public Groups
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- Flexiable time commitment
- Teens below the age of 18 can volunteer with their certified pet with an adult accompanying during p