- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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19 people are interested
Consider Becoming a Hospice Volunteer Today!
ORGANIZATION: VHS Hospice
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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19 people are interested
Looking for an organized person to help our growing Volunteer Program. Are you good at organization? Have Day time hours you could help in the office to put together packets, update filling, follow up on training? Do you have experience in Volunteering and love to recruit new volunteers to new opportunities?
We are also ALWAYS looking for those who want to provided direct care to our hospice clients and families.
If you have a special skill or resource reach out let us know how you can help these precious people and their families.
More opportunities with VHS Hospice
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About VHS Hospice
Location:
1104 William Styron Sq, Newport News, VA 23606, US
Mission Statement
The mission of Hospice is to provide quality, safe, and cost effective end-of-life care to persons in need of those services. Hospice provides care that optimizes comfort and dignity and is consistent with patient and family needs and goals, with patient needs and goals as priority. The Vision of hospice is dedicated to the provision of comprehensive, quality, patient-centered care that is focused on each patient and family’s unique needs and palliative care outcomes.
Description
Since the 11th century, the concept of hospice was adopted by the Roman Catholic tradition to refer to a place of hospitality for the sick and dying as well as for travelers and pilgrims. The modern usage of hospice as a place for and philosophy of end-of-life care began with the work of a British physician Dame Cicely Saunders. Dr. Saunders began work with terminally ill patients in London in 1948.
In 1963, during a talk at Yale University in the US, Dr. Saunders introduced the idea of specialized care for the dying, which centered on palliative care rather than treatments to cure.
In 1967, Dr. Saunders founded St. Christopher’s Hospice in London, the first hospice for terminally ill patients in the United Kingdom.
In 1969, Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross published, On Death and Dying. In this book, Dr. Kubler-Ross emphasizes the benefits of home care over treatment in an institutional setting for terminally ill patients and argues that everyone deserves the right to decide about their end-of-life care.
In 1986, the Medicare Hospice Benefit was enacted, and states were given the option to include hospice in their Medicaid programs. Hospice care was made available to terminally ill nursing home residents as well. For the next three decades, legislation was passed, funding was improved, and Medicare reimbursement rates were increased, resulting in the proliferation of hospice care providers.
In 2017, Virginia Health Services began its hospice program here in Newport News and surrounding areas.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Multiple locations Newport News, VA 23606
DATE POSTED
July 22, 2024
SKILLS
- Elder care
- Music Arts
- Administrative Support
- Animal Care / Handling
- Gardening
- Hospice Care
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Public Groups
REQUIREMENTS
- Driver's License Needed
- Background Check
- Must be at least 18
- Orientation or Training
- There are no specific time commitments to our volunteer program. When we meet, we will discuss what works best in your schedule.
- There is 12-hour orientation/ Training a portion to be done in office. Patients and needs could be anywhere in the Tidewater area in home and in facilities. We will work with you on the best fit for you.