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Volunteers with Friendly Pets Wanted to Visit Hospice Patients.

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ORGANIZATION: Pathways Healthcare

  • 4 people are interested

Pathways Hospice is recruiting volunteers and their pets to join our volunteer Pet Visitor Program. Does your pet love people and people love your pet? Consider sharing that love with a hospice patient!

Volunteers and their pets visit hospice patients in nursing homes, assisted living facilities, and in private homes. Visits times are flexible and scheduled according to the volunteer's preference and availability.

No experience is required. Online hospice training is provided through the Hospice and Homecare Network. No specific training is required for your pet, proof of general liability insurance is requested.

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About Pathways Healthcare

Location:

101 Station Dr, Suite 240, Westwood, MA 02090, US

Mission Statement

Patients have the right to choose who cares for them in the home. Our mission is to provide comfort and quality of care in the home or in a facility through our core values and behaviors of trust, respect, understanding, service & safety.

Description

Hospice Volunteers are an integral part of the Interdisciplinary team consisting of a medical director, nurses, therapists, social workers, chaplains and home health aides. Volunteer roles consist of direct patient visits at home, reading, music, pet therapy, reiki, veteran recognition, and other administrative duties. Hospice volunteers find their work emotionally meaningful and gratifying. The volunteer opportunity is extremely flexible based on the volunteers' location and schedule; volunteers are valued members of our hospice care team.

CAUSE AREAS

Animals
Health & Medicine
Seniors
Animals, Health & Medicine, Seniors

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

Multiple locations Dunstable, MA 01827

(42.681095,-71.4893)
 

SKILLS

  • Animal Therapy
  • Healthcare
  • Spiritual Healing

GOOD FOR

N/A

REQUIREMENTS

  • Background Check
  • Must be at least 18
  • Orientation or Training
  • We request one patient visit per week, approximately 1-1/2 to 2 hours per week.

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