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Companion/Vigil Volunteer

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ORGANIZATION: Red Oak Hospice

  • 3 people are interested

  • Offer companionship, comfort, and support to patients and/or their families/caregivers.
  • Sit at bedside, open to conversation and actively listening to the patient and/or families.
  • Engage in activities with the patient when applicable
  • Respite Care: remain with the patient for a few hours in the absence of primary caregiver

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About Red Oak Hospice

Location:

591 SHILOH PIKE, Suite 5, BRIDGETON, NJ 08302, US

Mission Statement

The mission of Red Oak Hospice is to provide physical, emotional, social and spiritual support to terminally ill patients, as well as their families and loved ones, while assisting patients and families to live with dignity and comfort as they cope with end-of-life issues. We believe: Hospice affirms life, Hospice recognizes dying as a process and so our care provides comfort rather than cure, Hospice neither hastens nor postpones death, Hospice provides physical, emotional and spiritual care to terminally ill persons and their families, Hospice helps the terminally ill person maintain quality of life and helps family members through an extremely stressful time in their lives.

Description

Red Oak Hospice & Palliative Care was certified by Medicare in 2017 to begin accepting patients. We are a small, local organization looking for volunteers to provide caregiver relief, bereavement support, and companionship. We mainly service the communities in Cumberland & Salem Counties. We are partners with the We Honor Veterans Program.

CAUSE AREAS

Health & Medicine
Seniors
Health & Medicine, Seniors

WHEN

We'll work with your schedule.

WHERE

08302

(39.427338,-75.23408)
 

SKILLS

  • Mental Health
  • Nursing
  • Patient Care
  • Hospice Care
  • Spiritual Healing

GOOD FOR

  • People 55+

REQUIREMENTS

  • Driver's License Needed
  • Background Check
  • Must be at least 18
  • Orientation or Training
  • Proof of MMR vaccine, recent flu vaccine or have an exemption form signed, and COVID vaccine or exemption

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