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2024-11-07
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2025-01-01
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The Vigil Volunteer offers companionship, comfort and presence to patients during the time immediately prior to their death. Support can be provided to patients who have no family to be with them or to provide support and guidance to families and caregivers, helping to relieve the unknown; this may also include staff if the patient resides at a facility. Support is provided in a variety of ways, including being a calm presence, talking and listening to the family/ caregivers, or sharing silence.
Date Posted: 2024-11-07
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Flexible Schedule
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Eau Claire, WI 54701
Heartland Mission To provide exceptional care with empathy for our patients and their families so they may live with comfort, dignity and respect. What is Hospice? Hospice is a special kind of care designed to provide comfort care as well as spiritual and emotional support for terminally ill patients and their families. Hospice focuses on enhancing quality of life, rather than length of life. We support our patients and their families wherever they are in their health journey and respect their goals and values. The Hospice Volunteer. We depend on our Hospice Volunteers to help us provide the love, respect and care our patients and families need. Some volunteers interact directly with patients and families, while others prefer to work behind the scenes in the office setting. As a volunteer, you would help us decide which tasks you are comfortable performing. Our volunteers may perform some of the following services to enrich the lives of our patient: Reading or providing a comforting touch Provide a friendly visit to lift patient spirits Playing or singing soothing music Running errands Walking their dog Prepare a light lunch or snack Staying with patient so family members can take a break Please consider our Hospice as we have patients living in the Eau Claire County area needing your support.
Date Posted: 2024-10-15
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Flexible Schedule
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Eau Claire, WI 54701
Every day, Heartland Hospice has the distinct honor of providing care to U.S. Military Veterans and their families by a special team of caregivers which includes volunteers. Veteran Hospice Volunteers are important to us as veterans share a common language which builds trust and facilitates compassionate care to our Veteran clients. VETS-TO-VETS- No one understands questions and concerns of U.S. Military Veterans more than a fellow veteran or active-duty personnel. Hospice is a special kind of care designed to provide comfort care as well as spiritual and emotional support for terminally ill patients and their families. It neither hastens nor postpones death: rather it affirms life and acknowledges dying as a normal process. Veteran volunteers provide a supportive presence to our veteran clients by providing friendly visits which may include sharing stories, listening, reading, taking walks, running errands, respite to family members and other client interests. As a volunteer you can donate as much or as little of your time as desired. To find out more about our program, please call 715 214 2485. Our service area includes Barron, Chippewa, Clark, Dunn, Eau Claire and Trempealeau Counties.
Date Posted: 2024-10-15
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Flexible Schedule
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Eau Claire, WI 54701
Heartland Mission To provide exceptional care with empathy for our patients and their families so they may live with comfort, dignity and respect. What is Hospice? Hospice is a special kind of care designed to provide comfort care as well as spiritual and emotional support for terminally ill patients and their families. Hospice focuses on enhancing quality of life, rather than length of life. We support our patients and their families wherever they are in their health journey and respect their goals and values. The Hospice Volunteer. We depend on our Hospice Volunteers to help us provide the love, respect and care our patients and families need. Some volunteers interact directly with patients and families, while others prefer to work behind the scenes in the office setting. As a volunteer, you would help us decide which tasks you are comfortable performing. Our volunteers may perform some of the following services to enrich the lives of our patient: Reading or providing a comforting touch Provide a friendly visit to lift patient spirits Playing or singing soothing music Running errands Walking their dog Prepare a light lunch or snack Staying with patient so family members can take a break Please consider our Hospice as we have patients living in the Barron County area needing your support.
Date Posted: 2024-10-15
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Flexible Schedule
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Eau Claire, WI 54701
Hospice is a special kind of care designed to provide comfort care as well as spiritual and emotional care to terminally ill patients and families. Our hospice program utilizes a team approach to include physicians, nurses, hospice aides, social workers, spiritual counselors and VOLUNTEERS. As a hospice volunteer you will be oriented to the hospice program You can donate as much or little of your time as desired. The duties of our volunteers vary. Volunteers offer support, companionship and practical compassionate help. Some volunteers interact directly with the patient and family, reading or providing a comforting touch, playing cards, singing, running errands while some prefer to work behind the scenes helping in the office. Please consider our Hospice as we have patients living in the Augusta area and needing your support .
Date Posted: 2024-10-15
