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Solvang, CA 93463
Through We Honor Veterans, VNA Health offers a Vet-to-Vet Volunteer program where trained hospice volunteers, who are also Veterans, are matched with patients who are Veterans. The Vet-to-Vet Volunteer connection is a special bond between two individuals who know firsthand the impact of serving our country. Veteran volunteers have the unique ability to relate and connect with each patient thereby creating an environment where life review and healing may occur. Veteran volunteer activities may include respite care, companionship care, and taking part in a pinning ceremony. If you are a Veteran or are actively serving you can become a Vet-to-Vet Volunteer. VETERAN PINNING CEREMONY A Veteran Pinning Ceremony is an optional benefit for Veteran patients on VNA Health hospice care. It provides an opportunity to publicly acknowledge the military service and sacrifices made by the Veteran and his/her family. The ceremony gives the Veteran a chance to share part of his/ her story. By doing so, a sense of meaning and purpose can be gained by the Veteran. The ceremony is relatively brief and can be done at the bedside or in another location on a date and time arranged with the Veteran and family. During the ceremony, a personalized certificate and American flag pin are presented by one of our Vet-to-Vet Volunteers. If the Veteran or family prefers to just receive the certificate and pin without a ceremony, this is an available option.
Date Posted: 2024-12-16
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Solvang, CA 93463
Patient care volunteers are important members of the Hospice Care Team. They offer the kind of help a friendly neighbor would. VNA Health has a variety of volunteer options. Some of the ways our volunteers help hospice families include shopping or running errands, providing transportation, or filling in to give family caregivers a break. They typically visit a patient an average of once a week. Go to this website to fill out the online application: https://app.betterimpact.com/Application?OrganizationGuid=ead852d9-84e1-4b43-9338-2e886e3faba2&ApplicationFormNumber=1
Date Posted: 2024-12-16
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Solvang, CA 93463
Support end of life patients (hospice) by providing your hairdresser service to support feelings of Compassion and Dignity. Hairdresser certification required. Patient care volunteers are important members of the Hospice Care Team. They offer the kind of help a friendly neighbor would. Go to this website to fill out the online application: https://app.betterimpact.com/Application?OrganizationGuid=ead852d9-84e1-4b43-9338-2e886e3faba2&ApplicationFormNumber=1
Date Posted: 2024-12-16
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Solvang, CA 93463
VNA Health is looking for Certified Massage Therapists to volunteer with hospice patients! Massage Therapists Ease the Pain of Hospice Patients The following are excerpts from an article written by By Kate Ruder, KFF Health News: https://rethinking65.com/2023/07/10/massage-therapists-ease-the-pain-of-hospice-patients/ Ilyse Streim views massage for people in hospice care as "whispering to the body through touch." "It’s much lighter work. It’s nurturing. It’s slow," said Streim, a licensed massage therapist. Massage therapy for someone near the end of life looks and feels different from a spa treatment. Some people stay clothed or lie in bed. Others sit up in their wheelchairs. Streim avoids touching bedsores and fresh surgery wounds and describes her work as "meditating and moving at the same time." She recalled massaging the shoulders, hands, and feet of one client as he sat in his favorite recliner and watched baseball on TV in the final weeks of his life. "When you’re dying and somebody touches you without expectation of anything in return, you just get to be," said Streim. "All hospices, not-for-profit or for profit alike, should aim to include medically-trained massage therapists as part of best holistic care," Hunter Groninger, a professor of medicine at Georgetown University who directs palliative care at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, D.C., wrote in an email. Employing these specialists is beneficial and does not diminish the important service of volunteers, particularly in end-of-life care, he added. In a recent clinical trial of 387 patients in palliative care at MedStar, including some nearing the end of their lives, Groninger, Cates, Jordan, and other co-authors found that massage therapy improved quality of life.
Date Posted: 2024-12-16
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Solvang, CA 93463
Support end of life patients (hospice) by taking your barber service to their home or a skilled nursing facility. For a hospice patient that is at the end of life, this kind of treatment will support feelings of Compassion and Dignity. Barber license required. Patient care volunteers are important members of the Hospice Care Team. They offer the kind of help a friendly neighbor would. Go to this website to fill out the online application: https://app.betterimpact.com/Application?OrganizationGuid=ead852d9-84e1-4b43-9338-2e886e3faba2&ApplicationFormNumber=1
Date Posted: 2024-12-16