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Flexible Schedule
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Riverside, CA 92508
VITAS is looking for caring individuals to share their voice and time as Telephone Assurance Program (TAP) Volunteers to help terminally ill patients and their families. TAP is a program in which in home hospice patients (and their family members) receive "check-in" phone calls by VITAS TAP Volunteers. If you enjoy talking on the phone and have time to make a few phone calls, you may be a perfect TAP Volunteer. Volunteers work from the VITAS office, checking on VITAS patients in their homes. TAP Volunteers inquire about how patients and families are doing, provide grief support or simply listen. VITAS Volunteer orientation is provided free of charge to help you learn the skills required to be an outstanding TAP Volunteer. Time and dates are ongoing and flexible. For more information about VITAS visit VITAS.com.
Date Posted: 2024-12-10
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Flexible Schedule
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Riverside, CA 92508
VITAS Healthcare is looking for people who love to sew who are able to share their skills with hospice patients and families. A Memory Bear or Memory Pillow, sewn by a volunteer with compassion and love, is a forever friend who can ease a hurting heart after the death of a VITAS hospice patient. Sewn from a favorite pair of jeans, a pullover top, dress, bathrobe or nightgown. A Memory Bear may recall the closeness of a loved one, bring a smile to someone in distress, or offer a sense of security to a child who feels alone after the loss of a parent or sibling. This is a great opportunity for you to give back to the community. By taking time out of your busy work week you can make the biggest difference in another’s life. VITAS provides the stuffing needed for these special gifts. For more information about VITAS visit VITAS.com.
Date Posted: 2024-12-10
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Flexible Schedule
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Riverside, CA 92508
VITAS Healthcare invites friendly and well-behaved pets to join the Paw Pals program, in which animals and their humans learn how to visit patients at the end of life. VITAS Paw Pals visitor can offer comfort, bring back memories, encourage activity and provide unconditional love to VITAS patients. Your visits leave behind memories of you and your pet, and rekindle thoughts of other pets. Pet visits can sometimes reach a patient when no one else can. Our Paw Pals volunteers brighten the day for everyone when they visit. Paw Pals must be well-groomed, at least one-year old, and have up-to-date health records. For more information about VITAS visit VITAS.com.
Date Posted: 2024-12-10
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Flexible Schedule
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Riverside, CA 92508
Administrative volunteers promote hospice care by helping perform clerical assignments in an office setting. These assignments can include helping process mail outs, filing, data entry, answering phones, restocking supplies, making packets, plus many other tasks. VITAS Volunteer orientation is provided free of charge to help you learn the skills required to be an outstanding Office Volunteer. Volunteers are needed between the hours of 8am and 5pm, Monday through Friday. For more information about VITAS Healthcare visit www.VITAS.com.
Date Posted: 2024-12-10
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Flexible Schedule
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Riverside, CA 92508
Help a hospice patient look good and feel better by providing a bit of style at the end of life. VITAS Healthcare is looking for kind and caring professional stylist to pamper hospice patients living at home, in the hospital or in long term care facilities. Pampering can include: polishing and buffing nails; gentle shampoo, set and style; haircut; helping with makeup. Patients have very sensitive skin therefore no curlers/curling irons or chemicals will be used. A current Cosmetology License is required. For more information about VITAS visit VITAS.com.
Date Posted: 2024-12-10