Volunteer: Elizabethton - Non-medical Hospice Volunteer - Direct Patient

Amedisys Hospice is about people helping people, and our team of hospice experts goes to great lengths to help our patients and their loved ones live each day to its fullest. Our approach is so much more than our experienced medical guidance. We foster genuine personal connections that offer emotional, psychological and spiritual support - taking an active role in the interests that bring joy. We work to help patients achieve their personal goals and to bring joy, comfort, and fulfillment into every moment possible. This strong system of support also extends to our patients’ families, providing them resources and support throughout this journey. The families we work with rate our care as "excellent". We care for all eligible patients. Hospice provides non-curative treatment and comfort to people with a life expectancy of six months or less, according to a physician’s judgment. We provide aggressive pain and symptom management, emotional and spiritual support, and quality of life, supporting both the patient and the entire family.,Volunteers get to make their own schedule!Our Non-medical Hospice Direct Care Volunteer provides support to patients living with a terminal illness, in addition to their caregivers and family. Support is provided in a variety of ways, including companionship, socialization, and caregiver relief. There is no medical background needed - our Hospice volunteers do not interact with the patient in any medical or personal hygiene capacity (i.e., volunteers do not give baths, get the patient in/out of bed, or to/from the bathroom, give medication).Some examples of what a Direct Care Volunteer could doProvide companionshipSocialization and/or support to hospice patients and their families/caregiversReading to the patientPlaying gamesWriting letters to or on behalf of the patientAssisting with light household duties (watering plants, walking pets, washing dishes, emptying and taking out the garbage, etc.Volunteers make their own schedule! We do ask for about 2 hours per visit.This is a volunteer opportunity provided by VolunteerMatch, in partnership with LinkedIn for Good.