Every day of life is precious. As a hospice volunteer you will experience first-hand how the Northern Light Hospice Team helps our clients live their final months, weeks, and days as fully and comfortably as possible. You will be part of a team working to provide a family with the best quality of life possible during a difficult time.
Direct Service Hospice Volunteers visit clients in their homes and offer non-medical support. Providing respite for caregivers and companionship for the client are the most frequent requests of our hospice volunteers. Practical help with transportation, errands, dishes, laundry, and walking the dog are a few of the other ways our volunteers have helped.
Direct Service Volunteers must complete a 24-hour hospice volunteer training, offered twice a year. Volunteers often say the training is a remarkable personal growth experience as we learn about hospice, work on communication skills, explore our own personal death awareness, discuss family dynamics and spirituality, and learn about comfort measures and about grief support – all elements of our holistic approach to care. We ask for monthly reporting of service provided. Once assigned to a hospice client, we ask for a minimum commitment of two hours per week.
Northern Light Home Care & Hospice has busy office settings. Opportunities for interested volunteers include assisting with mailing, medical record filing, special projects, and copying and collating materials to be used with Northern Light patients, staff, and the public. Most office volunteers volunteer 2 to 4 hours per week on a regular schedule, although some are “on call” for special projects.
Volunteers must submit an application, interview with the Volunteer Coordinator, complete a background check, health screening, provide documentation of auto insurance, and agree to our agency policies.
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