Hospice volunteers may visit the home or long-term care facility and spend time reading or talking to the patient, writing letters, taking walks, or recording the patient’s personal story for future generations.
Meeting the unique needs of patients and their families.
Hospice Care Team
Meeting the unique needs of patients and their families.
Comprehensive Care Supports Families Too.
We fully support patients and their families providing caregiver support. Although no hospice service can be in the home 24 hours a day, visits from the Residential Hospice care team may be as often as every day of the week. Should loved ones require additional caregiver help, we can assist in finding the support you need.
It Takes a diverse team
We’re ready to meet almost any unique care need of patients and their families.
Hospice Nurses
Serving as case managers and advocates, nurses monitor vital signs, manage medications (particularly for pain), and generally take care of medical needs.
On-Staff Physicians
Board-certified in hospice and palliative care, physicians oversee clinical aspects of care through home visits (as needed), consultation, and active participation in the interdisciplinary team.
Nurse Practitioners
Palliative care certified NPs may order treatments, perform procedures, prescribe medications, and make referrals for a wide range of acute and chronic medical conditions.
Medical Social Workers
Social workers assess patient and family emotional states and connect them to necessary services and support, addressing financial, emotional, or ethical concerns in keeping with the patient’s wishes.
Spiritual Care Counselors
Caring, nondenominational spiritual assistance supports patients and families’ pre- and post-grief needs, both directly and through community connections.
Hospice Aides
Aides offer personal care, such as assistance with bathing and grooming, oral care, transferring, walking, range of motion exercises, as well as caregiver education for better ease of mind between visits.
Music, Massage, Aroma, and Pet Therapists
Innovative initiatives and therapies treat and soothe patients’ minds, bodies, and spirits to foster serenity and relieve stress and anxiety.
Volunteers
Residential provides numerous services, including companionship, respite support, bereavement assistance, administrative duties, and creative expression projects.
Pharmacists
In collaboration with the care team, hospice and palliative care pharmacists ensure medication orders are appropriate, timely, and taken per instructions.
Dedicated After-Hours Team
On call and ready, Residential Hospice nurses respond to patients’ individual needs 24/7. Nurses and aides also perform patient visits on weekends and holidays if needed.
Bereavement Coordinators
Residential’s bereavement services support the grieving process through individual and group counseling, referrals, services and programming, and other information and resources.
Bereavement support is offered at no cost to families and caregivers. Residential Hospice’s trained staff is ready to provide support on your new path of healing. The loss does not disappear, but sharing the burden can give us strength. We offer comprehensive bereavement activities for families and friends.
Make a Difference as a Hospice Volunteer
Volunteers at Residential Hospice make a world of difference for patients and caregivers. No matter what their role, Residential Hospice volunteers are dedicated to ensuring that each patient and his or her family are treated with compassion and dignity throughout their journey.
The things you will do
- Companionship
- Respite Care and Support
Our volunteers provide comfort and support in many ways, including relieving primary caregivers from their daily routines. They can further support the family with shopping, cooking and light housekeeping, yard work, running errands — even lending a much-appreciated ear to family members who just need someone to listen.
- Creative Expression
Everyone has a special talent — quilting, writing poetry, cooking — and a special way of bringing comfort to those in need. Residential Hospice patients and families are especially touched when volunteers share these meaningful gifts at such a critical point in their lives.
- Bereavement Support
At Residential Hospice, we recognize that grief has no timeline and that each experience is unique. Our volunteers are trained to work closely with our professional bereavement staff, providing a host of support services that help individuals and families cope at every stage of loss.
- Administrative Assistance
Volunteers with clerical skills are a valuable addition to our team. Among the many office duties they perform are preparing and processing mail, sending emails, coordinating printing, and answering phones. These are all important contributions that keep our programs running smoothly.