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To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.

Our patients live in the following counties, and they need you!

Bartholomew Boone Brown Hamilton Hancock Hendricks Johnson Madison Marion Monroe Morgan Putnam Shelby

A T T E N T I O N Volunteers needed in: Avon, Plainfield, Greenwood, Martinsville, Mooresville, Eagle Creek, Speedway, Columbus, Edinburgh, Bloomington, Bean Blossom, Nashville, Carmel, Fishers, Zionsville

Can you see yourself as a hospice volunteer?

What Can Hospice Volunteers Do?
Below are just a few very valuable things that hospice volunteers do to help people live comfortably at home and live out their life with respect and dignity. Your help of just 30-60 minutes minimum weekly, will leave a legacy.

Music Therapy TV Repairman Home Improvements Sit & Talk Watch TV with Patient Feed the Dog or Cat Wash the Dishes Do a Load of Laundry Retrieve / Sort Mail Read the Newspaper Read Books

Cook a Meal Go to Library For Tapes/Books Make a Greeting Card Lay Out Clothes Write Notes or Letters Mow the Yard Planting Flowers or Plants Cut or Style Hair Shovel Snow from Walkways Sing Songs Play Cards or Games

Hospice Volunteer Opportunities: Patient Support/Care, Bereavement Care, Administrative Assistants, Baking, Sewing and Music Therapy. There are many ways for you to volunteer your time and talents.

Requirements of Potential Patient Support/Care, Bereavement & Office Administrative Assistant Volunteers:

• Interview
  
• Completion of Application
  
• Two Written References
  
• Statement of Employment Eligibility
  
• Background Check
  
• Completion of Volunteer Training
  
• TB Test or Chest X-ray with Negative Results
  
• Completion of OSHA Training
  
• HIPPA Training (patient care and office volunteers only)
  

A volunteer is trained for the area in which they choose to serve. There are four areas with different classifications within those areas.


I. Administration Volunteer - a person who wants to volunteer but desires no direct patient contact. They will provide administrative support in the office setting. Enhanced skill set can lead to a Patient Care Representative volunteer.

II. Patient Support Representative - Enhanced communications skill set necessary for this specialized volunteer opportunity. This position is currently open and accepting applications.

III. Patient Support Volunteer - a person who wants to volunteer directly with patients, whether it is in the patient's own home, primary care giver's home, assisted living home, or nursing home. They require eight hours of orientation training.

IV. Bereavement Volunteer - an administrative volunteer who wants to support the Bereavement Department. The Bereavement Volunteer must have Patient Care Training and experience.

V. Music Therapy - Music can help alleviate pain and symptoms of terminal illnesses. Music therapy can engage patients who are suffering from Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. It can assist patients, as they cope with challenges and issues related to their hospice journey.

Music therapy has been proven to help lower blood pressure, improve respiration, reduce heart rate, muscle tension, anxiety, stress and provides an atmosphere that elevate a patient's mood and emotional state of mind.

Music can be performed at nursing home facilities, as well as a patient's home. It is preferable to play an instrument you can carry. Please call for details.

Call Gail Deatline (317-788-0300) for further information about being a hospice volunteer.

Call Danielle Hoke (317-887-6440) regarding this website or for information from a volunteer perspective.

Complete the online form for contact information.

Orientation Training & Continuing Education Click here for details.

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