Volunteer Opportunities

The Hospice Volunteer

Life Choice Hospice Volunteers are members of a dedicated group of loyal and sensitive individuals who selflessly give to help ensure our mission of hospice care is delivered with compassion and care. Committed to excellence, each hospice volunteer has a profound impact on the lives of our patients and their families.

Our Volunteer Training promotes the understanding of death as the end of a person’s physical existence, and the end of their life’s journey comes to a close. In addition to being oriented to the Hospice Philosophy, our hospice volunteer’s are trained to meet the complex challenges that patients and their families face when coping with a life-limiting illness, providing ongoing support and reassurance. Many volunteers have experienced their own loss. This experience often enables the volunteer to be especially supportive to both the patient’s and their family’s needs. Volunteer training will give you the self confidence needed to feel comfortable in the facility setting or in the patient’s home.

Roles of a Hospice Volunteer

• Bedside Volunteers
• Bereavement Volunteers
• Administrative Volunteers

Bedside Volunteers

Bedside volunteers visit with the patient and provide support to the patient and their family through:

• Listening
• Reading from the patient’s favorite book
• Holding the patient’s hand
• Writing letters
• Playing music
• Watching a television program together

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Bereavement Volunteers

Our bereavement volunteers, many of whom have experienced their own loss, offer support to the family and friends of the deceased patient. During the grieving process, the bereavement volunteer is an invaluable resource, especially to those who lack a solid support network.

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Administrative Volunteers

Although administrative volunteers do not have direct contact with the patient and their family, it is important they understand the “Hospice Philosophy”, as their indirect service supports our direct care. Administrative volunteers support the Life Choice Hospice staff with assembling informational packets, filing, data entry, telephone assistance and performing other various clerical duties.

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Answer the Call

There is a light in the world…a healing spirit more powerful than any darkness we many encounter. We sometimes lose sight of this force where there is suffering and too much pain. Then, suddenly, the spirit will emerge through the lives of ordinary people who hear a call and answer in extraordinary ways.

Should you become a volunteer? If you have as little as an hour per week, our program can give you a truly rewarding experience – one that is appreciated by many. Life Choice is always looking for committed volunteers to become part of our hospice team. If you are interested, please call (800) 557-7570, and ask to speak to a volunteer coordinator.

 

Volunteer Application

You can apply online or download a printable version by clicking on the appropriate link below. If you are downloading the printable version please print, fill out, sign in the three designated areas and mail to:

Life Choice Hospice
Attn: Director of Volunteers
200 Dryden Road
Suite 3300
Dresher, PA 19025

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