Compassionate and Caring Individuals Needed
Hospice Volunteers Needed
Petoskey, Mich. – February 21, 2012 – Compassionate and caring individuals are needed to help an area hospice organization meet the needs of patients and families facing end-of-life issues.
A volunteer training program is being held for VitalCare Hospice of Little Traverse Bay in Petoskey. Classes will run from 9 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 8 and from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Friday, March 9 at VitalCare Hospice of Little Traverse Bay in Petoskey. Attendance is required on both days.
Training sessions include an orientation to hospice and discussion of the roles of volunteers. Each class will deal with a different aspect of training including grief and bereavement, death and dying, communication skills, understanding the family, spiritual care of the family, care and comfort measures, ethical issues, and advanced directives.
There is a place for everyone in the hospice family of volunteers. Volunteers are the backbone of hospice, providing in-home respite care, errands, companionship, activities, office assistance, and fundraising assistance. At this time, our greatest need is for volunteers willing to provide support in patient homes in Antrim, Charlevoix and Otsego counties. Those interested in attending the upcoming volunteer training, or those seeking more information, should contact VitalCare Hospice of Little Traverse Bay Volunteer Coordinator Heather O’Brien at 231.487.7943.
Northern Michigan Regional Health System
Northern Michigan Regional Health System is a non-profit organization that is committed to providing a full continuum of patient-centered specialized care to residents in 22 counties throughout northern Michigan and the eastern part of the Upper Peninsula. For more than 25 years, Hospice of Little Traverse Bay, affiliated with Northern Michigan Regional Health System, has been providing end-of-life and palliative care for residents of Charlevoix, Emmet, and parts of Antrim, Cheboygan, and Otsego counties. Hospice is patient/family-centered care. For more information, please visit northernhealth.org. For more information about Hospice of Little Traverse Bay, please call 231.487.4825.
