Volunteer Opportunities

  • Summer Hospice Volunteers Needed-Trinity Health

     

    Looking for Students interested in or working towards a career in Healthcare! 

    Hospice is a support program for people with a life-limiting illness. Hospice care provides comfort and support for the patient and their family on their journey. The focus is on maintaining the patient's quality of life while respecting their dignity and uniqueness. Hospice services are available seven days a week, 24 hours a day by a team of dedicated staff and volunteers

    Being a hospice volunteer is a rewarding experience that allows you to make a difference in the lives of patients and their families during a difficult time. As a hospice volunteer, you can provide emotional support, companionship, and assistance with day-to-day tasks for patients and their loved ones. It's a chance to give back to your community and to make a positive impact in someone's life. By volunteering, you can also gain a deeper understanding and appreciation for the end-of-life process.There is no specific time commitment. You can work around your schedule. No amount you share is too little or too much. 

    Use what you have learned in the classroom to help improve the quality of life for hospice patients. Utilize free time to be compassionate and genuine in order to reduce terminally ill patients’ loneliness and isolation. Please help us keep our patients happy and comfortable as they reach the end of their life due to a variety of health conditions including: cancer, Alzheimer’s, etc.

     

    How can you benefit by being a volunteer?

    • Build your resume: Volunteer experience shows proof of motivation, commitment, initiative, dependability, and flexibility

    • Develop interpersonal skills

    • Increase meaning and purpose in your life

    • Receive a letter of recommendation
    • Experience significant opportunities for growth and development

    • Responsibilities of Companion volunteers:

    • Contribute to our patients' quality of life

    • Attend to Patients' Needs

    • Communicate with Nurses by keeping them Up to Date about each Patient visited

    • Maintain Patients' Confidentiality

    • Travel and Visit patients in their homes or nursing facilities 

    • Read to them, give hand massage, assist in life review or memory building

     

    • We offer you:

    • FREE TB test and MMR Titer

    • Extremely flexible assignments (anytime you can give is greatly appreciated)

    • Convenient Orientation and FREE training and that fits your schedule

    • Receive Internship Credit (if applicable-unpaid)

      *Please contact new.englandvolunteers@trinity-health.org. Or Visit the Website for more information https://www.trinityhealthathome.org/connecticut/trinity-health-of-new-england-at-home/volunteer/
    For more information, contact: Volunteer Services at new.englandvolunteers@trinity-health.org