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Countries/States Served:
NJ, Liberia
People Utilized or Employed:
Trainable Volunteers, Nursing, Psychology, Social Work
Types of Students Allowed:
Nursing Students |
Program Length:
Long Term (Greater than 1 month)
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Current Volunteer Opportunities (Unpaid Positions)
Patient/Family Volunteer needed for
More than 1 year
Opportunity Description:
Some Volunteers mainly assist our families by providing respite support? ?a short interval of rest,? as the dictionary writes. These Volunteers go into the patient?s home to stay with the patient, allowing the family members an opportunity to take a break?about 3 hours?where they can focus on themselves: sometimes to seek medical attention for themselves, sometimes to continue a favorite activity and sometimes to just indulge in a meal or movie with friends.
Another way that Volunteers can support families is by helping with the weekly shopping.
Nursing home patients often need Volunteers to come in just to visit, breaking-up the monotony of their institutionalized day, other times they may be needed to assist them with their meals or some other specific activity.
Family members, too, need someone to talk to, to discuss their situation: the changes and losses they?re experiencing. And that is what Volunteers do most of all.
Regardless if you?re dropping off groceries or you?re spending the afternoon, volunteers give patients and their caregivers the opportunity to be heard. Volunteers are the members of the team that have the time to listen. That is the gift that you bring and why volunteers are considered the heart of hospice.
Total Number of Volunteers Needed:
15
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Bereavement Volunteer needed for
More than 1 year
Opportunity Description:
We use volunteers to provide an array of supportive services to those who are grieving. From sending out mailings, to making follow-up, check-in calls with family survivors, to visiting routine-bereaved who are homebound, and have no other opportunity to get support, to co-leading support groups, Volunteers can get involved in all areas of bereavement support.
The only requirements here are that you are able to listen, avoid giving advice, and have a genuine love for your fellow human beings. Practically speaking, you must also be able to come to our West Orange office, where we base our Bereavement operations. Also, those who want to get involved in higher-counseling-type-supportive-interventions, should have a mental health, or social services background.
Total Number of Volunteers Needed:
15
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Mission Statement: (See Web Site For Updated Information)
The mission of the Saint Barnabas Hospice and Palliative Care Center (SBHPCC) is to provide physical, emotional, social and spiritual care to terminally ill individuals and their families. Education, research, advocacy, and community outreach encompassing issues of hospice care, death, bereavement, and loss are integral parts of the program.
Hospice affirms life. It exists to provide support and care for persons in the last stages of an incurable illness. Hospice recognizes that dying is a natural process and is as much a part of life as birth, growth and maturity. Hospice helps families understand and deal with the loss of loved ones. Hospice exists in the hope that through the efforts of a caring community, patients and their caregivers may attain greater physical, emotional, and spiritual comfort in the face of terminal illness. SBHPCC works to be the premier provider for hospice services in New Jersey through excellence in patient/family care, provider collaboration, community commitment, and cost effectiveness. SBHPCC is a non-profit corporate entity established for a charitable purpose. Our motivation is compassion for the terminally ill and their loved ones. However, sound fiscal management necessitates raising excess revenues to insure survival. We are governed by a Board of Trustees (members are not compensated) who set policy and are accountable for all aspects of agency operations. Hospice recognizes that each patient and family has unique physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. The agency employs a team approach to tailor services to the singular needs of each patient and family. Emphasis is placed on palliative care; that is, care devoted to pain control, symptom management, education, support and empowerment. The hospice Interdisciplinary Team includes volunteers, nurses, social workers, chaplains, a clinical management team, administrative and support personnel and executive leadership. SBHPCC has a main office in West Orange, NJ with a ten-bed inpatient unit at Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, NJ and an 9-bed inpatient unit at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark, NJ. |
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