April is Volunteer awareness month and Access Home Care and Hospice would like to thank all of our volunteers for the many hours you have given to help our hospice patients and their families.
Access tries to constructively utilize the talents of our volunteers. For example, we have volunteers that play instruments like the harp and piano as music therapy. Some volunteers enjoy baking bread for patients and families. In our Pocatello, Idaho office, we have several volunteers who are currently going to the Social Work program at Idaho State University. These students have chosen to gain crucial end-of-life psychosocial experience by volunteering their internships as Social Work students for Home Care and Hospice. They find that not only do they grow tremendously in their chosen field of study, but the patients and families benefit tremendously from their services. These talents not only help the people we serve, but come as great opportunities for the volunteers themselves to grow.
Although music and cooking talents are greatly appreciated, help in our local offices, or even reading to someone in their home, are ways volunteers can really make an impact. In fact, some of the most meaningful volunteer time comes from those willing to help their friends and neighbors and serve the community.
Wherever you live in Northern Utah, Eastern Idaho, or Western Wyoming, Access Hospice has opportunities for volunteers. To ensure that all volunteers feel comfortable working with the dying, Access Hospice requires all volunteers to complete an orientation and training session, as well as submit to a routine background check.
To all those who currently volunteer for Access Hospice, THANK YOU! And for those interested in volunteering, please contact your local office found on the sidebar of this blog.
"Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile."
- Albert Einstein
