Volunteer Opportunity Details:

You can make a difference! Community Hospice of Virginia needs compassionate volunteers to provide support to hospice patients and their loved ones in homes and long-term care settings. Volunteers offer simple, but valuable, gifts: a warm smile, an understanding ear, and a heartfelt willingness to help. Volunteers are highly valued members of our interdisciplinary hospice teams.

Volunteers spend time directly with hospice patients and their family members and may:

• Provide companionship and an understanding ear to patients
• Spend a few hours each week visiting with patients so that caregivers can rest or spend time away from home
• Read to patients
• Help by running errands or grocery shopping
• Help with light housekeeping tasks
  
  

Comprehensive training is required and provided by Community Hospice staff. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old and must volunteer 2-3 hours per week for one year. All volunteers must pass a background check and receive an annual TB skin test, both provided free of charge by Community Hospices.

Hospice care helps enhance quality of life by addressing not only the physical but the emotional, social and spiritual issues that may arise for patients - and their families - in the final stages of their lives. Volunteers must be caring, sensitive, mature and able to support patients and families without imposing their own beliefs and should be flexible and comfortable spending time with patients with terminal illnesses.

This opportunity is sponsored by: Community Hospice Of Virginia

Volunteers will work with the following groups Adults (26-54) Older Adults (55+) Disabled / Ill We need volunteers who are free at these times Evenings Weekends Weekdays This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers Adults (26-54) Multi-lingual Adults (55+) Small Group (2-10) Individual Young Adults (18-25) This volunteer opportunity addresses the following social interests Death and Dying Health We are looking for volunteers with the following skills Companionship Health Care

Contact Person: Lara Abel, Volunteer Coordinator, (703) 738-5017, (email) View all agency contacts

Address:

520 N. Washington Street Falls Church, VA 22046 (See a map)

Miscellaneous Information

CVN Friendly?
	Yes
For Spanish / non-English speakers?
	No
Wheelchair accessible?
	Yes
METRO rail accessible?
	Yes