Volunteer Opportunity Details:
| Last updated on January 12, 2009 |
A Hospice volunteer helps to aid our patients through life's final journey and bring dignity to their days. Here are some testimonials from past volunteers.
"I enjoy being a volunteer with Harmony Home Health & Hospice. The satisfaction I get from helping the patients is really wonderful"
Kaye M. – A Harmony Hospice Volunteer
"You are rewarded with satisfaction when you know you've made a difference in the life of the patients and their families."
Jean G. – A Harmony Hospice Volunteer
Who Can Become a Volunteer?
Harmony volunteers are men and women of all ages and backgrounds. From the nine-year-old boy who plays the piano for residents of long term care facilities to the eighty-three year old woman who helps prepare meals, healthcare volunteers assist the Harmony Home Health and Hospice staff with patient care and family support.
What Does a Volunteer Do?
Harmony volunteers bring their own special warmth and unique personalities to home health and hospice patients and their families. Volunteers support the services already provided by nurses, aides, and family members. They offer comfort and companionship.
• Volunteers in Direct Service
To be a caring, supportive, and empathetic individual, providing help for the patient, family, or other primary caregiver. Services may include:
– Household tasks
– Meal preparation
– Reading
– Playing games
– Companionship
– Childcare
– Yard work
– Support
– Providing a listening ear
– Transportation
– Shopping & running errands
– Emotional support
• Volunteers in Administration
A wide variety of office support and administrative support projects are available.
• Volunteers in Community Education
Volunteers help to familiarize the public with Hospice and Home Health services, dispel misconceptions, and inform the community about the special needs of the home bound and terminally ill.
• Professional “Talent Pool”/Consultant Volunteers
Consulting volunteers include professionals in all walks of life, including: Attorneys, accountants, public relation specialists, pharmacists, spiritual advisers, community clergy, fund raisers, and investment specialist.
What Type of Training is Provided?
Harmony offers extensive training all volunteers. Topics include communication skills, family dynamics, grief and bereavement, home safety, personal safety, stress management, and infection control. The amount and scope of training a volunteer receives is dependent upon the type of services they will be providing.
 This opportunity is sponsored by: Harmony Home Health And Hospice - Layton
We need volunteers who are free at these times
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| Evenings |
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Weekends |
| Occasional |
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Weekly |
| Weekdays |
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This volunteer opportunity is available to the following types of volunteers
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| Adolescents (13-17) |
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Individual |
| Adults (26-54) |
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Small Group (2-10) |
| Adults (55+) |
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Unpaid Interns |
| Families |
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Young Adults (18-25) |
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Address:
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1424 Legend Hills Drive Suite 110Clearfield, UT 84015(See a map) |
Directions:
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We are located in the Legend Hills business offices next to Tepanyaki restaraunt visible from the freeway.
Nearest Bus Stop: The corner of University Park Way and Antelope Drive, 5 minute walk |
Web Site: http://www.harmonyhomehealth.com
| Last updated on January 12, 2009 |
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