If you find no Skilled Nursing Facilities that would like a Volunteer check the local Hospice in your area. Hospice is always looking for Volunteers. You can do anything from Office work to working in the Patient Care Center or being a Volunteer that sees people in their homes or in a facility. And the Hospice I Volunteer with I do office tasks but I also Volunteer Bake for the patients and the Hospice also has a program "Pet Peace of Mind" if a patient brings in their pet a Volunteer will walk a dog, for a patient at home we can take a pet to the vet or groomer. And we also look to "re-home" pets if no family can take a patients pet.
One of the reasons this is important is that Medicare REQUIRES Volunteers. " Volunteers must provide day-to-day administrative and or direct patient care services in an amount that, at a minimum, equals 5% of the total patient care hours of all paid Hospice employees and contract staff."
This is not a hospital site or a LTC facility. We are just a bunch of caregivers who are currently giving/did once give care to an elder. How lovely you want to do this! You will be treasured. Do call facilities you find online in your area by googling Long Term Care facilities and ask them if they have volunteer programs.
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Hospice is always looking for Volunteers. You can do anything from Office work to working in the Patient Care Center or being a Volunteer that sees people in their homes or in a facility.
And the Hospice I Volunteer with I do office tasks but I also Volunteer Bake for the patients and the Hospice also has a program "Pet Peace of Mind" if a patient brings in their pet a Volunteer will walk a dog, for a patient at home we can take a pet to the vet or groomer. And we also look to "re-home" pets if no family can take a patients pet.
One of the reasons this is important is that Medicare REQUIRES Volunteers.
" Volunteers must provide day-to-day administrative and or direct patient care services in an amount that, at a minimum, equals 5% of the total patient care hours of all paid Hospice employees and contract staff."
We are just a bunch of caregivers who are currently giving/did once give care to an elder.
How lovely you want to do this! You will be treasured.
Do call facilities you find online in your area by googling Long Term Care facilities and ask them if they have volunteer programs.
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