Toms River, NJ – Beginning Thursday, September
4, from 10:00 a.m. – Noon, Van Dyke Hospice and Palliative Care
Center, an affiliate of the Saint Barnabas Health Care System, will
host a ten-session training program for individuals interested in becoming
a Hospice Volunteer. Sessions will be held for ten consecutive
Fridays, through November 6th, at the Van Dyke Hospice and Palliative
Care Center office in the Bayview Corporate Center located at 1433 Hooper
Avenue, Suite 231 in Toms River.
The volunteer training program is designed to give participants an
understanding of the needs of patients and families who are coping with
advanced illness. Upon completion of the program, volunteers will
be connected with patients in close proximity to where they reside.
In as few as two hours a week, volunteers can make a tremendous
difference in the life of a patient coping with
advanced illness. Volunteers
can read to patients, hold their hand, or just
spend time with them while their loved ones take
a breather. They
are also a resource to families, typically helping
by listening to their thoughts and concerns or assisting them with small
tasks.
Registration is required. Attendance at every session
is required for certification. Make-up sessions are not available. For
more information, or to register for a training program, please contact
Lee at 732-818-6801.
Van Dyke Hospice and Palliative Care Center provides comprehensive
physical, emotional and spiritual care and support services for patients
with advanced illness and their families throughout Ocean County. The
program, which serves infants, children, adults and the elderly, honors
the unique choices and values of patients and their families while offering
full access to the broad array of services provided by the Saint Barnabas
Health Care System.
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