VNA Hospice Patient Volunteer-Lake County!

VNA Hospice, a not for profit organization, depends on volunteers to help meet our mission to provide compassionate hospice care and support for patients and their families. Hospice Patient Volunteers provide support and companionship to terminally ill patients and their families. Volunteers visit patients in the home, nursing homes. Hospice Patient Volunteers may provide care for the family's children, whether in the home or on special outings; transport patients or caregivers to appointments with their physician, hairdresser, etc.; offer diversion to patients by reading, playing cards, writing letters, etc.; perform light household chores such as cooking, washing dishes, helping with laundry; and, running errands, picking up necessities, etc.