Hospice Care: Many Opportunities To Serve

Gentiva Hospice of Johnson City, TN is looking for volunteers to serve throughout Washington & Unicoi Counties (Johnson City, Boones Creek, Gray, Fall Branch, Telford, Unicoi, Erwin, Jonesborough, Telford, Limestone, & Flag Pond Areas). We also have remote serve from home positions available. The options are endless when it comes to ways that you can get involved. Here's just a few of the ways that you can serve the great people of your community:

There's so many ways to get involved as a Gentiva Hospice Volunteer. Here is a list of some of the opportunities:

Administrative:

• Assist in the office with answering phones, filing, scanning
• Assistance with regular outgoing mailouts and/or phone calls
• Making weekly calls to check in on patients and their families
• Remote administrative Volunteer Services from your home

Bereavement:

• Attend/Assist with our "Circle of Friends" bereavement lunch/dinner groups
• Assistance with weekly/monthly mailouts and/or phone calls
• 1 year anniversary calls and/or visits to check in on the bereaved

Writing heartfelt cards of care, concern, & encouragement through the bereavement pen pal program

• Plan, Coordinate, & Assist with two Annual Memorial Services

Direct:

• Visit & offer companionship to patients & families both in private homes and/or facilities
• Providing caregiver relief visits for caregivers so they can rest, run errands, or tend to their homes
• Assist with special occasion deliveries such birthdays, holidays, Veteran’s Day
• Lead activities, play games, call BINGO, and/or lead a time of devotion at assisted living facilities & nursing homes
• Veteran to Veteran Visits and assistance with special Veteran related events
• Light Housekeeping
• Music Therapy: singing, playing an instrument, or even playing music on your phone for patients
• Playing Games, Cards, & Talking with Patients and their Caregivers
• Scrapbooking & Recording of Memories
• Patient / family pen pal program writing heartfelt letters of care, concern, & encouragement

Additional Options:

• Baking and/or Delivering Cookies & Cakes for patients, families, bereaved, or for special occasions
• Quilting (especially Veteran/Patriotic/holiday themed quilts)
• Cooking and/or Meal Prepping for patients and families who are no longer able to do so themselves
• Singing to Patients for Special Occasions (especially veterans day and Christmas)
• Pet Therapy Visits
• Making and/or delivering Christmas ornaments and/or decorated tabletop Christmas trees for patients
• Caring for a patient's pet(s) once they are no longer able to do so such as bathing, grooming, feeding, walking, and playing
• Photography for our events and/or for our patients/families as requested
• Professional Volunteers to do hair, nails, barber services, makeup, massage therapy, photography, yard care, etc. -

Veteran to Veteran Activities - Assist with special events

PLEASE CALL (423) 282-0062 or (423) 833-8806 IF YOU ARE INTERESTED OR HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS OR IDEAS!!! WE WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO YOU!!!