Provide Companionship to Hospice Patients - Kettering area

Ohio Living Bethany Hospice provides special care, comfort, and support to those facing a life-limiting illness. Volunteers are a large part of hospice care and make an INCREDIBLE difference in the lives of others. Hospice volunteers can contribute in a variety of ways:

• Provide companionship by just being present with the patient, listening to their stories, doing activities, etc.
• Provide a bedside presence for a patient who is actively dying.
• Assist patients with documenting their stories or writing cards or letters.
• Conduct video chats with patients and their out-of-town loved ones.
• Help tidy up a patient's room or maintain their house/yard.
• Assist our chaplains with bereavement services and support for families after patient deaths
• Create or collect items to be donated to our patients.

We try to match you with patients you would get along with well and who are as close to your home as possible. We provide services to Bethany Village as well as other facilities and in patient homes in the community.

Any volunteers wanting to visit or talk to patients/families directly must undergo an extensive onboarding process, including a background check, fingerprinting, drug screen, 2-step TB test, in-person and online training. Once you've joined the program, you can visit patients whenever and however often you want! You just need to decide your frequency (weekly, biweekly, monthly, etc.) and stick to it.