Patient Companion (Conyers and surrounding areas)

About

Can you listen?

Can you be a compassionate friend?

Can you hold a hand or give a hug?

Can you offer up to four hours of your time to a family in need?

Do you have a heart for the elderly or sick?

Hospice patients and their caregivers need your help. It doesn't take much to touch a heart and change a life, and anyone with a compassionate heart and a few free hours once a week can help.

Companionship is easy: We'll pair you up with a family who needs support. We'll help make a schedule that works for you and the family. And you'll help a family within 30 minutes of your location live better. Sit with the patient and listen to their story, or read to them, or play cards. The mental and emotional well-being of our hospice patients is extremely important to us, and volunteers are able to reach patients in a way medical staff just can't.

Some patients live alone. Others with families, some are in our inpatient care unit, or another facility, like a nursing home, assisted living facility, or personal care home. Volunteer in the environment you feel most comfortable with, and know you'll have the training you need to be a good companion.

Companions are like friends with training. You'll NEVER help with medical care like changing, feeding, or medicating patients.

Companions are needed all over Atlanta (Barrow, Bartow, Butts, Carroll, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, Dawson, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Haralson, Heard, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Meriwether, Morgan, Newton, Paulding, Pickens, Pike, Rockdale, Spalding, and Walton counties).

Skills

• Elder care
• Hospice Care
• People Skills
• Relationship Building
• Verbal / Written Communication
• Veteran Care

Requirements

• Driver's License Needed
• Orientation or Training
• Background Check
• Time Commitment:At least 4 hours monthly
• Other Requirements:Drug screening
• Minimum Age:18

About the Organization

Sacred Journey Hospice provides care to patients who have a terminal illness and their families. We visit patients in their homes, assisted living facilities, nursing homes, our 24/7 inpatient unit or wherever else they may be to provide care on a huge spectrum. We provide for medical, therapuetic (physical, speech, emotional, etc), equipment, medication, supplies, spiritual, social, daily living, veteran and many other needs. Volunteers are a HUGE part of our patient care goals.