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Direct Patient Care

St Joseph Hospice

New Orleans, LA

Direct Patient Care:

Direct Patient Care involves a Volunteer working directly with one of our patients and families. Showing up REGULARLY & ON TIME as agreed to is primary! There are MANY different ways you can spend your time while providing Direct Patient Care for Relational, Social, and Emotional support:

  • Hold the Patient's Hand
  • Read to the Patient, just hearing your voice will provide comfort, whether they respond directly or not.
  • Look at Family Photo albums & Wall photos of loved ones & encourage them to tell you "who they are".
  • Record Patient stories in a notebook, share them with the Family. They will become invaluable for the future.
  • Encourage the Patient to talk, ask them simple questions like "favorite color", "favorite movie star", "favorite vacation", "favorite food", etc.
  • Sing simple songs with them: Mary had a little lamb, Row, row, row your boat, the Star Spangled Banner (most older Patients will relate to these simple songs & might sing along).
  • Color with them when possible.
  • Play Tic, Tac, Toe with them on a piece of paper.
  • Be creative!

Respite Care:

Respite Volunteers provide "much-needed" Relief to the Caregiver, for a maximum of 2-3 Hours, allowing the Caregiver to tend to their own needs while they rest in another room or leave the home to run errands/go to lunch or dinner/etc. The volunteer becomes a companion to the patient, quietly sitting and holding a hand, reading about current events or simply listening are some of the things a respite volunteer can offer to a Caregiver. This can help avoid "Caregiver breakdown".

Errands:

Unexpected needs arise daily with patient families and members of our Hospice team. Delivering and picking up supplies,

Use Your Talents:

If you play a Musical Instrument, you could play for a Patient.

Other types of Therapies are welcome for our Patients as appropriate & agreed to with the Family:

  • Massage Therapy
  • Art Therapy
  • Hair cuts/Styling
  • Pet Therapy
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Vacancy posted 4 days ago
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