Southcoast Hospice Volunteer Training set for May 2 & 3 Southcoast Hospice volunteers needed

FAIRHAVEN, Mass. — Southcoast Hospice & Palliative Care is looking for volunteers in the greater New Bedford and Wareham areas to provide emotional support to patients and their families.
     
“One thing all hospice volunteers have in common is a true desire to help,” said Jo-Ann Richard, Volunteer Coordinator at Southcoast Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care & Infusion Services.  “Some provide care and comfort to patients and their families while others prefer to assist with fundraising events, bereavement services, memorial planning, community networking, office tasks and other helpful duties.” 
     
The hospice volunteer must participate in a free 18-hour training session held at Southcoast Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care & Infusion Services located at 200 Mill Road, Fairhaven. The next training sessions are scheduled from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, May 2 and Saturday, May 3. Hospice volunteer training topics include patient care, family dynamics and spirituality.  For more information, please contact Jo-Ann Richard at 508-984-0277.
      
Southcoast Home Care, Hospice & Palliative Care & Infusion Services, a department of Southcoast Hospitals Group is a private non-profit agency that provides comprehensive, preventive and rehabilitative home health care to residents of the Greater New Bedford and Wareham areas.
      
Southcoast Hospitals Group, a not-for-profit charitable organization, was formed in 1996 from the merger of Charlton Memorial Hospital in Fall River, St. Luke's Hospital in New Bedford and Tobey Hospital in Wareham.
Southcoast Hospitals Group is part of Southcoast Health System, a community based health delivery system with multiple access points, offering an integrated continuum of health services throughout Southeastern Massachusetts and East Bay, Rhode Island.