(ELIZABETHTOWN, KY) — Hosparus Health of Central Kentucky needs patient support volunteers in Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, LaRue and Meade counties, as well as volunteers to work in its Elizabethtown Thrift Shoppe. The nonprofit hospice and palliative care organization will offer free training for both types of volunteers in August at its Elizabethtown office, 105 Diecks Drive.
Thrift Shoppe training will be held Tuesday, Sept. 11, from 9 a.m. to noon. Patient support training will be offered on Thursday, Sept. 13, from 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Patient/family support volunteers provide companionship to patients and respite for their caregivers. Working closely with the rest of the Hosparus Health care team, volunteers provide comfort and enhance quality of life during a very difficult time for patients and families. Thrift Shoppe volunteers help with receiving, sorting and pricing donations; placing and straightening items on the sales floor; and assisting customers.
Volunteers must be in good health, have available transportation and complete a screening, training and application process. All volunteers also must receive an annual flu shot, and those working directly with patients must receive an annual TB test. Both are provided by Hosparus Health.
Registration is required prior to each session. To register, complete the volunteer application at hosparushealth.org/volunteer or contact Annette Jones at 270-737-6300 or ajones@hosparus.org. These trainings will be offered again throughout the year. Please call for more information and to inquire about future dates.
About Hosparus Health
For 40 years, Hosparus Health, a fully accredited non-profit hospice and palliative care organization, has provided medical care, grief counseling, pain management and much more for people facing serious and life-limiting illnesses in Kentucky and Indiana. Hosparus Health has over 600 employees and 550 volunteers who care for more than 7,600 patients and families every year. To learn more about Hosparus Health services, visit www.hosparushealth.org.
