(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 January. Patient support training usually held at its E-town office will take place in Leitchfield this month.
Patient and Family Support Training
Wednesday, Jan. 30, 8:15 a.m.-4:15 p.m. CST
Grayson County Extension Office, 123 Commerce Drive, Leitchfield
Thrift Shoppe Training
Wednesday, Jan. 23, 9 a.m.-noon EST
Hosparus Health of Central Kentucky office, 105 Diecks Drive, Elizabethtown
Those interested in volunteering may complete an application at hosparushealth.org/volunteer or contact Volunteer Manager Annette Jones at 270-737-6300 or ajones@hosparus.org for more information.
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.
About Hosparus Health
Since 1978, Hosparus Health, a fully accredited nonprofit 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 700 employees and 680 volunteers who care for 8,000 patients and families every year. To learn more, visit www.hosparushealth.org.
###
