Hospice News
2010 Winter/Spring Volunteer
Training
Essex/Monmouth Counties –Beginning
in January, the Barnabas Health Hospice and Palliative Care
Center (BHHPCC), an affiliate of the Saint Barnabas Health
Care System, will host 17-hour training programs for individuals
interested in becoming a Hospice Volunteer. Programs
will be hosted in Essex and Monmouth Counties. United
States Veterans are encouraged to attend for participation
in the BHHPCC’s new volunteer program Veterans
Helping Veterans.
The volunteer training program is designed to give participants
an understanding of the needs of patients and families who
are coping with advanced illness. Program topics
include Hospice History and Philosophy, Hospice
Nursing, Spirituality in Hospice, Personal Death
Awareness, Listening, and the Nuts and
Bolts of Volunteering. Upon completion of the
program, volunteers will be connected with patients in close
proximity to where they reside.
For more information, or to register for a training
program, please contact Spiro Ballas, Barnabas Health Hospice and Palliative Care Center Senior Volunteer Coordinator,
at 973-322-4866 or sballas@barnabashealth.org.
Training programs will be offered at the following locations.
Essex County
Beginning
Tuesday, January 19, from 10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Barnabas Health Hospice and Palliative Care Center, West Orange
Programs to be held on 1/19, 1/26, 2/2, 2/9, 2/16,
2/23 and 3/2
Beginning
Tuesday, January 19, from 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Clara Maass
Medical Center, Belleville
Programs to be held on 1/19, 1/26,
2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/23 and 3/2
Beginning
Saturday, March 13, from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Newark
Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark
Programs to be held on 3/13,
3/20 and 3/27
Beginning
Monday, April 12, from 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Barnabas Health Hospice and Palliative Care Center, West Orange
Programs
to be held on 4/12, 4/19, 4/26, 5/3, 5/10, 5/17 and 5/24
Beginning
Monday, April 12, from 6:30 – 9:30 p.m.
Clara Maass
Medical Center, Belleville
Programs to be held on 4/12, 4/19,
4/26, 5/3, 5/10, 5/17 and 5/24
Beginning
Saturday, May 15, from 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Newark
Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark
Programs to be held on 5/15,
5/22 and 5/29
Monmouth County
Beginning
Friday, February 5, from 6:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Monmouth
Medical Center, Long Branch
Programs to be held on 2/5, 2/12,
2/19, 2/26, 3/5, 3/12 and 3/19
Beginning
Friday, May 14, from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Monmouth Medical
Center, Long Branch
Programs to be held on 5/14, 5/21 and
5/28
Established in 1981, Barnabas Health Hospice and Palliative Care Center provides comprehensive physical, emotional and
spiritual care and support services for patients with advanced
illness and their families throughout ten counties in the
State of New Jersey. The program, which serves infants, children,
adults and the elderly, honors the unique choices and values
of patients and their families while offering full access
to the broad array of services provided by the Saint Barnabas
Health Care System.
“In
as few as three hours a week, volunteers can make a tremendous
difference in the life of a patient coping with advanced
illness,” explains Ballas. “Volunteers
can read to patients, hold their hand, or just spend time
with them while their loved ones take a breather. They
are also a resource to families, typically helping by listening
to their thoughts and concerns or assisting them with small
tasks. When you volunteer for hospice you get back
as much as you give.”
Date: January 4, 2010
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