Care Alternatives Hospice is committed to delivering comprehensive hospice services with integrity and compassion. We embrace a holistic and personalized approach, caring for the whole person: mind, body and spirit.

Description:
Care Alternatives Hospice offers extensive personalized care for our patients, as well as much-needed support for their families. We are unique in the fact that we offer alternative therapies to our patients, which include Reiki, Pet and Music Therapy, Massage and Reflexology. We currently service Philadelphia, Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware, Berks, Chester, Northampton, and Lehigh Counties.

We are looking for volunteers in the following areas:

Companionship Volunteers: Patient care volunteers provide companionship to the patient, respite to the caregiver and are welcomed as part of the hospice team. Volunteers can help by making friendly visits, reading to the patients, writing letters or running errands. However, the most important gifts the volunteer bestows is just to be there to listen, sharing quiet moments of contemplation or offering a gentle touch.

Alternative/Complementary Volunteers: Trained in massage, Reiki, reflexology, pet therapy, alternative/complementary volunteers also offer music and visualization for added growth and comfort. These modalities are offered to both patients and families, as well as to facility staff for relaxation and personal growth.

Administrative Volunteers: Administrative volunteers provide help to the staff by assisting with typing, addressing cards, organizing newsletters, packets, manual and performing other varied clerical duties.

Bereavement Volunteers: Bereavement volunteers offer support to the families and friends of deceased patients. During the grieving process, the bereavement volunteer is an invaluable resource for family members and friends, especially those who lack a solid support network.

We are also looking for volunteers for knitting, crocheting and sewing lap blankets, shawls and booties to keep our patients warm and cozy.

History:
Our agency began in New Jersey as Garden State Hospice. We now are rapidly growing across the country with our new name of Care Alternatives Hospice.

Contact people:

Jamie Albert, Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email) Volunteer Director, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (215) 542-2103

Address:

501 Office Center Drive Suite# 285 Fort Washington, PA 19034 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.carealt.com

Miscellaneous Information

Are court referrals welcomed?
	No