FREEPORT - A new session of FHN Hospice volunteer training will begin March 9 in Lena.
The seven-week, 14-hour comprehensive training course for new volunteers provides information on all aspects of hospice care and hospice volunteering. It will equip volunteers with skills needed to provide compassionate care and companionship to terminally ill patients in their homes or in nursing homes, as well as prepare volunteers to help in the Hospice office. Training includes classes on concepts of death and dying, grief, communication skills, stress management, infection control, safety and the bereavement process.
There is no charge for the training, but registration is required. The training sessions will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. on Tuesdays beginning March 9 and ending April 20. Those who wish to become Hospice volunteers must attend all the sessions, which will meet at the Doll Community Building at the Lena Living Center, 1008 S. Logan, Lena.
FHN Hospice covers Stephenson, Jo Daviess, Carroll, Ogle and part of Winnebago counties, and volunteers are needed for each of these counties. For more information or to register for the classes, call the Hospice volunteer coordinator at (815) 599-7253.
The seven-week, 14-hour comprehensive training course for new volunteers provides information on all aspects of hospice care and hospice volunteering. It will equip volunteers with skills needed to provide compassionate care and companionship to terminally ill patients in their homes or in nursing homes, as well as prepare volunteers to help in the Hospice office. Training includes classes on concepts of death and dying, grief, communication skills, stress management, infection control, safety and the bereavement process.
There is no charge for the training, but registration is required. The training sessions will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. on Tuesdays beginning March 9 and ending April 20. Those who wish to become Hospice volunteers must attend all the sessions, which will meet at the Doll Community Building at the Lena Living Center, 1008 S. Logan, Lena.
FHN Hospice covers Stephenson, Jo Daviess, Carroll, Ogle and part of Winnebago counties, and volunteers are needed for each of these counties. For more information or to register for the classes, call the Hospice volunteer coordinator at (815) 599-7253.
