| Shamli
Hospice
provides or makes possible:
• a
care plan for patient and family which addresses physical, psychological,
spiritual and social
needs at the end of life,
• home
care and dying at home in collaboration with other services when appropriate,
•
pain and symptom control by working in collaboration with the attending
physician,
•
twenty-four hour, seven day a week care, including on-call professional
staff,
•
individual and family emotional support to help persons cope during
this stressful period,
•
bereavement and follow-up visitation and assessment,
•
emotional support, crisis intervention, information and referrals as
needed,
•
referrals to and coordination with appropriate community agencies and
resources.
Shamli
Respite
provides:
•
short term respite support for the caregiver of someone who has had
a medical emergency,
has a long-term diagnosis
(such as Alzheimer’s), needs constant care or is just getting
older,
•
short term support for someone who has had a medical emergency when
there is no caregiver
in the home and where help
with shopping, taking walks, running errands can be of assistance
during recovery,
•
referralsl to and coordination with appropriate community agencies and
resources,
•
volunteer emotional support to help persons cope during this stressful
period.
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What
a Shamli Volunteer can do for you:
•
companionship for the patient and family members
•
respite for the primary caregiver
•
running errands, grocery shopping, etc.
•
picking up prescriptions (with RN supervisory authorization)
•
gardening
•
relaxing massages for the patient and family members
•
reading to patients
•
walking pets
•
letter writing for patients
•
sitting with patients who are dying
•
visiting patients in their home
•
individual bereavement and bereavement support groups |
