Thank You for Applying to be a Hospice Volunteer

Thank you for applying to be a hospice volunteer with Great Lakes Caring. We appreciate your interest and have directed your inquiry to one of our representatives who will respond to you shortly. Please feel free to call our office at 800.379.1600 if you have any questions as well. Again, we appreciate your interest in our services and will respond to you as soon as possible.

Hospice

Services

Great Lakes Caring Hospice provides:

• The Care That Never Sleeps^SM Promise
• Nursing
• Medical Director supervision
• Specialty pain and symptom management
• Medication management and administration
• Physical and occupational therapy
• In Touch—massage therapy
• In Tune—music therapy
• Life Stories—legacy remembrance program
• Speech and language pathology
• Short-term inpatient care
• Respite care
• Medical social services
• Assistance with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
• Dietician counseling
• End-of-life planning
• Spiritual counseling
• Bereavement

From an interdisciplinary compassionate care staff:

• Director: Certified hospice nurses
• Certified home health aides & credentialed nurse’s assistants
• Spiritual care coordinators
• Hospice social workers
• Bereavement counselors
• Spiritual advisors
• Physical therapists/Physical therapist assistants
• Occupational therapists/Certified occupational therapist assistants
• Speech pathologists
• Dieticians
• Pharmacists
• Certified music therapists
• Certified medical massage therapists
• Medical Directors
• Activities coordinators
• Trained volunteers