Hospice Southeastern Connecticut Recruiting Volunteers

Norwich, CT - (August 2011)  Hospice Southeastern Connecticut is currently recruiting and training volunteers to serve in their local communities as patient care volunteers, rose delivery volunteers, equipment pick-up & delivery volunteers, and telephone survey volunteers.  We are also looking for licensed massage therapists, reiki therapists, healing touch therapists, reflexology specialists, and certified pet therapists to serve our patients.  There will be a training series beginning on September 13, 2011.  If you are interested in registering for the training, or learning more about any of these positions, please contact Lauren Watson, Volunteer Program Administrator, at 860-848-5699 or lwatson@hospicesect.org.  You may also visit our website at www.hospicesect.org for more information.

About Hospice Southeastern Connecticut
Hospice Southeastern Connecticut provides care in the home and often in skilled nursing facilities for those facing the end of their life, regardless of age, disease or inability to pay.  The organization also provides bereavement services for families in New London County free of charge, regardless of whether the death occurred under hospice care or not.

Hospice Southeastern Connecticut is a community-based, non-profit healthcare agency in New London County.  It is the only regional hospice affiliated with both Lawrence & Memorial Hospital and The William W. Backus Hospital.  It is Medicare/Medicaid certified, state licensed and CHAP accredited.  Hospice Southeastern Connecticut has been the hospice of choice for over 8,800 families since 1985.