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LEWISTON — Androscoggin Home Care & Hospice will hold an eight-week session of specialized training for volunteers wishing to provide companionship and support to hospice patients and their loved ones admitted to at the Hospice House in Auburn, Togus Veterans Affairs Hospital in Augusta or patient homes and nursing facilities Thursdays, Sept. 14 through Nov. 2, from 4 to 7 p.m. at AHCH, 15 Strawberry Ave.
This training program may lead to additional opportunities such as making weekly phone check-ins with home-based hospice patients and their caregivers. Hospice volunteer training is also the first step for individuals interested in assisting with Camp Dragonfly — a day-long camp for grieving children and their families.
In addition, a day-long training for more generalized volunteers is slated for Friday, Sept. 22, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Lewiston office. Volunteers are sought to help with many tasks, including transporting patients to medical appointments, picking up medications or groceries, assisting with meal preparation at the Hospice House, welcoming visitors to the Hospice House or assorted office tasks.
Anyone interested in either training must call 2-7-795-9580 or 1-800-482-7412, ext. 1280, by Friday, Aug. 25 (hospice training), to schedule a brief phone screening and begin the application process. Those interested in the more generalized training must call no later than Sept. 1. The training, background check and TB testing are provided at no cost to volunteers. AHCH asks that volunteers commit at least two hours per week over the next year.
Volunteers are needed for placement throughout the agency’s service area,including all of Androscoggin, Franklin and Oxford Counties, Northern Cumberland County and parts of Kennebec, Sagadahoc and Somerset counties.
