Coping With Pain By Becoming A Volunteer
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
By Staff Report-
Her current position requires less overtime which allows her to have more time for her family and as a hospice volunteer, according to a release from Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice Inc.
She decided to become a hospice volunteer after her younger brother died of cancer at the age of 40. She tried to do everything she could to help save her brother.
“Never have I felt so helpless,” she said.
Over the past 10 years, she has visited hospice patients in their homes and nursing facilities often remaining friends with the families she has supported long after the loss of their loved one.
“I volunteered to assist with a gentleman and got very close to his wife,” she said. “When he passed away I continued visiting his wife.”
Several years later the wife needed hospice and Sherri was by her side as well.
“I felt such a loss when she passed away but I was thankful I got to help her and spend time with her, she would introduce me as her daughter” she said.
Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice staff was able to support Sherri and her family when her mother in-law passed away this year. Hospice Nurse Becca provided the nursing care, the release states.
“Becca was very kind to my mother in-law and the social workers and spiritual counselor helped our family after the loss with bereavement support,” she said. “I wish I had had bereavement support after my brother died 10 years ago.”
She is often asked by her co-workers and friends why she became a hospice volunteer.
“I feel I can bring comfort to patients and help ease the pain of the loss for their families because I understand that pain,” she said.
Hospice volunteers help to fill the gap between family and the hospice professional. For more information about becoming a hospice volunteer or learning more about hospice care, call Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice at 574-372-3401.[[In-content Ad]]
Her current position requires less overtime which allows her to have more time for her family and as a hospice volunteer, according to a release from Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice Inc.
She decided to become a hospice volunteer after her younger brother died of cancer at the age of 40. She tried to do everything she could to help save her brother.
“Never have I felt so helpless,” she said.
Over the past 10 years, she has visited hospice patients in their homes and nursing facilities often remaining friends with the families she has supported long after the loss of their loved one.
“I volunteered to assist with a gentleman and got very close to his wife,” she said. “When he passed away I continued visiting his wife.”
Several years later the wife needed hospice and Sherri was by her side as well.
“I felt such a loss when she passed away but I was thankful I got to help her and spend time with her, she would introduce me as her daughter” she said.
Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice staff was able to support Sherri and her family when her mother in-law passed away this year. Hospice Nurse Becca provided the nursing care, the release states.
“Becca was very kind to my mother in-law and the social workers and spiritual counselor helped our family after the loss with bereavement support,” she said. “I wish I had had bereavement support after my brother died 10 years ago.”
She is often asked by her co-workers and friends why she became a hospice volunteer.
“I feel I can bring comfort to patients and help ease the pain of the loss for their families because I understand that pain,” she said.
Hospice volunteers help to fill the gap between family and the hospice professional. For more information about becoming a hospice volunteer or learning more about hospice care, call Kosciusko Home Care & Hospice at 574-372-3401.[[In-content Ad]]
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