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Hospice Volunteer

Volunteers serve as members of the hospice team and are instrumental in providing comfort for those served. They are an essential part of every hospice program and share a strong belief in kindness and compassion. Volunteers may provider support in the follow way.

Companionship – A volunteer may do activities such as reading, lisening to music, playing games, watching tv or a movie, share worries and concerns, or just sit quietly.

Practical Services – A volunteer may assist with grooming, grocery shopping, doing the laundry, pick up supplies or even medication. Our volunteers will gladly assist with light chores allowing family members to spend more time with their loved ones.

Caregiver Relief – The volunteer may stay with patients in order to give caregivers a break in order to run errands, help with family or even spend time with other family members

Spiritual Support – If asked, a volunteer may pray with the family or patient, read religious books and also encourage patients to communicate his/her faith, fears, or feelings about end of life.

Office Volunteer

Volunteers are needed to assist with administrative duties, answering phones, mailing, and clerical support. Sometimes, volunteers with unique attributes are needed, fluency in another language, a veteran willing to work with other vets, a fund raiser willing to raise support for hospice, or someone who wants to talk about hospice at health fairs or speaking engagements. Whether you volunteer to see patients or work out of the office, it is important in the lives of our patients and their families.

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Address
4600 Northgate Blvd. Suite 130 A&B
Sacramento, CA 95834

Phone
(916) 864-9528

Fax
(916) 299-9949

Email
info@sonderhealthcare.com

Alzheimer’s/Dementia

Alzheimer’s/Dementia refers to a serious loss of mental abilities such as thinking, remembering, reasoning and communicating. Dementia is not a normal part of aging. It can be difficult to know whether you or your loved one is suffering from Alzheimer’s/Dementia as the symptoms typically appear gradually (beginning with memory loss).

Saveo knows from personal and professional experience that caring for a loved one suffering from Alzheimer’s/Dementia can be physically, emotionally and mentally exhausting.

Memory loss
Disorientation
Confusion about time or place
Communication issues
Inability to read, write, speak or understand
Mood and behavior changes, such as aggressiveness, wandering or withdrawal

Cancer

Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. Not all tumors are cancerous; benign tumors do not spread to other parts of the body. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal bleeding, prolonged cough, unexplained weight loss.

While these symptoms may indicate cancer, they may have other causes. Over 100 types of cancers affect humans. Tobacco use is the cause of about 22% of cancer deaths.

Memory loss
Disorientation
Confusion about time or place
Communication issues
Inability to read, write, speak or understand
Mood and behavior changes, such as aggressiveness, wandering or withdrawal

Multiple Sclerosis

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a demyelinating disease in which the insulating covers of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord are damaged. This damage disrupts the ability of parts of the nervous system to communicate, resulting in a range of signs and symptoms, including physical, mental, and sometimes psychiatric problems.

Specific symptoms can include double vision, blindness in one eye, muscle weakness, trouble with sensation, or trouble with coordination. MS takes several forms, with new symptoms either occurring in isolated attacks.

Memory loss
Disorientation
Confusion about time or place
Communication issues
Inability to read, write, speak or understand
Mood and behavior changes, such as aggressiveness, wandering or withdrawal

Parkinson’s

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the motor system. The symptoms generally come on slowly over time. Early in the disease, the most obvious are shaking, rigidity, slowness of movement, and difficulty with walking. Thinking and behavioral problems may also occur.

Dementia becomes common in the advanced stages of the disease. Depression and anxiety are also common occurring in more than a third of people with PD. Other symptoms include sensory, sleep, and emotional problems.

Memory loss
Disorientation
Confusion about time or place
Communication issues
Inability to read, write, speak or understand
Mood and behavior changes, such as aggressiveness, wandering or withdrawal

Stroke

A stroke is when poor blood flow to the brain results in cell death. There are two main types of stroke: ischemic, due to lack of blood flow, and hemorrhagic, due to bleeding. They result in part of the brain not functioning properly. Signs and symptoms of a stroke may include an inability to move or feel on one side of the body.

Signs and symptoms often appear soon after the stroke has occurred. If symptoms last less than one or two hours it is known as a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or mini-stroke. A stroke may also be associated with a headache.

Memory loss
Disorientation
Confusion about time or place
Communication issues
Inability to read, write, speak or understand
Mood and behavior changes, such as aggressiveness, wandering or withdrawal