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"Dedicated to providing
community support to individuals and families
touched by life threatening illness, grief, and loss."
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Links
for Hospice of Chippewa County
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The Faith In Action Bridging
Program provides
community support through volunteer servcies to homebound
individuals throughout Chippewa County. These services are
designed to help clients and their families to maintain their
independence, dignity and quality of life.
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| Skilled volunteers assist
with special needs including respite care, friendly
visits, assistance with shopping, transportation and
delivery of supplies and equipment. |
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| The bridging
program is offered at no charge to clients. Each client
is assessed individually, and services are provided
based on need and availability of volunteers.
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| Volunteers are carefully screened and
are provided with training throughout the year. Volunteers are of any
age and come from many walks of life. They call upon their own wealth
of life experiences and skills as they offer their help to others. |
The volunteers of Hospice of Chippewa
County generously donate their time to enhance the
quality of care provided to Bridging patients and
their families by: Providing
respite car e,
transportation to doctor appointments, giving a warm smile, a
reassuring hug, reading to patients, letter writing, and other
activites, occasional shopping or running errands, delivery of
supplies and equipment, companionship and bereavement support.
For further information, please call
the Hospice of Chippewa County at 906-253-3151 or e-mail us at hospice@chippewahd.com |
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