TLC Volunteers Maitland Inc

About TLC Volunteers Maitland Inc

Volunteer emotional & practical support via free home respite, hospital companionship visits. Volunteers in palliative care play an important role because they operate from a different perspective than that of medical staff or paid respite workers. Volunteers have time to focus on the human side of pallative care.nThey are ordinary people who have received special training in communication/listening/grief & loss, that enable them to offer emotional and practical help that enables adults and children with a life limiting illness to remain independent for longer than otherwise possible. Home-based volunteers are able to offer a wide range of services: being with someone while their carer goes out, visiting the family, writing letters, minding children, helping with life enhancement projects or memory work gentle massage the list goes on.nWe also provide Volunteer Education courses, these are pre-requisite to becoming a P/C Volunteers. Volunteer education courses provided.