Hospice offers volunteer training

Hospice of the Western Reserve is seeking volunteers to assist in private residences, nursing homes, assisted living communities, its three Hospice House locations, and hospital settings.

Opportunities to serve are diverse: visit patients and families to provide companionship, socialization, and comfort; help with legacy work, transportation, light housework, and meal preparation; run errands; make phone calls; help with clerical work; attend health fairs; make presentations, according to a news release.

Volunteers with specialized professional qualifications and training are also needed: attorneys, licensed hair dressers, massotherapists, pet therapy dogs and their handlers.

The next series of volunteer classes will be held at Cleveland Heights Public Library, 2345 Lee Road on Dec. 12, 14, 19 and 21, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Non-clinical volunteers attend only the first four hours on Dec. 12, while most other volunteers attend all classes.

Pre-registration is required. For more information, or to register, call the volunteer team at 216255-9090.