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Catholic Health Services of Long Island Sponsors Spiritual Care Companion Program

John Mitty Thursday, September 5, 2013

Farmingdale, NY- Catholic Health Services (CHS) of Long Island, one of the region’s largest integrated healthcare systems, is sponsoring a training program for volunteers who are interested in becoming a CHS Spiritual Care Companion. This free program will offer individuals the required skills necessary for caring and listening to people who are sick or elderly. The training classes will cover such topics as: goals of ministry to the sick, how to be a good listener, how to respond to crisis and grief and more.

Learn more about sharing your gift of time and presence as a CHS Spiritual Care Companion and help those who are hospitalized, living in a nursing home, or homebound. We are particularly looking for Spanish speaking volunteers also. Those interested may attend an informational session on Thursday, October 3, 2013 from 1:30pm – 3:30pm at Our Lady of Consolation Nursing & Rehabilitative Care Center, 111 Beach Drive, West Islip, NY. The training sessions will begin on October 17 and run through November 21, from 1:30m – 4:30pm. All sessions will run three hours and will be held in the Board Room of Our Lady of Consolation. Light refreshments will be served.

For further information or to register, please call Carol Cella at 631-465-6307, Trish Luvin at 631-465-6306 or Jo-Andrew at 631-465-6308.

Catholic Health Services (CHS) is an integrated system encompassing some of the region’s finest health and human services agencies. With six acute care hospitals, three nursing homes, a home health agency, hospice, a community-based agency for persons with special needs and a regional lab, CHS’s high standards have resulted in a nearly 24% market share.

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