Casa de Acogida "Sor Maria Catalina" (BOL-116)
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Brief description and main aims
The Casa de Acogida "Sor Maria Catalina" is a non-profit institution dedicated to providing
medical, social, psychological and spiritual care to patients with advanced and irreversible
disease (with palliative treatment), of all ages, of any origin and belief of faith, improving
their quality of life, also providing support to their relatives in a careful and freeway.
The institution has an interdisciplinary team of volunteer professionals in different areas.
The center receives and welcomes patients from any region of Bolivia. They have capacity for
22 people, for 16 seniors and 6 children.
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Cultural Exposure
Location: Located in the northern part of the city of Sucre.
Patients with terminal illnesses, of all ages who are at the end of their lives.
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Main Activities
Palliative care is one of the main activities and tasks carried out in the Shelter, which
constitutes an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their relatives, when
they face problems inherent to a potentially fatal disease.
Palliative care activities prevent and alleviate suffering through the early identification,
evaluation and correct treatment of pain and other problems; physical, psychosocial and
spiritual problems.
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Volunteer tasks
The volunteer helps with daily tasks, such as caring for and keeping the patients company,
participating in scheduled activities, accompanying patients to the hospital for specific
studies, that is, the volunteer does accompanying tasks for the patient, assisting the nurses
or volunteers in different areas.
Ideas or proposals for the benefit of patients are considered occupational activities, such as
gardening and others that help a lot so that the patient can still move independently.
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Volunteer requirements / Skills
The Volunteer must be very spontaneous, creative, patient, attentive, showing a lot of
affection and interest towards patients and their families, making them feel how important
they are to us. The volunteer must have the ability to see the reality in which each patient
and his family lives, because work with terminally ill patients is very special.
The motivation, love and interest shown by each Volunteer are very important.
It would help a lot if the volunteer speaks a little Spanish and also if they have some
knowledge about health. Volunteers can be men or women.
Likewise, the Volunteer during his stay in the institution will be able to attend training
workshops on palliative care and how to care for people with terminal illnesses.
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Location
Location: Located in the northern part of the city of Sucre.
Patients with terminal illnesses, of all ages who are at the end of their lives.
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Hosting Situation (Board and Lodging)Host family or project |
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