Volunteer Spotlight: Kate Mudry
How long have you
been a volunteer?
One year.
What areas do you
work in/what sort of tasks do you do as a volunteer?
Patient care in the Care Center.
What made you decide
to become a volunteer?
My mother died about three years ago, and she had in-home
hospice care in St. Louis. It made a huge impact on her life, and how she died
with dignity in a way that she wanted to, on her own terms, and as comfortable as
she possibly could.
I have daughters at Ladywood High School and so I drove by
Angela Hospice all the time, and I was like, I need to touch base with them
because I think there’s a purpose in that.
What is your favorite
part about volunteering?
I would say the best part is knowing that you’re making a
difference in calming someone or making them more comfortable. Or just showing
you’re someone who cares. There’s a lot of caring people out there who aren’t afraid
of death.
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| Kate volunteers in Wing B, where she helps with lunch. |
There was a woman who had been here for quite some time and
she had visitors on a fairly regular basis but not when I would come in during
lunchtime. She was very, very agitated one day; I think her meds had changed,
and I went and sat with her for I think two hours straight.
And we didn’t talk, we didn’t do anything. But the minute I
was sitting in there with her she was less agitated and just relaxed. Sometimes
people just need to know someone else is there and they’re not alone.
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