Building Blocks of Islam
Companionship
3900 Jackson St NE, Columbia Heights, MN, 55421
(612) 789-9227
info@thebuildingblocks.org
https://thebuildingblocks.org/social-and-human-services/about-social-services
Service Details
Description
Companionship programs provide volunteers to visit with people who are in the hospital, unable to leave their home, or socially isolated.
Visitors provide conversation, reading or other social activities to help keep older adults or people with disabilities engaged.
Additional Information
* Visits patients at six different hospitals in the Twin Cities: Unity and Mercy Hospitals, Augustana, Fairview Southdale, Fairview Riverside, St Joseph, Regions and Hennepin County Medical Center
* Visits patients at home
* Connects with hospital administrators and chaplains to better understand the needs of Muslim patients
Features
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Area Served by County
- Anoka County
- Carver County
- Dakota County
- Hennepin County
- Ramsey County
- Scott County
- Washington County
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At Home Services
- Friendly visiting
Application Instructions
Services to the sick are available upon direct request from the patient, hospital, social workers or any other healthcare professional.
Area Served
Twin Cities Metro area
Websites
Phone Numbers
Type | Number | Hours |
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Main | (612) 789-9227 |
Last Update
12/5/2024
Other Locations
This provider does not offer this service at other locations.
Other Services or resources
Taxonomy Terms Used: Clicking a taxonomy term from the list below launches a new search.
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PH-1400.1900-230Friendly Visiting Definition
Programs that use "friendly visitors" (usually volunteers but also paid hourly companions) to call on people who are hospitalized or in another institutional setting, who are homebound or socially isolated due to disability or old age, or otherwise lack companionship with the objective of brightening their day and helping them to maintain contact with the outside world by reading, talking, listening, writing letters or performing other similar tasks.
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YR-5000Muslim Community Definition
Followers of Islam, the religious faith and cultural system that is based on the belief in Allah as the sole deity, in Muhammad as the prophet of Allah and in the Koran as the revelation of Allah to Muhammad and the divinely authorized basis for the religious, social, civil, commercial and legal regulations of the Islamic world.