What is a Hospice Volunteer?
Hospice volunteers are exceptional people. They donate their time and efforts to provide care and comfort for someone with a life-limiting illness - a labor of love that requires a special person with just the right touch. They have a passion for helping others and make a profound difference in the lives of the patients, families, and communities we are privileged to serve.
What role do volunteers play?
General Support - Provides office support for direct patient care (creating patient/family teaching material, mailings, filing, etc.).
Patient Care - Provides in-person activities and companionship (reading, life review, listening, watching a patient’s favorite shows, playing board or card games, scrapbooking, yard work, animal care, respite, etc.).
Professional - This may include hospice interdisciplinary team and complementary alternative integrative health services roles.