Volunteer with a Veteran

VITAS wants to enlist your services to care for terminally ill veterans living at home and in nursing homes, assisted living communities and medical centers.

VITAS Veteran Volunteers may or may not be U.S. military veterans themselves. They are trained to meet the specific needs of terminally ill veterans living in their own homes, nursing homes, assisted living communities and veterans’ medical centers.

As a volunteer you can make friendly visits to terminally ill veterans; help apply for benefits or learn about available assistance; help replace lost or stolen military medals by contacting appropriate agencies; listen to life stories; attend or help plan activities celebrating different veteran holidays; visit brand new veteran admissions and thanking them for their service. The possibilities of how you can help are endless and flexible!

Volunteer orientation teaches the skills required to be a hospice volunteer. VITAS Veteran Volunteers are further trained to meet specific end-of-life needs of veterans to improve their quality of life. Time and dates are ongoing and flexible. Orientation and training to be a VITAS Veteran Volunteer is free.

Show a veteran that he or she is not forgotten.

For more information about VITAS Volunteer Services visit https://www.vitas.com/volunteer.