A Hospice Veteran Volunteer

VITAS is a Level 4 Partner in the NHPCO's "We Honor Veterans" initiative and wants to enlist your services to care for terminally ill veterans living at home and in nursing homes and assisted living communities throughout San Diego County. VITAS Veteran Volunteers do not need to be U.S. Veterans; you need only the desire to remember; honor and support America 's living heroes.

VITAS Veteran Volunteers visit terminally ill veterans; conduct Pinning Ceremonies, provide weekly friendly visits, help replace military medals by contacting appropriate agencies; Conduct Life Reviews and document in a book, a website or video; telephone veterans to ask how they are doing; attend or help plan activities celebrating Memorial Day and Veteran's Day; educate veteran's groups about hospice services by speaking at their meetings.

All volunteers are required to attend a 1 hr Zoom AND a comprehensive in-person orientation to gain the knowledge you will need to work with terminally ill patients. TB screen and background check are also required and are provided by VITAS. Zoom orientation held 3x per month and in-person every other month.

Our next in-person orientation is:

Saturday, November 22nd from 8:30 am - 4 pm

Orientation is held at our office located at:

9655 Granite Ridge Dr. Ste. 300

San Diego, CA 92123

Continental breakfast and lunch provided.

There is also an option to complete orientation a via Zoom and self-study combination.

Veteran Volunteers also complete an additional training in addition to volunteer orientation.