Hope in Hospice: Become a Volunteer

Our hospice volunteers offers a variety of specialty roles, which allow volunteers to utilize their own strengths and interests. AccentCare Hospice of the Treasure Coast offers meaningful and rewarding volunteer experiences, and enhances the quality of life for our patients and families.

We offer a variety of in-person and virtual volunteer opportunities:

• Direct Care Volunteer: provides a range of companionship and support to patients and caregivers at the bedside, including offering compassionate friendship, reading, writing letters/cards, listening, working on crafts/other projects, playing cards/other games, and providing short-term breaks to caregivers.
• Administrative Volunteer: supports the important office operations of the program.
• Loyal Friends Pet Companionship Volunteer: uses certified therapy animals to engage patients.
• Music Companionship Volunteer: shares the gift of music with our patients and families.
• Vigil volunteer: when family support is not available, we want to make sure that no patient dies alone.
• Spiritual Presence Volunteer: engages patients in familiar activities that provide spiritual comfort.
• Legacy volunteer: uses crafts and multi-media to capture special memories and the unique legacy of each patient.
• Veteran volunteer: no one understands the unique needs of our Veterans better than active or retired military personnel.
• Memory bear seamstress: turns a patient's clothing into a personalized stuffed bear for the family to cherish.
• Circle of Care Volunteer: Call home care patients or their caregivers each week to check on their needs prior to the weekend.
• Bereavement Volunteer: Make phone calls and provide grief support and care for bereaved families whose loved one has passed away in the last year.