Hospice Patient/Family Support Volunteer

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Hospice Volunteering is about helping. The families we serve are going through a change as their loved one is dying. Through this upheaval, Hospice Volunteers provide companionship, to those who need to be heard and comforted, and respite support, to caregivers who need a break, to get caught up on errands, or just to have time to themselves. Sometimes, if you have a skill, like Massage Therapy, Aroma Therapy, or energy work, you can assist in that way, too. Or maybe you sing or play guitar, offering patients and families a private concert can be what they need to get through the chaos around them.

Hospice Volunteering is a commitment. Many various scenarios of helping can be arranged to accommodate a Volunteer's busy schedule, but once involved with a family, we want to be consistent, or do more, not less. Also, there are many requirements (like health & background checks) to become, and maintain (like on-going education), active Hospice Volunteer status.

Initially, all Hospice Volunteers need to complete a training program. A training is beginning mid-September 2019.

An Introductory Packet, that will have more details about becoming a Hospice Volunteer, is available on request. If you believe that you can be a calming and positive presence to terminally ill patients, and their family members, please consider giving back in this way.