Veteran to Veteran: Hospice Volunteer

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Envoy wants to enlist your services to help Veterans near the end of life.

We are looking for Veterans of the Armed Services who want to Honor & Support our living Heroes. All Volunteers are trained to meet specific end-of-life needs of Veterans to improve their quality of life.

Envoy Wants You To:

• Visit a terminally ill Veteran
• Listen to life stories, even recording or videotaping a Veteran’s reminiscences
• Attend or help plan activities celebrating Veteran holidays & events

Volunteers comprise a crucial component of the Envoy Hospice Team. They provide practical & emotional support to Patients & Families when they need it most, and are available to sit by a bedside & lend an ear.

Many Veterans receiving hospice care appreciate contact with Volunteers who are also Veterans, even if they served in a different time or place. As members (or ex-members) of the military themselves, the Volunteers are intimately acquainted with the types of issues Veterans face-and they can often empathize in a way that even the hospice team or family members cannot.

Envoy Veteran Volunteers:

• Listen to patients & their families. They are sensitive to fellow Veterans’ needs, and understand firsthand the services they rendered and the sacrifices they made.
• Help revive memories. Veteran volunteers are knowledgeable about the historical contexts of Veterans’ service, and can help Patients recapture their memories and pass them on to their families.
• Coordinate replacement medals. Veteran volunteers are familiar with the military channels through which replacement medals are acquired.
• Raise community awareness. Veteran volunteers can help nursing homes, assisted living and long term care facilities to plan events that recognize Veterans’ service on important holidays.