Hospice Volunteer

Save to Favorites

Our Mission:
Our mission is to provide optimal comfort and dignity to our patient through their end-of-life journey. We will achieve this by concentrating on patient and family-centered goals focusing not only on the medical needs but also on providing care for the mental and spiritual needs of our patients and those they hold dear.

Hospice Philosophy:
Hospice care is an interdisciplinary approach designed to meet the needs physical, psychological and spiritual of a person at the end of life with the goal of comfort and not cure. Hospice considers the unit of care to extend beyond the patient and include the family and caregivers as defined by the patient.

Being a hospice volunteer is an individual trained to provide assistance to patients, their families, and the hospice team. You can help make a difference in many ways to our patients and their families.

As a hospice volunteer, you may assist with patient-related or non-patient-related tasks. Our volunteers select the tasks they are most comfortable performing

Examples of volunteer tasks

• Visit with the patient where they live
• Assist with letter writing or other projects
• Read to the patient or look at photos or TV shows with them
• Play games with the patient or family
• Take the patient outside or for a walk
• Assist with clerical tasks
• Assist with the bereavement program
• Community outreach

This is a volunteer role and does not provide an hourly wage or other compensation