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Hospice

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About Me

Volunteers are a vital part of the Hospice team. In fact, Hospice in the United States started as an all-volunteer program.Our volunteers provide a valuable service to our patients at a critical time of life and transition.

My Interests

To Serve All People During the End of Life's Journey

I'd like to meet:

Are you interested in learning more about all the aspects of hospice care? Are you interested in volunteering? Hospice volunteering can help highlight the major principles of such professional fields as nursing, psychology, pre-med, family studies and more.

Music:

Music Therapy, Pet Therapy, Art Therapy--anything to enhance and improve our patient's quality of life.

Movies:

The Journey Home: Stories from Hospice

Books:

When Evening Comes: The Story of a Hospice Volunteer, The Courage to Laugh, My Last Wishes

Heroes:

Dame Sicely Sanders, Mother Theresa, Ghandi, Hospice Volunteers, Nurses, HHAs, Chaplains, Social Workers and most of all, the patients and families we care for each day.

My Blog

How you can help...

How you can help as an Odyssey HealthCare Volunteer&&. Patient/Family Support Volunteer: A patient/family support volunteer works directly with patients and their families. Tasks can include visiting,...
Posted by Hospice on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 05:09:00 PST