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How to Build a World-Class Hospice Volunteer Program

Home Care Pulse

Article Contents: – Introduction – The value of volunteers. – How to develop world-class volunteers – Training for hospice volunteers – Focus on the little things Article Contents: – Introduction – The value of volunteers. What value do volunteers add to my program?

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Deathwives Founders: Death Doulas Fill End-of-Life Care Gaps, Ease Strain on Hospice Staff

Hospice News

Many come striving for change after witnessing loved ones receive poor end-of-life care or enduring bereavement without support. They facilitate conversations regarding the dying process, discuss advance care planning, hospice election and advocate the patient’s wishes around ceremony, memorialization and disposition.

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End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

GeriPal

What’s the difference between end-of-life doula and a hospice volunteer? Beth: It depends on the volunteer. Hospice volunteers do lots of things. That’s getting a little off-topic because that’s after death, but I think with what doulas do is reprocessing and helping with some grief we can.