| Some of the services provided by the volunteers
include direct patient care, clerical duties at the hospice office, fund
raising, bereavement support and spiritual care. The volunteering
doesn't end there. This man helped the program by giving one of the
patients a ride in his big rig. Hospice sees their volunteers as the
backbone of the program. That is why the even offer volunteer
training programs in Hospice philosophy, communication skills, family
dynamics, spiritual care, and the role of the volunteer, among other
topics. |