HNI's spirtitual counseling serves as a model for other Hospice programs. Our chaplains offer nondenominational guidance and support to patients and family members, often contacting the patient's church or personally providing spiritual guidance. The chaplains also conduct seervices and memorials and offer bereavement support. Volunteers are an extremely important part of HNI's interdisciplinary team. Our volunteers work with patients, provide clerical and office support, participate in our speakers' bureau and fundraising to make a difference in the lives of others.
Professionals also volunteer their expertise on as as-needed basis.
Bereavement care is an integral component in the delivery of hospice care. Losses change lives and affect who we are and how we feel. Through phone calls, support groups, memorial services and other efforts, our bereavement staf assists our patients' families and other community members to work through the deep emotions of grief. Hospice provides comprehensive, cost-effective and compassionate services in order to meet the physical, emotional and spirtual needs of patients and their loved ones. First the women's field of players tee off together and one player is eliminated at each hole until two women remain to determine the Shoot-Out winner.