Without the efforts of volunteers, hospice could not continue its important work. Satisfaction from making a difference in people's lives, and receiving their gratitude in return. Greater self-knowledge from insights gained from relationships with patients and their families. Spiritual growth from supporting a person through the process of dying. Greater self-knowledge gained through supporting people in crisis.
Volunteers are the backbone of the hospice team.
They allow hospice to provide services it otherwise could not offer. Help people communicate by encouraging each person to say what he or she needs to say. Volunteers help open the way for people to talk honestly. Grieve with the family once the patient dies. Seeing the family all the way through the patient's death is part of the volunteer's role.