Hours vary by assignment. Visit patients at home or in the Inpatient Care Center to offer respite for care givers and emotional support to the patients and their loved ones. Activities may include reading to the patient, assisting them with a hobby or simply listening. Volunteers who visit patients at home may also help by running errands, shopping for groceries, picking up medications or delivering supplies. Specialty volunteers must be appropriately licensed or certified.
Volunteers give approximately three hours of service a week when they have an assignment.
This volunteer internship program offers developing clinicians exceptional training in the areas of grief and loss counseling, family therapy, play therapy, sand tray therapy, expressive arts therapy, and a variety of other modalities. Our hospice volunteer comes once a week to spend time with Martha while I run errands. Martha enjoys her visits and I appreciate having a little time to myself. Every once in a while my grandson and I sneak off to our secret spot at the lake for some fishing. Us Copyright 1996-2001 San Diego Hospice Corporation, San Diego, California.