Hospice Volunteer Stats.

I have been in the Hospice world for over 3yrs now and found it very diffcult to find any kind of stats on Hospice Volunteers. Why is that? I can find the basic stuff such as the mandated hours but anything hard like the average size of a volunteer program etc. I can't find. I have tried NHPCO and nothing. I would love any other ideas on finding this information? Please help!

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  • NHPCO does keep some stats on Hospice Volunteers through its annual National Summary of Hospice Care. The latest stats are from 2006. See page 19 of the report link below.

    HVA's parent organization, the HEAL Project, did a national survey on hospice volunteer training, which may contain some of the information you are looking for. Click here to view the Table of Contents of the report. You may purchase this report from HVA's Caregiver's Store by clicking here. HVA members receive a 15% discount.

    2006 National Summary of Hospice Care.pdf

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