Resources for Hospice Volunteer Managers

Posted by Greg Schneider on April 9, 2009 at 9:15am
Resources for Hospice Volunteer Managers HVA created the National Hospice Document Repository (NHDR) as a public service to the hospice community and the general public. This repository is the largest free-access collection of documents and articles relating to hospice and end-of-life care in the world. Some of the ways that this repository assists the community are:
  • provides a venue for hospice volunteer coordinators/managers to share training materials, volunteer program descriptions, volunteer job descriptions, outreach brochures, etc. with their colleagues.
  • to inform hospice volunteer coordinators/managers about resources available to them for making their jobs easier and assisting them in training their volunteers.
  • to share articles and other types of information that would be of interest to the hospice community and family caregivers.
HVA encourages you to check out what we have in the NHDR. Also, if you have documents, such as policies and procedures, training guides, etc. that you are willing to share, please contact me. If you are an HVA member, you can upload the documents you wish to share yourself. Please contact me if you have any questions.

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  • Kathleen Moen September 28, 2009 at 12:01am
    I would love some help in this area. I am a new Volunteer Coordinator for hospice, and although I was a VC for 5 years in the main hospital Volunteer Services Dept., hospice is very different. I would love to have resources for the policies and procedures specific to hospice volunteers along with training guides, etc. Do's and Dont's, as well as fun and meaningful excercises that we can do during our monthly meetings. Any and all help would be appreciated. kathleen
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