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National Hospice Document Repository (NHDR) - Volunteer Manager Resource

Posted by Greg Schneider on October 18, 2015 at 9:57pm

The Hospice Volunteer Association (HVA) has developed a number of free and useful resources for hospice volunteer programs.  One is the National Hospice Document Repository (NHDR) which is brought to all HCF members as a public service to the hospice community and the general public. This repository is the largest collection of documents and articles relating to hospice and end-of-life (EOL) care in the world. Some of the ways that this repository will assist the community are:

  • NHDR Document Index provides a list of document categories as well as descriptions of each document. The repository is primarily 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 information relating to events, conferences, retreats and workshops that would be of value and interest to the hospice volunteer community.
  • to share articles and other types of information that would be of interest to the hospice community. 

NHDR Article Search provides a Google search of hundreds of articles in the repository. You will find hundreds of articles across the following categories:

  • [Advance Directives]
  • [Alternative Therapies]
  • [Awards]
  • [Bereavement]
  • [Business]
  • [Children]
  • [Communications]
  • [Cultural]
  • [Death & Dying]
  • [EOL Care]
  • [Euthanasia]
  • [Ethics]
  • [Families]
  • [Healthcare]
  • [Home Funerals]
  • [Hospice]
  • [Nursing]
  • [Palliative Care]
  • [Patient Privacy Act HIPAA]
  • [Pet Hospice]
  • [Prison Hospice]
  • [Psychology]
  • [Rituals in Dying]
  • [Spirituality]
  • [Training]
  • [Volunteering]

Greg Schneider
Founder & President, HVA

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