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About Hospice Volunteering

Volunteers fill the gap between loved ones and professional caregivers. Volunteers will be there even when friends and family find it hard to do so. Volunteers don’t have the same attachment family does; they are trained to meet the needs of patients and families.

Hospice Volunteers Capture Patient Stories

When Marcia Elving saw an ad for Life Stories Volunteers with VITAS Healthcare, she says, “I knew that was the perfect way for me to be a volunteer.”
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Volunteering: The Best Medicine for Grief

After her mother died from breast cancer, Sherri became a volunteer for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Read how it's helped with her grief.
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Hospice Volunteering and Medicare Law

The Medicare law that defines hospice care in America, enacted in 1982, requires that volunteer hours equal at least 5 percent of the hospice provider's total patient care hours.
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