Hospice Volunteers Northern Virginia: Hospice Volunteers Make A Difference

Medi Home & Hospice is about helping individuals and their families make their journey less lonely by sharing the best days possible as they deal with a life-limiting illness. It's about adding quality of life and helping you live those days as you choose. Our hospice care services provide a specialized program of care provided for patients and their families. This specialized program and the care you receive is coordinated by a team of professionals that include:

Patients' Personal Physicians
Registered Nurses
Home Health Aides
Social Workers
Chaplains
Speech, Physical and Occupational Therapists
Trained Volunteers

A hospice volunteer can do many things with their patients' based on their level of ability. They will walk with them, read to them, make cards with them, but, sometimes, they are there to keep them company or just holding their hand means so much. Unspoken communication is a large part of a hospice volunteer's word. Many times all that is needed is the power of presence.

Other examples of what a hospice volunteer can do include but are not limited to:

Showing compassion for and provide support to patients and families
Write letters, read, talk or listen and provide other supportive acts of kindness
Provide relief to family members
Provide administrative support in the hospice office
Are responsible and dependable
Complete volunteer training
Complete regular inservices

Note: It's recommended that surviving family members to wait a minimum of one year following the death of a close loved-one before serving as an active hospice volunteer.

Your contribution as a hospice volunteer may help you, too! It will make life seem more valuable and significant. It will give you opportunities for personal growth and a sense of caring for others.

If you have interest in helping making someones journey less lonely or just need more information about how you can make a difference as a hospice volunteer call: