**Volunteer Description:**

Volunteers play a vital role in hospice care. They are an integral part of the hospice team who provide patients, caregivers, and families the most comfortable and compassionate end-of-life experience possible.
Hospice volunteers are compassionate people who have a tremendous impact on the lives of the patients that they serve, the hospice team they are a part of, and the family and friends of the terminally ill.

**Volunteer Opportunities-**

**Patient Care-** Offer companionship and support to hospice patients and their families, including social visits, music therapy, reading, playing games, or writing a personal/family history.

**Respite Care-** Relieve caregivers who are physically and emotionally exhausted from providing care for a loved one. This allows a caregiver to leave the home to run errands, go to an appointment, out with friends, or just have some time alone.

**Bereavement Support-** Provide supp...