Why I Want To Volunteer

Each day as a Hospice Nurse I touch lives. I cannot imagine a job more suitable for me. Each work day I make a difference in someone’s life. No one can die for us, but we don’t have to die alone; and, that is why I became a hospice nurse. Every day is different, presents new challenges, and always touches my heart. It’s beautiful when talent, and passion come together to make a difference.

I would like to volunteer at Saint Joseph’s/Candler because I would like to help the people in the hospital. Because I want to become a doctor, I also want to become familiar with working with others in a hospital.

This family caregiver well-being program will provide family support and discuss patient goals (Meier, 2011). For example, Family Hospice & Palliative care offers volunteer opportunities for people to help families facing end-of-life transition (Family Hospice & Palliative Care, n.d). These volunteers are called patient/family companionship and offer companionship to inpatients at the Hospice Centers as well as to those patients opting to stay in their homes (Family Hospice & Palliative Care, n.d.). The Zen Hospice Center should run an ad or promotion to solicit volunteers for family members of hospice. The center should also advertise in on their website, elder care newsletters or publications, and other local publications. As the program obtains adequate volunteers, the families of hospice care patients should attend special information sessions that provide information about the program and how to take advantage of its services. The information session should be an informal event to allow family members and volunteers a chance to meet and greet each other. The use of services are not mandatory, but are made available should families need

Hospice care is a family-centered approach that includes a team of professionals: the patient's physician, hospice medical director, RNs, social workers, chaplains, a dietitian, counselors, therapists, home health aides and hospice-trained volunteers. If you are interested in becoming a hospice volunteer, complete training programs are available to help fulfill your calling to this rewarding mission. The team works together by focusing on the patient's and their family's needs, including physical, emotional, social and spiritual aspects, as well as providing needed medications, medical equipment and supplies.

Hospice is the largest and most respected professional association representing the interests of chronically ill, disabled, and dying Americans of all ages. It reflects its membership, placing the concerns of the infirm and dying before its institutional or corporate interests. Represents the interests of the people described as being on the “fringes of life”.

While sadness plays a big role in hospice…it is also true that there is happiness, positive reflection as well as wisdom. This month we want to recognize our two volunteers Connie and Paul Steber who have been volunteers for Hospice since June and considered it a true blessing to share the stories and experiences of patients who are living through a very emotional and difficult time. They are honored to be making a difference and to be able to share the stories of the patients like James Ellis best known as the Coach, who enjoys their company but most of all watching a football game, especially if his favorite team is on the winning end. The Stabers enjoy conversing with James and listening to his stories. There are also times when James and

In my high school career, I have volunteered at the hospital and packing backpacks for people in need. While working at the hospital, I would see sick and dying people all the time and it made me want to help them. Ever since I was little, I have wanted to help people and make everyone happy. When I volunteer, it makes me realize that I should not take everything for granted because there are people out there who need so much more than I do. In my volunteering hours, I have received numerous thank yous and hugs from people whom I helped and whom I have worked for.

When I was thirteen and in middle school in the year 2006 I had a good friend and she name was Ally who was also thirteen. Ally was never one to deserve the way others acted toward her. People at school bullied her, her family she has left only make it worse. To help her with the pain of her family and classmates she started to volunteer. Ally gave everything to the world, even her own life.

Ever since I was little I loved helping and taking care of people. I grew up with hospital knowledge because my mother and my grandmother both work in the medical field at Lahey Medical Center. I had always wanted to volunteer and create new experiences. When I took the medical assisting class that was offered at PVMHS, it gave me the opportunity to volunteer and create long lasting relationships. I started volunteering in the summer of two thousand and fifteen in the ambulatory surgery department at Lahey Medical Center Peabody. Every Wednesday during the summer, and most days when I am off from school, I am given the opportunity to volunteer. Volunteering is something I am passionate about and it helps me create a foundation for my future medical career. Even though I am doing something small, I am making a difference within the hospital.

Both Keck Hospital of USC and USC Norris Cancer Hospital rely on a warm and devoted team of volunteers to work directly with patients and their families during their treatment and care. Volunteers work in many aspects of the hospital operations, from the gift shop to the information desk. They are the hospitals’ ambassadors to the community—no small task

I started volunteering at my church, Cornerstone Chapel, in the summer of 2016. I chose to do it because I had severe anxiety and working with children was an escape. Since I have started, I have gone volunteered almost every Sunday to date. I plan on continuing this volunteering until I leave for college in 2019. My role as a volunteer is to lead the children through Bible Study. We sing songs together, play games, color and form relationships. The volunteer work has had a major impact on my life. I am no longer the anxious girl, I have developed confidence and leadership skills that help me in my high school classes. Most importantly, I have formed bonds with the children. When they come into my classroom and tell me how excited they are

Throughout this semester, I have been volunteering at the Saint Luke’s Hospice Center. From the start of my service learning to the last stretch, I have learned so many valuable things from this experience. At the hospice center, I volunteer to help in the office but mostly I am spending time with patients in facilities who might need someone to visit with. Before volunteering at the hospice center, I had not experience with hospice and very little experience with death. This is one of the main reasons why I decided to sign up to volunteer in the field of hospice to gain that experience that I probably wouldn’t have gotten another opportunity to do so.

Everybody in high school looks forward to graduate. I am looking forward to graduating myself, but I also have higher goals in mind. As a child and even as a teenager, we tend to make personal goals that are far-stretched and sometimes fairytale-like but in the past few weeks I have thought about what I want to do in the future and started setting goals in order to be successful. As a student at Brampton Centennial and aftermath, three personal goals I want to achieve are, first is to volunteer at a non-governmental environmental organization such as Greenpeace or Sea Shepherd. Next is to learn German and visit the Netherlands and Germany. Finally, is to figure out my passion(s).

The concept of hospice care in the United States has continued to evolve over the past three decades. Initially met with great skepticism and mistrust by the general population and the medical community, hospice services and care are now considered a valuable resource and venue of care for those suffering from a terminal illness and for their families. The choice of hospice services and the approach of palliation of symptoms, comfort care, and the end of life can be difficult for a patient and family. The many issues that surround the concept of hospice care may cause the patient and family feelings of great sadness, grief, anticipatory grief, anger, defeat, loss, and many other complicated and gut wrenching thoughts and emotions (Chi Ho Chan & Fong Tin, 2012). With the support of the hospice care providers the patient and family have the opportunity to spend quality time together and share their thoughts, concerns, reflect on the past, and most importantly to communicate final good-bye’s and potentially seek closure to any remaining unresolved issues.

Understanding these reasons for volunteering, is important and could give us concrete answers as to why people would participate in long-term volunteering. The issue of sufficient support networks for people in need is very important. It has a very crucial role to play in the well-being of people. We all need support when we are going through difficult times and knowing that there is someone there for you, someone who cares, can make all the difference in the world.