ROLE OF HOSPICE VOLUNTEERS

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As a volunteer in a hospice you will help staff with a range of tasks such as feeding and caring for the patients. At the children hospice, volunteers can teach basic life skills as well as cook for and play with terminally ill children.

Volunteers at the children hospice also keep the children busy through story telling, painting and other activities that children enjoy. Qualified doctors and students take part in all aspects of the hospice support and care including consultations, teaching, hospice counselling and home visits

The hospice palliative care involves symptom control and promoting the quality of life to people dying from painful terminal illnesses including cancer and HIV/AIDS.

The hospices work with admitted patients, outpatients and do home visiting. Many terminally ill patients travel long distances from the rural areas for treatment.