The Volunteer Training Program

Hospice Volunteer Training Schedule

  Please call the Volunteer Coordinator to sign up for
the next scheduled training session

"The Hospice Approach to Living with Dying"

Class 1:          Introduction: Hospice Philosophy 101

Role of the Volunteer

Ethical Issues

HIPPA Guidelines

Class 2:         Personal Death Awareness

Class 3:        Communications

Sitting in Council

Class 4:         Funerals

Advanced Directives

Green Burials

Class 5  :            Family Dynamics

Vulnerable Populations
(Elderly Alzheimer's, Mentally Challenged)

Class 6:            Spirituality

Integrated Energy Therapy

Class 7:          Grief & Mourning

Class 8:          Pain and Symptom Control

Universal Precautions

Class 9:           Signs of Approaching Death

Class 10:              Volunteer Panel Discussion

Care for the Caregiver

Graduation

A new class is offered each spring and fall.

Classes meet from 4 PM to 7 PM weekly on Thursday nights.

Note: The next class will be offered beginning on March 1, 2012.

This ten-week training program is open to anyone interested in in-depth information
about Hospice Volunteers and the Hospice philosophy of care.

For more information contact the Volunteer Coordinator at (207) 721-1271 or email at mzillioux@midcoasthealth.com .

Grief Facilitation Training
Volunteer Grief Facilitation Training is offered twice a year, once in the spring and then again in the fall. "The Hospice Approach to Living with Dying" is a prerequisite. Details to follow as they become available. Call (207) 721-1357.