The Volunteer Training Program
Hospice Volunteer Training Schedule
New sessions are offered each spring and fall.
Classes meet from 4 PM to 7 PM weekly on Monday nights.
The next class will be offered beginning on
March 4, 2013.
Please call the Hospice Volunteer Coordinator to sign up for
the next scheduled training session at (207) 721-1271.
"The Hospice Approach to Dying"
Class 1: Introduction: Hospice Philosophy 101
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Role of the Volunteer
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Ethical Issues
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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*
*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
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
Grief FacilitationTraining 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.