{"id":8555,"date":"2022-01-12T09:19:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T09:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8555"},"modified":"2022-06-13T10:15:29","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T09:15:29","slug":"how-to-support-your-local-hospice-volunteers-today-and-make-a-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/2022\/01\/how-to-support-your-local-hospice-volunteers-today-and-make-a-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"How to support your local hospice&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-8568 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Copy-of-Blog-Template-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"458\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Copy-of-Blog-Template-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Copy-of-Blog-Template-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Copy-of-Blog-Template-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Copy-of-Blog-Template-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Copy-of-Blog-Template-900x506.png 900w, https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Copy-of-Blog-Template-1280x720.png 1280w, https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Copy-of-Blog-Template.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Palliative care and hospice volunteers support those with life-limiting diseases and their families. Their purpose, to improve quality of life and build deeper relationships with patients, gives valuable insight to hospices and their overall care.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being able to understand the role that volunteers play within hospices helps improve their effectiveness and will better aid those who are thinking of volunteering. Recent evidence suggests that in order to make an impact on the development of volunteering,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> stronger resources and commitment from those in high positions is required. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More care and support is needed now more than ever &#8211; volunteering can play a key role in adapting to the changing needs. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Do Hospice Volunteers Need Training?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before anyone becomes a hospice volunteer, it\u2019s likely that training will need to be completed. Volunteer training helps prepare them for any services they may perform and understand how they will be assisting patients and their families.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s likely that a hospice training program will include:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understanding the hospice&#8217;s philosophy of care.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understanding the services delivered by the organisation.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to properly communicate with patients, caregivers and families.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understanding patient privacy regarding their health information.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through this training, hospices have recorded common traits that make effective volunteers:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A sense of understanding and compassion towards those on their end-of-life journey.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A respect for all customers&#8217; cultures and religious views.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ability to listen when needed and be comfortable in silence.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Awareness of personal limitations.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>The Types of Volunteering for Hospice Volunteers&#8230;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hospice volunteers provide an immense amount of hours through two main categories: Direct and Indirect Care volunteering\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Direct Care Volunteering is defined by those volunteers who work directly with patients, caregivers and families. They provide comfort and support in a number of ways<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preparing meals for patients and their families.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giving transportation.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helping out with light household chores.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Providing companionship and comforting patients.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: left;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Help create a soothing and joyful atmosphere. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(via <a href=\"https:\/\/crhcf.org\/insights\/understanding-hospice-volunteering\/\"><i>Crossroads Insights<\/i><\/a>)<br><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Indirect Care Volunteering, on the other hand, is for volunteers who would like to work behind the scenes. They help the hospice with any administrative tasks. For instance, preparing mailing and\/or newsletters to the community. They\u2019ll also be looking to input any general data and other clerical duties needed to be completed. Indirect Care involves making sure the hospice is known within the community and day-to-day tasks are completed for everything to run smoothly.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>The Challenges for Hospices<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are concerns about the accessibility of those who can benefit from hospices services which have become a challenge. Volunteers have been a significant part of responding to this and, as a result, can be a significant advantage for hospices. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Volunteers extend the scale of availability to hospices in order to deliver a wide range of services. Importantly, they offer a prolonged connection of care to those with life-shortening illnesses in ways beyond clinical. Volunteers can help extend the reach a hospice can make in the community through stronger social activities.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A diverse range of volunteers can broaden the range of skills and benefits available to you. Hospices can reach out to the same broad community mirrored within the hospice. It\u2019s extremely important to acknowledge the work and benefits volunteers bring, while starting to think about how volunteers can work effectively to push back against rising challenges.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>How Can We Help?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a broad range of volunteers, you might be wondering how you\u2019re going to connect and reward them for their work\u2026 Here\u2019s where we come in. A volunteer management system, like TeamKinetic, can help you:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recruit more volunteers than ever before.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fully customise your site and volunteer registration.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communicate with your volunteers easily, all in one place.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Motive and reward your volunteers with our achievement badges or create your own!\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Start a free trial with us at TeamKinetic <a href=\"https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/\"><strong>here!<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"460\" src=\"https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot_54-1024x460.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot_54-1024x460.png 1024w, https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot_54-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot_54-768x345.png 768w, https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot_54-900x405.png 900w, https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot_54.png 1101w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":8568,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[521,184],"tags":[485,486,488,489,335,490,465,85,470,92,96,161,231,178,275,483],"class_list":["post-8555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hospice","category-volunteer-management","tag-charity-retail-volunteering","tag-digital-volunteer-management","tag-micro","tag-microvolunteer","tag-microvolunteering","tag-microvolunteers","tag-team-kinetic","tag-teamkinetic","tag-teamkinetic-volunteer","tag-volunteer","tag-volunteer-management","tag-volunteer-management-software","tag-volunteer-management-software-uk","tag-volunteer-management-system","tag-volunteer-management-system-uk","tag-volunteer-retention"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.10 - 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