Multiple Training Sessions available, please contact River Valley at info@rvhhh.com to find out more information.

Our goal is to create an environment in which patients, families, staff, and hospice volunteers are treated with respect and dignity. When a hospice volunteer is assigned a patient we want the volunteer to become an integral member of that patient’s interdisciplinary team.

A Hospice Volunteer who joins this team will often bring help and services to which patients and their families may not have access. Even without a medical background, a hospice volunteer has gifts they can offer.

Here are some examples:

• Companionship

• Respite care for family members and other caregivers

• Massage, music or pet therapy, healing touch or other alternative therapies

• Bereavement support

• Clerical assistance at Namaste’s office

• Practicum and internship opportunities

• Veterans helping veterans

Before visiting patients or families, River Valley volunteers are interviewed by the Volunteer Coordinator, and must complete 10-16 hours of training. All volunteers must pass a background check. Training sessions are offered as needed, usually two to four times each year; and conducted at the River Valley Office near you.