One hour of your time can make all the difference to a hospice patient's lifetime

Become an Ohio Living Hospice Volunteer!Hospice is a special kind of caring. Hospice care is patient and family centered and seeks to provide support and comfort to those facing a life limiting illness. Volunteers play a large role in this effort by sharing their skills and interests in a manner that enriches the quality of life for those they serve.Medicare also recognizes the importance of volunteers in the delivery of hospice care. Medicare requires that hospices utilize volunteers from their local community to augment the care the hospice agency provides. Nationally, over 100,000 people serve as hospice volunteers and give millions of hours of their time to serve terminally ill patients and their families.How you can help?Hospice volunteers help patients and families in a variety of ways including some of the following:CompanionshipListeningReading to patientsSpiritual supportErrands, yard work, organizationCreating memories (scrapbooks, audio/visual tapes, etc.)Making support telephone calls to patients and families