Category Archives: VOLUNTEERING IN PALLIATIVE CARE

Impact of Volunteer Befrienders on Quality of Life, Loneliness and Social Support: A Wait List Randomised Trial (ELSA)

Posted on September 4, 2017 by

New series starts today: Posters from the 15th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care  Poster presentations are an essential cornerstone of every EAPC Congress – this year in Madrid more than 900 posters were on display representing … Continue reading →

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Launch of ‘Voice of Volunteering’: The EAPC Madrid Charter on Volunteering in Hospice and Palliative Care

Posted on May 17, 2017 by

Ahead of the 15th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, here’s another post from congress contributors . . . Inspired by the diversity of the work of volunteers across Europe, members of the European Association for Palliative … Continue reading →

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EAPC White paper: Understanding volunteering in hospice and palliative care

Posted on August 3, 2016 by

  Anne Goossensen, Jos Somsen, Ros Scott and Leena Pelttari, members of the EAPC Task Force on Volunteering in Hospice and Palliative Care, explain the background to their longer article published in the July/August European Journal of Palliative Care. Volunteers … Continue reading →

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In their own words – The colourful life of hospice and palliative care volunteers in Europe

Posted on April 25, 2016 by

Ros Scott and Leena Pelttari, Co-Chairs of the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) Task Force on Volunteering in Hospice and Palliative Care, introduce an exciting new project where hospice volunteers will tell their stories. Volunteers play an important role … Continue reading →

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Teaching spirituality and spiritual care to hospice volunteers – a curriculum to assist trainers

Posted on January 27, 2016 by

A new curriculum for hospice volunteers, published in November 2015, offers a training programme that specialises in spirituality and spiritual care. Margit Gratz and Traugott Roser have been working in hospice and palliative care (inpatient and outpatient care) for many … Continue reading →

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Community Resilience in Practice: the 4th International Public Health and Palliative Care Conference

Posted on June 3, 2015 by

Katherine Pettus, PhD, Advocacy Officer, International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care, reports on the 4th International Public Health Palliative Care Conference held on 11-16 May 2015. The 4th International Public Health Palliative Care (PHPC) Conference in Bristol was a … Continue reading →

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Advance care planning in end of life care: The experience of trained volunteers

Posted on May 11, 2015 by

Penny Jones is the Director of Care Services at St Catherine’s Hospice, Crawley, UK. At the time of taking part in this study she was the Director of Care Services at Greenwich & Bexley Community Hospice. Here, she explains the … Continue reading →

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