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Launch of ‘Voice of Volunteering’: The EAPC Madrid Charter on Volunteering in Hospice and Palliative Care
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
EAPC White paper: Understanding volunteering in hospice and palliative care
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
In their own words – The colourful life of hospice and palliative care volunteers in Europe
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
Teaching spirituality and spiritual care to hospice volunteers – a curriculum to assist trainers
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
Community Resilience in Practice: the 4th International Public Health and Palliative Care Conference
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
Advance care planning in end of life care: The experience of trained volunteers
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
We can’t do it without you – the impact of volunteers on UK hospices
Dr Ros Scott, Voluntary Sector Consultant, and Honorary Research Fellow, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK, explains the background to her longer article published in the March/April edition of the European Journal of Palliative Care. How often have you heard people say … Continue reading
