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Tag Archives: Volunteering in palliative care
Impact of Volunteer Befrienders on Quality of Life, Loneliness and Social Support: A Wait List Randomised Trial (ELSA)
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
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
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
A new haircut can change your life
Michaela Hesse and Lukas Radbruch, Department of Palliative Medicine, University Hospital Bonn, Germany, talk about a recent study week they delivered on volunteering in hospice and palliative care, and the key issues it raised. This is the experience of a … Continue reading
Volunteering in children’s hospices in Scotland: topical perspectives
Ros Scott, Director of Organisational Development, Children’s Hospice Association Scotland (CHAS). The charity provides the only hospice services in Scotland for children and young people who have life-shortening conditions for which there is no known cure: Rachel House, in Kinross … Continue reading