A 90-year-old hospice volunteer reflects on 22 years of writing patients’ life stories and comforting families after loss. “My life has been enriched beyond words,” she says.
Volunteers
“Dear Veteran”: A letter-writing campaign reaches veterans at the end of life
Student volunteers from Brown University have been sending thank-you letters to veterans at HopeHealth. Here’s what the letters mean to veterans, and to the students who write them.
Full circle: The inspiring journey of a volunteer turned patient
Over 12 years, volunteer Nancy Reiser shared many gifts with patients and families: compassion, a generous spirit, boundless energy. At the end of life, she made a final gift that will last forever.
Volunteers return to pre-COVID-19 roles … but don’t call it a comeback
HopeHealth volunteers adapted to virtual roles after the pandemic hit last year. Now they’ve started coming back to in-person volunteering — just in time for National Volunteer Week!
Dedicated hospice volunteer celebrates her bittersweet retirement after 15 years of service
Maddie Stepanian shares what serving as a hospice volunteer taught her about other cultures, walks of life and humanity itself.
How a widow found new meaning through poetry, grief support groups, and helping others
A widow uses poetry to express grief and finds new meaning by leading virtual support groups.
Isolated in the pandemic, dementia caregivers find community through virtual support groups
HopeHealth volunteer John Corvese adapts to the pandemic by using his compassion and skills to co-facilitate virtual support groups for family caregivers of people with dementia and Alzheimer’s.
Meet Kit and Ken: wife-husband team and hospice volunteers
Celebrating National Volunteer Month: A couple enriches their marriage post-retirement by bringing love and laughter to hospice patients and families.
A final salute: the grace and dignity of hospice care for veterans
One in four dying Americans has served in the military. Learn how our veteran-to-veteran hospice volunteers can bring profound comfort—from compassionate listening to pinning ceremonies.
From pet therapy to Reiki: Meet our alternative-support volunteers
What do Miss Daily the Dog, a Reiki practitioner and a meditation expert have in common? They all volunteer for HopeHealth hospice. Read their stories in our moving blog post.