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Our
Volunteers
White
Rock Hospice Society volunteers provide an invaluable service to the
White Rock/South Surrey community. Through their warm and compassionate
care, there are hundreds of families each year whose quality of life
is made valuable and tolerable at a time when facing daily life can
be difficult.
The
White Rock Hospice Society has two branches of volunteers: Our "Friends
of Hospice" or auxiliary volunteers provide assistance in our office,
as board members, with maintenance of our house, providing baked goods
for our PCU tea service, and assisting in many ways with the various
fundraising events held throughout the year. Our "Client Volunteers"
provide direct care to hospice clients who are facing a life-threatening
illness, or who are bereaved.
Several
educational and social events are planned for volunteers throughout
the year, and regular support meetings are held for client volunteers
who are involved with hospice clients.
White
Rock Hospice Society
Volunteer Services
Our
volunteer program involves the following services to our community:
- One-to-one
support to those facing a progressive life-threatening illness or bereavement,
giving practical, emotional and spiritual support at home, in hospital,
or in care facilities.
- Regular
visiting with patients and visitors in Palliative Care and other units
at Peace Arch Hospital.
- Regular
tea service to patients and visitors in Palliative Care.
- Care
and respite for family members in vigil situations.
- 24-hour
on-call response to families at Peace Arch Hospital Emergency in cases
of unexpected death.
- Co-facilitation
of bereavement support groups.
- Leadership
of a weekly walking group.
- Therapeutic
Touch and relaxation techniques, individually or in weekly drop-in
sessions.
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a Volunteer
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