On Hospice Training - day 6 you can read how a day in the face to face training goes.

I find it interesting that each hospice has specific educational tools for in person training and all I have found seem very good. The core courses, as taught in the online course are the basics for getting the advanced education you will receive in instructor based training.

The online training is an excellent guide to the history and philosophy of hospice, the infection control and confidentiality, etc. I feel it leaves room for more personalization in the classroom once the basics are covered.

The above mentioned post reflects the great information studied and learned as you get into the later stages of training

Divers and Sundry: I'm a hospice volunteer!

I am more excited than ever about the hospice volunteer online training program.

When I read items like this one posted in Divers and Sundry blog I know that having access to a volunteer program immediately after the inquiry is a most valuable service.
Divers and Sundry: I'm a hospice volunteer!

Hospice Blog: Hospice in the Stimulus Bill

Volunteers can keep up to date on the political side of hospice and help in making the community aware of changes in our health care system. Hospiceblog does a great job of informing us of regulatory and medical topics of interest and I felt it was important to link them to this blog. The post on their site is short and sweet today but it refers you to some interesting information
Hospice Blog: Hospice in the Stimulus Bill

Why volunteer?

400,000 hospice volunteers can explain why they continue to be involved in hospice service. For some it is the obvious reasons of doing good for others. Ultimately volunteers will say they get more than they receive. The words melt into everyday conversations without much fanfare but contain the secret to living a fulfilled life. As the golden rule says, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" but do we realize that often what we do unto others we are truly doing to ourselves?

As volunteers help those who are facing life limiting illnesses find their power in the moments of living, they strengthen themselves to become more tolerant, less judgmental, and abundantly grateful.

As a volunteer for hospice, what is your reason for volunteering?

Hospice Volunteer Training Online

After an extensive search of online training programs for hospice volunteers, I finally found one - mine.

I found a few programs that were excellent in content but the training would still have to completely be done in a face to face setting.

Much of the initial work of hospice volunteer training consists of the core concepts. Volunteer coordinators spend countless hours preparing for training sessions and by the time a facility is acquired, mailings and calls are made, and staff lined up to assist in the training, some of the prospective volunteers have already lost interest or are obligated elsewhere.

I thought it would be a great idea to cover the core courses with online training that would allow prospective volunteers the opportunity to begin training on their own from their computer....

Thus the birth of Hospice Volunteer Training Online.

I hope volunteer coordinators from around the country can benefit from offering an immediate solution to training needs. The release of this program will be March 1st, 2009.

Between now and March 1st, I will be posting the status of the online course and accepting inquiries at hospicevolunteertraining@gmail.com

The excitement of the potential of this program has made it easy to complete the course curriculum. Unless someone can point to another program like this, I am assuming this will be the very first online training for hospice volunteers.

How exciting is that?