Like all hospices, the Shuswap Hospice Society could not exist without dedicated volunteers. Hospice volunteers are supportive friends from the community who are involved because they care. They are carefully selected and trained and receive ongoing support,supervision and education.

Hospice volunteers:

• give support to the dying and their families
• provide companionship and support to the bereaved
• relieve care givers for short periods of time
• help patients and families develop support systems
• respect religious beliefs without imposing their own values
• visit homes, hospitals and nursing homes
• offer “time-out” for family members

Hospice volunteers will:

• help you plan options of care
• help you to address family issues
• help you deal with the challenges of care
• help you with resolving unfinished business
• help you with explore community resources

Volunteer meetings are held every 3rd Thursday at 1:30 PM.

Hospice Volunteers

To provide the compassion and understanding greatly needed by people living with a terminal illness is a gift - given freely by gifted people. Some of our volunteers who make decisions regarding the direction and vision of Shuswap Hospice Society; these are our Board of Directors. Some work extremely hard organizing events to raise funds required for us to continue providing care, and sit on various committees. Others provide care to people who are vulnerable and need our compassionate caring. And we have many volunteers who use their own talents to help in many different ways. All of these dedicated volunteers are the heart and soul of Shuswap Hospice Society.