Opportunities From: Volunteer Spokane

If you are searching for a way to make a difference in the lives of others, you belong here. Hospice volunteers are a valuable part of our care team, based on your interests and preferences, receive specific volunteer training to help improve the quality of life of others.

Volunteers provide companionship at a patient's bedside, running errands, help with administrative duties, create gifts for patients and their families.
- Hold a hand, share a story
- Send a card
- Listen, read, sing or play an instrument
- Make gifts for patients
- Run errands or perform light housekeeping
- Share flowers, bake or garden
- Make phone calls
- Attend community events

Volunteer Training
We support our volunteers and provide specific training:
- The hospice care team and the volunteer role
- The hospice philosophy and end-of-life care
- Grief and bereavement education
- Emotional and spiritual support in hospice care
- Communication and stress management
- Patient privacy and other regulations

Volunteering with hospice takes no advanced medical training or great commitment. All hospice volunteers are given assignments that best suit their time, skills and interests.

"I am a cancer survivor. I wanted to find a way to help others who might be home bound as I had been. As with most experiences in life when you help someone else, you're the one who ends up with the blessing!"
Sharon Collins, hospice volunteer

We love our volunteers and embrace why they are investing in our Hospice patients. YOU BELONG HERE.

Our hospice program needs veteran volunteers who are willing to share some of their time and talents to help patients and their families who are dealing with end-of-life issues.

Trained hospice volunteers, who are also veterans, will have the unique opportunity to support other veterans who have a life-limiting illness. They will work directly with patients and families to provide such services as:

Our hospice program will provide education on the hospice philosophy and our care model. Our training will also help veterans understand their role as hospice volunteers.

Gentiva Hospice - Hold a hand, share a story.

If you are looking to make a difference in the lives of others, YOU BELONG HERE.

From providing companionship at a patient’s bedside to creating gifts for patients and their families, we have an opportunity to match your interests and preferences.

We train and support our volunteers and recognize the important role they play in hospice care. Becoming a hospice volunteer takes no advanced training or great commitment. All volunteers are given assignments that best suit their time, skills and interests. We are a family of hospice care providers focused on compassionate care when life matters most. So, please come join our care team, we are happy to offer you the opportunity to serve those in our midst who have reached end of life and would be enormously fortunate to have a friend like you.