The Importance of Volunteers in Hospice and Palliative Care

Nancy Forsyth, a palliative care volunteer for 25 years, speaks of the importance of volunteering to care for the terminally ill. Forsyth has an aggressive form of lung cancer and is forgoing further treatment for the cancer. The Shoreline Beacon article discusses how her experience as a volunteer is helping her while dealing with her own illness.

Are you interested in becoming a hospice or palliative care volunteer ? Volunteers in hospice find it personally gratifying, intellectually stimulating, and emotionally meaningful to assist those in need at a critical point in their lives.