Proof volunteering is good for you
A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, published by Elsevier, takes a closer look at the benefits of volunteering to the health ...
A new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, published by Elsevier, takes a closer look at the benefits of volunteering to the health ...
Are you a carer? Every two years Carers NSW undertakes a survey to ask carers about their experiences and find out what supports they need. ...
The COVID-19 situation has certainly placed great strains on all parts of our society and volunteering was no exception. With physical distancing restrictions making volunteering ...
In 2017 we researched the experiences of palliative care volunteers who were in grief and bereavement support activities in NSW. Our interest was on those ...
In 2018 we undertook a new detailed study of palliative care volunteers and volunteer management in NSW. This report is based on an interview survey ...
What is community hospice? How does it work in the UK, NZ and in other parts of Australia? What might the future look like for ...
In 2018 Austyn Petroccitto, intern from Macquarie University, along with Kate Bowman & Alex Huntir from the Volunteer Support Services Programme studied the practices of ...
Palliative care volunteers typically offer social support and companionship but, in some cases, they might also offer complementary, supportive or diversional therapies. Some examples of ...
Do you lead, manage or coordinate volunteers? Ever wonder how others in your position are faring when it comes to volunteer management practices, challenges and ...
Grief and bereavement is an inevitable part of the palliative care landscape. Currently, we have little information on the contribution of volunteers in this area. ...
Our colleagues at Palliative Care Victoria have recently completed a survey of volunteer managers in their state. The 2016-17 Managers of Palliative Care Volunteers Survey ...
Like their counterparts in the city, community visiting volunteers in rural and regional NSW are involved in supporting people in palliative care and their families ...
Palliative care volunteers in inpatient settings typically supplement the emotional support offered by paid staff. With nurses (including Enrolled Nurses, Registered Nurses, Clinical Nurse Specialist ...
Australia is a multicultural society with an ageing population. As the proportion of older people who come from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds increases so ...
" Community volunteers in palliative and end of life care have radically different experiences to volunteers within specialist palliative care services." In this eHospice article ...
Palliative care volunteers who provide psycho-social support for people and carers at or near the end of life benefit from skills of empathy, self-regulation and ...
In the 2 years since we published our first resource on VolunteerHub we have recorded some 1800 downloads. The most popular download has been the ...
Paediatric palliative care volunteers represent about 10% of all palliative care volunteers in NSW. They have a particularly strong presence in the paediatric hospice and ...