Ways a Hospice Volunteer Can Help
- Listen
- Go for a walk
- Go out for coffee/tea
- Play cards or board games
- Shop for groceries
- Take clothes to the cleaners
- Help to prepare a meal or bake
- Watch TV/movie together
- Make phone calls
- Help to write letters
- Assist with childcare
- Paint or draw
- Enjoy a hobby
- Help with toileting/bedpan
- Work on relaxation
- Listen to music together
- Play an instrument
- Help care for animals
- Drop off or pick up prescriptions
- Give a light foot/hand/back massage
- Pray together
- Go shopping
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- Garden
- Set up a bird feeder
- Sing together
- Share your photographs
- Bring in flowers from your garden
- Play cards
- Arts and crafts
- Go on an “outing”
- Laugh together
- Give a manicure/pedicure
- Brush/style hair
- Read together
- Create a scrapbook, memory box or video
- Record life experiences
- Provide rides to appointments
- Go out for lunch or dinner
- Help with memorial/funeral arrangements
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To find out more about our programs and services please call us at 519-743-4114. All our programs and services are offered free of charge to families.
