http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/hospice-volunteer-how-can-i-make-life-brighter/ Advice for Dying and Death - When Sympathy Isnt Enough Fri, 18 May 2012 11:14:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/hospice-volunteer-how-can-i-make-life-brighter/comment-page-1/#comment-6777 Jeanne Frye, RN, CHPN Fri, 15 May 2009 20:20:42 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=573#comment-6777 Curtis, do not beat yourself up. With a close relative there is an emotional component and that makes the visit that much more difficult. I second your virtual "high five" to all volunteers out there, they are a special group. We could not do our job without them!! Curtis, do not beat yourself up. With a close relative there is an emotional component and that makes the visit that much more difficult. I second your virtual “high five” to all volunteers out there, they are a special group. We could not do our job without them!!

]]> http://www.thecheckoutline.org/advice/hospice-volunteer-how-can-i-make-life-brighter/comment-page-1/#comment-4600 Curtis Thu, 23 Apr 2009 10:55:26 +0000 http://www.thecheckoutline.org/?p=573#comment-4600 I can barely bring myself to visit a close relative in a hospice -- really I'm very squeamish about dying people. Any thoughts on how to get over this? I feel like a jerk, but I have to be honest! So to Bob and all the volunteers out there --- you're a better person than I am... I can barely bring myself to visit a close relative in a hospice — really I’m very squeamish about dying people. Any thoughts on how to get over this? I feel like a jerk, but I have to be honest!
So to Bob and all the volunteers out there — you’re a better person than I am…

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