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ATTENTION!!
The PDV has new home!!
Click on PATIENT DATA VAULT on Main Menu
to go to the new PDV website.
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Visit Our
Hospice Community Forum -- Network with hospice professionals from
around the world!! The general public is also invited to join our community.
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HVA's President Visits Hospices in Vienna, Austria
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HVA's President, Greg Schneider, said "the primary mission of the Vienna trip was
to begin reaching out to other hospices around the world. While professional staff
of hospices travel abroad to share information with colleagues, it is rare that
volunteers have the opportunity to meet and share across international boundaries
and HVA would like to change that."
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This trip was Greg's first ambassador trip on behalf of HVA. He met with two hospice
organizations,
CS Hospiz Rennweg and the Mobile
Hospice of ÖBR to share notes on hospice volunteerism and how it is
regulated in Austria. Click here
to see a YouTube video that is in German but will give you an idea of what their hospice
looks like and the care that they offer.
As you can see from the photo above, Greg had the opportunity to discuss a variety
of topics with staff and volunteers. What he did confirm, as expected, is that the
heart of the volunteers and their dedication to their volunteer work as well as
the reasons for choosing the work, is universal. Watch for a more in-depth report
on this visit on our Facebook page.
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After 5 years of publishing quarterly issues of the
Hospice Volunteer News, HVA chose to stop publishing this publication due
to economic pressures that have been placed on non-profits in recent years due to
economic conditions. We just do not have the resources to continue publishing the
HV News as a separate publication due to lack of resources.
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To our readers, we hope you understand. We have now transitioned to the social networks,
like the Hospice Community Forum and Facebook, to communicate with our members.
We encourage you to join our communities there. You will find a broader collection
of hospice-related resources and like-minded people interested in hospice.
Our rich archive of past issues of HV News is still accessible to current members.
Each issue is filled with informative articles and interviews that will be of great
interest to hospice volunteers and hospice volunteer managers.
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To learn more about the HV News and view a sample issue
click here.
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New Members: Join HVA now and receive the handbook
This Time of Caregiving - Words of Encouragement & Hope
as our gift!!
Please Note: This offer applies to paid memberships only.
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HVTI has incorporated the suggestions and comments of Volunteer Coordinators from
around the country that were compiled from our National Hospice Volunteer Training
Survey (purchase this report from Caregiver's
Store). The survey respondents represented over 30,000 patients served annually
by nearly 7,000 volunteers. This data (see preview)
was used by our curriculum planners to guide them in the development of the HVTI
volunteer training program development.
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The infrastructure for the institute is in place and planning and curriculum development
is underway. HVA's strategic plan for expanding services to our membership around
the world sees the plans for HVTI to fulfill a significant need for a universally
accepted hospice volunteer program that is accessible to all.
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The HEAL Project has created the National Council on Hospice Volunteer Education
(NCHVE). This council is made up of national visionaries that are guiding the
development of the HVTI curriculum and assisting in defining the national certification
program for volunteers and volunteer managers.
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The Hospice Volunteer Association (HVA) created the National
Hospice Document Repository (NHDR) as a public service to the hospice community.
Some of the ways that we hope this repository will assist the community are:
- providing a venue for hospice volunteer coordinators/managers to
share training materials, volunteer program descriptions, volunteer job descriptions,
outreach brochures, etc. with their colleagues.
- to share information relating to events, conferences, retreats and
workshops that would be of value and interest to the hospice volunteer community.
- to share articles and other types of information that would be of
interest to the hospice community.
Using the NHDR is now much easier. We have made it very easy for members of the
hospice community to upload documents they wish to share. You can now perform searches
for documents in the repository using key words.
Search and access hundreds of hospice-related documents -- download
them for free! The HVA repository is one of the largest free sources
of hospice-related information in the world.
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If you would like to share such information with other hospices,
click here to find out how to submit or access documents.
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The HEAL Project's pilot program for its Hannah's Friends community volunteer
program in Northern CA was a success. This program supports the families of children with a life-threatening
illness. Hannah's Friends has its own website. Click
here to visit the new site and learn more about the program.
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The HEAL Project's Community Outreach Program in Education (COPE)
provides a free knowledge base for those who are or will be embarking upon a caregiving
journey for a friend or family member.
- Series I - Caring for a Terminally
ill Loved One - Making Compassionate Choices: this series focuses on the
various facets of caregiving starting with the diagnosis of a terminal illness through
to death and the bereavement period that follows.
- Series II - Caring for a Child
Approaching the End of Life and Keeping the Family Together: Families that
are caring for a child with a life-limiting or life-threatening illness face formidable
emotional, psychological and spiritual challenges. This series provides useful information
that will help guide and support them on their journey, easing the uncertainty of
what lies ahead.
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