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The Hospice Volunteer Association's
Patient Data Vault Service is a success!!
Secure Online HIPAA Compliant
Volunteer Management & Reporting
30-day Free Trial Now Available
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June 27, 2009 - the latest issue of the
Hospice Volunteer News is now available online. This 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 view the highlights of this new issue,
click here. The HV News e-magazine continues to expand its content with
many new outstanding features. To learn more and view a sample issue
click here.
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Joining HVA is very easy. Sign up online in
a few minutes and pay with your credit card using our secure web server. Once you
do you will be able to instantly access the new Members Only area of our website
which hosts the HV News archive. Being a member now has many advantages, including
significant discounts at The Caregiver's Store.
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Press Release March 4, 2009: A Growing Global Need for Volunteers -- HVA is now
in its fifth year of operation and its presence continues to grow in the U.S. and
other parts of the world because the need for volunteers is growing more critical.
There are many factors that are driving this need. In response, the Hospice Volunteer
Association (HVA) will soon become the International Hospice Volunteer Association
(IHVA).
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New Members: Join HVA now
and receive the handbook
Heart Wide Open - Self Care for Caregivers
as our gift!!
Please Note: This offer applies to paid memberships only.
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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.
Watch for an announcement soon that will bring you access to hundreds of hospice-related
documents that you can download for free! We expect that this repository will soon
become the largest free source 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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HVTI has completed compiling its report with the results of the national hospice
volunteer training survey that was conducted during 2005. Volunteer coordinators
from around the country responded representing over 30,000 patients served annually
by nearly 7,000 volunteers.
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This report (see preview) will be used to guide
HVTI curriculum planners and a consortium of survey participants to guide HVTI in
its volunteer training program development. Course development is underway and HVTI
expects to have some courses online by the fall of 2009. For additional
information watch for upcoming announcements in the Hospice Volunteer Training Institute
Announcements section at the top right of this page. Purchase
Report from Caregiver Store
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The HEAL Project has established the National Council on Hospice
Volunteer Education (NCHVE). This council is made up of national visionaries
that will be guiding the development of the HVTI curriculum.
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The HEAL Project started the pilot program for its Hannah's Friends community volunteer
program in Northern CA. This program is supporting the families of children with a life-threatening
illness. Hannah's Friends now 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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