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HVA's Quarterly e-Magazine
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HVA publishes the Hospice Volunteer News, a quarterly online e-magazine
for its membership. The publication is also available for members without Internet
access for a nominal postage and handling fee.
This publication is a communication resource for hospice volunteers and family caregivers.
The e-magazine, which is published exclusively for HVA members, features:
Note: the sample issue at the left does not contain all of
the features listed below.
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- NEW!! Strategic Volunteer
Coordination & Management- Gary Guardia, M.Ed., LCSW, and NHPCO
Volunteer/Volunteer Manager section leader for 6 years has been active providing
workshops to Volunteers and Volunteer Managers around the country. In this new column
Gary offers useful management strategies for volunteer coordinators and managers.
- Volunteer Interviews - each quarter a volunteer
or family caregiver is selected to be interviewed about their path to becoming a
volunteer and their experience in caring for the dying and their families.
- VC Perspectives - "Tips from Volunteer Managers"
gives guest volunteer coordinators an opportunity to share their perspectives on
various aspects of managing volunteers as well as providing useful tips to aid volunteers
in their work.
- A Family's Experience with Hospice - families provide
feedback about their hospice experience. What worked? What didn't work? What were
their most intimate moments? And more...
- NEW!! Extraordinary Gifts
- intimate and inspirational stories that describe the often unexplainable
and extraordinary gifts that volunteers and family caregivers receive while caring
for the dying.
- President's Message - A message to the membership
of the Hospice Volunteer Association from its President. This quarterly message
focuses on the latest organizational developments within HVA as well as a visionary
perspective.
- Insights - "The How-To of Hospice Volunteering"
- Dr. Stan Goldberg writes an article on some aspect of hospice volunteering and
also responds to questions from HV News readers.
- Feature Articles - as the HVA membership continues
to grow, there are many individuals who would like to share information with the
membership regarding hospice volunteering. Our editors also invite experts in the
death and dying field to contribute articles of interest.
- Hospice in the News - a special feature that provides
volunteers and family caregivers with access to news articles from around the world
that relate to caregiving and death and dying.
- HVA Calendar - the calendar lists dates for upcoming
events such as workshops, seminars and retreats that may be of interest to HVA members.
Here's a sample of what the hospice community is saying about Hospice Volunteer
News, the HVA quarterly e-magazine:
"Wow! Thank you for this wonderful publication!
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Kathrin, George Mark Children's House Volunteer Coordinator
"I read the first issue of the Hospice Volunteer
News, and it is powerful. Fabulous!"
Dr. Smith, M.D.
"Thank you for sending HV News, I love it."
Tanie, Hospice of Laramie Volunteer Coordinator
"Read the first issue of the HV News …it
is really inspiring and great to get the bigger connection of hospice throughout
the country. "
Mindy, Zen Hospice Volunteer
"Wow! HV News is wonderful!! "
Barb, Hospice of West Alabama Volunteer
"Thanks so much for sending HV News, it's
really fabulous."
Margaret, Zen Hospice Volunteer
"Fabulous publication! Love the stories and
testimonials."
Theresa, George Mark Children's House Volunteer
This first issue is available online for viewing by non-members who wish to see
a sample of this e-magazine. Please note that we have added many new features to
HV News since this first issue was published.
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In the
current issue of
Hospice Volunteer News...
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James Hicks, who serves at Memorial Hospice, was led to hospice
volunteer service through his own bereavement care after the loss of his wife of
46 years.
(click here to login and read this interview)
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In this issue we bring you perspectives from three volunteer coordinators from the
two sister hospices,
Hospice of Petaluma and
Memorial Hospice, that are the focus of this issue of HV News. Deena
Edwards, Liz Benson and Donna Deibold all have different levels of experience and
hence different perspectives to share. We are also privileged to have a feature
article from the Volunteer Manager for these two hospices, Nina Arbour.
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Deena Edwards, the Volunteer Coordinator for Hospice of Petaluma,
is a seasoned Volunteer Coordinator, now in her eleventh year of service with the
same hospice. Her article reflects on the depth of the volunteer coordinating experience
and how it teaches you to bring balance into your life and helps you focus on the
things that are really important.
(click here to login and read Deena's interview)
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Liz Benson, the Volunteer Coordinator for Memorial Hospice, illustrates
once again the often highly skilled and diverse backgrounds of those who serve in
the role of Volunteer Coordinator.
(click here to login and read Liz's interview)
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Donna Deibold, a Volunteer Coordinator for Hospice of Petaluma
and Memorial Hospice, describes how her family's experience with hospice created
a natural path for her to become a Volunteer Coordinator. The article also reflects
her feelings that she has a most wonderful and rewarding job that is a great fit
for her life.
(click here to login and read Donna's interview)
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Maryjane Johnston was a nurse for more than 30 years and her last
position was Director of Medicine at Kaiser in San Francisco. In this interview
her daughter, Laura Johnston, talks about her mother's hospice experience. She shares
how one nurse encouraged another to let go and allow others to care for her.
(click here to login and read this interview)
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Dr. Stan Goldberg, is an HVA Member who currently serves as a bedside
volunteer at Hospice by the Bay
in San Francisco. He also served at
George Mark Children's House in San Leandro and the
Zen Hospice Project's Guest House until it closed for renovation. He
is a professor of Communicative Disorders at San Francisco State University, author
of six books, more than fifty articles, chapters, essays and poems, and his original
research on change has been quoted in newspapers, magazines, and on radio. He has
led workshops on change and transitions both nationally and internationally. He
is the author of (Shambhala Press, 2009), a memoir of his
experiences as a hospice volunteer.
In this issue Stan discusses volunteer vigiling, a service that is being offered
by more and more hospices to their actively dying patients. His article suggests
that vigiling and its preparations should actually occur before the patient is actively
dying. I think you will find his article: Vigiling: What, When, and How
very informative and insightful.
(click here to login and read Stan's column)
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This is a new column we are starting with this issue. We think you will find the
stories here to be very inspiring. Our first story, The Butterfly Messenger,
is told by Greg Schneider, founder of the Hospice Volunteer Association and the
HEAL Project.
If you have ever had the opportunity to care for a dying person, either as a hospice
or family caregiver, you probably have a story to tell. When we mindfully bear witness
to a person's dying process we may get a glimpse of the mystery that surrounds death.
In some cases volunteer and family caregivers have unexplainable encounters or experiences
that are received as a gift from the dying person. These "gifts" can occur before,
during or perhaps years after the death.
We would like to give you an opportunity to share one of your experiences with our
readers. If you have a gift to share, please e-mail it to us by clicking here: My Extraordinary
Gift.
(click here to login and read this new column)
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A good volunteer program starts with an effective Volunteer Coordinator. Replacing
a Volunteer Coordinator can be a daunting task, especially if the previous Volunteer
Coordinator is gone and someone with volunteer management skills is not available.
Or perhaps you are tasked with expanding your hospice's volunteer department but
have never had to hire a Volunteer Coordinator. Nina Arbour, a
seasoned hospice volunteer manager with over 25 years of experience at
Hospice of Petaluma and
Memorial Hospice, provides some guidance on how to hire the right person.
(click here to login and read this article)
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Yuhan Lu, MSN, RN, is a Head Nurse at the Beijing Cancer Hospital.
She has been an oncology nurse working for more than eleven years since graduating
from Peking University in 1996. She is also a member of the Commission of Chinese
Society of Cancer Rehabilitation and Palliative Care Committee, an appointment made
by the Journal of Modern Nursing and International Journal of Nursing.
In this article she gives some historical background as well as current perspectives
on hospice in China and shares some of her experiences of caring for dying patients
at the Beijing Cancer Hospital.
(click here to login and read this article)
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Zhang Danuo is a popular person in Beijing. He is an extraordinary
individual, selected as one of the 10 Great Young Volunteers in Beijing in 2003.
Zhu Lin, vice-president of Songtang Hospice in Beijing, said the devotion of people
such as Zhang had helped build a group of highly motivated volunteers at Songtang.
In China about 20 million people participate in various volunteering activities.
Most of these individuals are arranged by official organizations and only about
200,000 do so on their own and an even fewer number do so to volunteer with hospice.
Zhang has been a hospice volunteer for over 10 years and is an inspiration to others
in his community.
(click here to login and read this article)
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Beth Wechsler, MSW, LICSW is a graduate of Smith College School
for Social Work. She has presented at conferences held by NASW, the Harvard Graduate
School of Education, the American Institute of Medical Education, SEAK, Inc. and
the National Conference on the Adolescent. She has been published in Yankee Magazine,
Women's Day, eBay Magazine.
In this article she discusses how hospice workers are present in the intense emotional
moments when Dr. Carl Jung believed that psychic events are most likely to occur.
Dr. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross was convinced not only of psychic events but of reincarnation.
Beth stresses that hospice workers should know something about these experiences
and their impact on patients.
(click here to login and read this article)
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Carmela Carlyle, MA Clinical Psychology, Certified Laughter Yoga
Instructor, created the first Laughter Yoga Club in Sonoma County of Northern CA.
Her extensive skills and background as a professional counselor, yoga teacher, support
group facilitator, activities program director, hospice professional, management
training specialist and team-building coach enable her to customize Laughter Yoga
to meet the needs of your group. She speaks about Laughter at professional conferences
and works with groups to use laughter for community connection in the workplace.
In her article titled, A Valentine's Message: Tis the Season to Heal Hearts with
Laughter!, she discusses how laughter is healing and provides a large dose
of endorphins and serotonin, which reduces depression, that grieving people need
so much. The article describes how Laughter Yoga can be used effectively in hospice.
(click here to login and read this article)
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Danielle Clark
5/13/01-12/30/07
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Greg Schneider, is the Program Director of Hannah's Friends, HV
News Editor and Founder of the Hospice Educators Affirming Life (HEAL) Project.
He has over a decade of experience as a volunteer and volunteer mentor/trainer serving
both children and adults with numerous hospices. Greg continues to serve the dying
and the bereaved through hospices in his community as a patient care volunteer and
harpist. He also volunteers weekly as a group bereavement counselor for children
that have lost a parent or sibling. Greg served as an ambassador with the 2006 Interdisciplinary
Palliative Care Delegation to The People's Republic of China and Tibet.
In this article Greg discusses the HEAL Project's Hannah's Friends volunteer program
in the context of Pediatric Palliative Care (PPC). This program was initially conceived
4 years ago to fulfill facets of the PPC requirements relating to community support.
Our pilot program experience to date clearly demonstrates that community involvement
can improve the situation for families in a very meaningful way. After Danielle
died, her father, Doug Clark, said "Hannah's Friends will always be a part of our
family."
(click here to login and read this article)
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Volunteers - you may now join HVA for FREE
if your Volunteer Coordinator is a paid member!!
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Join HVA now and receive the Flower Hour DVD free!!
A $24.95 value!!
Please Note: This DVD offer applies to paid memberships only.
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Flower Hour
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The Flower Hour video takes
the viewer into the world of flowers from the bee's perspective. You will be mesmerized
by the photos and the healing music. Patients and dying loved ones who are bed-bound
will find that this video quickly takes them into the beauty of nature and a place
of peace.
Join the Hospice Volunteer Association (HVA) and
experience the many benefits that other volunteers and volunteer managers from across
the country are already enjoying.
This issue of HV News also contains many special offers from our
Caregiver's Store. HVA Members receive significant discounts on nearly every
product we stock.
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