If you are interested in volunteering and can spare two hours a week they would love to hear from you. An information session will be held on Wednesday 21 July from 2-3pm at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital’s Palliative Care Unit, 28 Woodville Road, Woodville South. To attend, register your interest with Mary-Ann Holt on 8222 6825 before 15th July 2010.
What is the palliative care volunteer's role?
The volunteer's role is to strengthen the ability of the ill person, and his/her family and friends to live as fully and as richly as possible.
Palliative care volunteers provide:
Volunteers may be involved in:
Who is a palliative care volunteer?
A palliative care volunteer is a person who:-
Recruitment, Selection & Responsibilities
Where can I volunteer?
Volunteers work where palliative care is provided. Palliative care is provided, if possible, where the ill person wants to be. Therefore, you may like to volunteer at a hospital, hospice, residential aged care facility or in the home. Volunteers are supported by the Volunteer Manager/Coordinator and are generally covered by insurance.
How to become a volunteer?
If you would like to find more about becoming a palliative care volunteer please contact the Palliative Care Council.
2010 Meeting Dates:
Meetings are usually held at Calvary Hospital Adelaide, 89 Strangways
Terrace, North Adelaide, in Connery Room 2.
Lunch provided.
Time:
10.00am - 12.00pm : Meeting
12.00pm - 12.30pm : Lunch
12.30pm - 2.00pm : Education session.
2010 Palliative Care Volunteers Conference
"Searching for Balance"
20-21st May 2010
Stamford Plaza, Nth Terrace, Adelaide
Feedback from Conference participants has been extremely positive.
Conference Notes & Topics:









































































Volunteering SA - www.volunteeringsa.org.au
Volunteering Australia - www.volunteeringaustralia.org
GoVolunteerNational Palliative Care Program - www.govolunteer.com.au