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BY TINA H. WEAV ER
Rappahannock News Contributing Writers
If you have an unfilled hour or two each week or feel the need to be of help. Hospice of the Rapidan needs you. Volunteers are needed to assist the terminally ill and their family with transportation, respite care, funeral preparations, companionship, or bereavement support.
Volunteers generally travel no more than 10 to 15 minutes from their home to their client’s home. Nursing care is not provided by the volunteer but by a qualified person from a coordinating agency. In Orange and Madison counties, due to a lack of adequate volunteers, applicants are frequently put on a waiting list until a volunteer is available.
Many patients and families request no more than occasional visits. A trained hospice volunteer often becomes a confidante and is very important to that family. Many families say that to know support is available and someone cares is invaluable throughout this experience.
To become a hospice volunteer, you must complete the 24-hour training course scheduled to begin March 21. Training will be given Monday and Wednesday evenings from 7-9:30 at 126 South Main St., Culpeper. Classes include instruction on the volunteer’s role and responsibilities, hospice philosophy, bereavement, the dying process, and home care.
Toward the end of the training, volunteers will take a trainee to visit
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