Professionalization of hospice volunteer practices: What are the 
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Guirguis-Younger, Manal; Kelley, Mary-Lou; McKee, Margaret

doi:10.1017/s1478951505050224

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“…3,4 Hospice and end-of-life care settings are a less likely choice for many considering volunteering, due to the emotionally demanding nature of repeatedly The long and evolving tradition of palliative care has always had a strong volunteer dimension. The difficult nature of palliative care invites questions around why volunteers choose this particular line of contribution.…”

Section: Design and Proceduresmentioning

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Narrative Accounts of Volunteers in Palliative Care Settings

Guirguis-Younger

Grafanaki

2008

Am J Hosp Palliat Care

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The long and evolving tradition of palliative care has always had a strong volunteer dimension. The difficult nature of palliative care invites questions around why volunteers choose this particular line of contribution. To expand our knowledge of the elements that create meaning and capture the essence of volunteer experience, we asked volunteers to share the rewards and the challenges of their work and its personal meaning. Significant themes emerged around what volunteers considered the most valuable aspects of their experience. Volunteers identified freedom of choice and the ability to use their natural gifts as an important condition for satisfaction. In addition, they perceived emotional resilience and personal hardiness as important dimensions of their suitability for working in palliative care. Finally, volunteers felt that their approach must be one of a balanced perspective, with an understanding of life and death as part of the human condition.

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Section: Design and Proceduresmentioning

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Narrative Accounts of Volunteers in Palliative Care Settings

Guirguis-Younger

Grafanaki

2008

Am J Hosp Palliat Care

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“…This is despite an increase in volunteering research over the last 10 years from Australia, the US, UK and Canada. The key focus of this research has been on the impact and role of volunteers within palliative care teams, the perception and experience of patients and caregivers receiving volunteer care, the characteristics and motivations of people who volunteer, and the training, recruitment and retention of volunteers . A rural focus is rare and in Australia this area of research appears to have been particularly overlooked.…”

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Factors affecting rural volunteering in palliative care – an integrated review

Whittall

Lee

O'Connor

2016

Australian J Rural Health

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To review factors shaping volunteering in palliative care in Australian rural communities using Australian and International literature. Identify gaps in the palliative care literature and make recommendations for future research. A comprehensive literature search was conducted using Proquest, Scopus, Sage Premier, Wiley online, Ovid, Cochran, Google Scholar, CINAHL and Informit Health Collection. The literature was synthesised and presented in an integrated thematic narrative. Australian Rural communities. While Australia, Canada, the United States (US) and the United Kingdom (UK) are leaders in palliative care volunteer research, limited research specifically focuses on volunteers in rural communities with the least occurring in Australia. Several interrelated factors influence rural palliative care provision, in particular an increasingly ageing population which includes an ageing volunteer and health professional workforce. Also current and models of palliative care practice fail to recognise the innumerable variables between and within rural communities such as distance, isolation, lack of privacy, limited health care services and infrastructure, and workforce shortages. These issues impact palliative care provision and are significant for health professionals, volunteers, patients and caregivers. The three key themes of this integrated review include: (i) Geography, ageing rural populations in palliative care practice, (ii) Psychosocial impact of end-end-of life care in rural communities and (iii) Palliative care models of practice and volunteering in rural communities. The invisibility of volunteers in rural palliative care research is a concern in understanding the issues affecting the sustainability of quality palliative care provision in rural communities. Recommendations for future Australian research includes examination of the suitability of current models of palliative care practice in addressing the needs of rural communities; the recruitment, training, ongoing education and support of volunteers in rural palliative care provision to ensure equitable care for all communities in Australia regardless of location.

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“…This grey area is reflected in long‐standing debates about possible over‐formalizing or professionalizing volunteers. Guirguis‐Younger et al. (2005), for example, cautioned against trends to accredit and structure the practice of volunteers in hospice settings in Canada but their arguments could be employed more broadly.…”

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Working with volunteers: key issues for gerontological nursing – Literature scan

Manthorpe

2007

Int J Older People Nursing

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This article explores volunteering with older people through a study of the literature, mainly from the UK. The discussion is grouped around five themes: organization, support, sustainability, stereotypes and boundaries. The article discusses nurses' roles in working with volunteers and volunteer coordinators. It notes that older people are often volunteers themselves. A number of areas for future research are outlined.

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Professionalization of hospice volunteer practices: What are the implications?

Cited by 17 publications

References 4 publications

Narrative Accounts of Volunteers in Palliative Care Settings

Narrative Accounts of Volunteers in Palliative Care Settings

Factors affecting rural volunteering in palliative care – an integrated review

Working with volunteers: key issues for gerontological nursing – Literature scan

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