Registration now available for hospice volunteer course

Hospice volunteer training set t Hallmark Health Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice, volunteers are an essential part of the hospice philosophy of care that recognizes that dying is both a medical and personal event. Volunteers in Hospice find it personally gratifying, intellectually stimulating, and emotionally meaningful to assist those in need at a difficult time in their lives.

Hospice CEO paid $1.3M in final year

DAYTON — Hospice of Dayton in 2010 paid its retiring chief executive, Deborah S. Dailey, $1.3 million, including a $908,000 reward for staying at the helm of the nonprofit for a decade.Dailey collected the “deferred compensation” payout — disclosed in recently released tax forms — upon her retirement at the end of 2010. She served the first eight months of that year as president and CEO, then ...

Hospice of Santa Cruz County seeking volunteers

SCOTTS VALLEY — Hospice of Santa Cruz County is looking for volunteers. Last year, 650 people turned to the local nonprofit for help in supporting a loved one nearing death, and about 1,100 family and community members received grief support.

Hospice volunteer training scheduled to begin this month at St. Barnabas in Essex County

Barnabas Health Hospice and Palliative Care Center, a Barnabas Health facility, will host two training programs in West Orange for individuals interested in becoming a hospice volunteer in Essex, Huds

NHPCO to Feature Noted Plenary Speakers at Leadership Conference in March 2012

Gawande, Goldsmith, MedPAC Executive Director are among Distinguished Presenters ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization has a lineup of distinguished plenary speakers planned for its 27th annual Management and...