Nurses deal with the final days

Gwen Singer, a palliative care nurse for South Auckland's Totara Hospice for 15 years, is visiting Enesi Puni, who is dying of prostate cancer. It's a cheerful encounter. "You live until you die," says Singer, by way of explanation.

Volunteers Play Growing Role in Hospice Care

As the population ages, hospice and the volunteers who provide comfort and support to end-of-life patients and their families play a significant role ...

Hospice Celebrates National Volunteer Week April 15-21

National Volunteer Week is April 15 through 21, 2012 and Rockbridge Area Hospice is honoring its core of over 100 active and dedicated volunteers who provide support, companionship and dignity to those facing serious and life-limiting illness.

Hospice volunteers honored

VitalCare Hospice of Little Traverse Bay is honoring its core of dedicated volunteers this week as part of National Volunteer Week.

Hospice girls get a glamour makeover

THREE young ladies were treated like Hollywood actresses for a day as they prepared for a big step in their lives.