Volunteers have a long been involved in supporting the delivery of palliative care. Indeed in some countries, the range and quality of hospice and palliative care services depends on the involvement of volunteers.Hospice and palliative care services and volunteering are changing. As society develops, so too does volunteering. Volunteers have growing expectations of organizations, and increasingly seek roles that meet their needs and
aspirations, rather than fitting in with organizational approaches. As hospice and palliative care services experience increasing and changing demands for their services due to aging populations with complex
healthcare needs, we need to recognize that volunteers have a vital role to play in supporting the delivery of services of the future. The Changing Face of Volunteering in Hospice and Palliative Care explores the complex phenomenon that is volunteering in hospice and palliative care in different countries. It considers how and why volunteering is changing, through the contributions of authors from Western and Eastern Europe, North America, Australia, Africa, and
India. It reflects on the influence of culture and organisational contexts, in addition to management approaches, legislative, and political influences, highlighting factors that contribute to the success of
volunteering.Contributing to knowledge and understanding in the field of volunteering in hospice and palliative care internationally, this book highlights the factors that contribute to the success of volunteering models, allowing readers to see possibilities for change and find new ideas for innovative practice in their own setting.
Volunteers have a long been involved in supporting the delivery of palliative care. Indeed in some countries, the range and quality of hospice and palliative care services depends on the involvement of volunteers.Hospice and palliative care services and volunteering are changing. As society develops, so too does volunteering. Volunteers have growing expectations of organizations, and increasingly seek roles that meet their needs and
aspirations, rather than fitting in with organizational approaches. As hospice and palliative care services experience increasing and changing demands for their services due to aging populations with complex
healthcare needs, we need to recognize that volunteers have a vital role to play in supporting the delivery of services of the future. The Changing Face of Volunteering in Hospice and Palliative Care explores the complex phenomenon that is volunteering in hospice and palliative care in different countries. It considers how and why volunteering is changing, through the contributions of authors from Western and Eastern Europe, North America, Australia, Africa, and
India. It reflects on the influence of culture and organisational contexts, in addition to management approaches, legislative, and political influences, highlighting factors that contribute to the success of
volunteering.Contributing to knowledge and understanding in the field of volunteering in hospice and palliative care internationally, this book highlights the factors that contribute to the success of volunteering models, allowing readers to see possibilities for change and find new ideas for innovative practice in their own setting.
1: Steven Howlett: The modern context of volunteering
2: Sheila Payne and Sara Morris: The modern context of palliative
care
3: Ros Scott: Volunteering in hospice and palliative care in the
UK
4: Leena Pelttari and Anna H. Pissarek Austria: Volunteering in
hospice and palliative care in Austria
5: Anne Goossensen and Jos Somsen: Volunteering in hospice and
palliative care in the Netherlands
6: Michaela Hesse and Lukas Radbruch: Volunteering in hospice and
palliative care in Germany
7: Piotr Krakowiak and Leszek Pawlowski: Volunteering in hospice
and palliative care in Poland and Eastern Europe
8: Stephen Claxton-Oldfield: Volunteering in hospice palliative
care in Canada
9: Greg Schneider: Volunteering in USA
10: Alex Huntir: Volunteering in hospice and palliative care in
Australia
11: Fatia Kiyange: Volunteering in hospice and palliative care in
Africa
12: Anil Kumar Paleri and Libby Sallnow: Volunteering in hospice
and palliative care in India
13: Nigel Hartley: Volunteering and the challenges of change
14: Libby Sallnow and Heather Richardson: Volunteering and
community
15: Ros Scott: In our own words
16: Steven Howlett and Ros Scott: Pulling it all together
Ros Scott is a researcher and voluntary sector consultant with a
background in organisational development, research and the
development of volunteering and of palliative care organisations.
She is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Dundee.
Co-Chair of the European Association for Palliative Care Task Force
on Volunteering, she is also Vice-Chair of a Scottish bereavement
charity and serves on the Scottish Advisory Board of a UK
palliative care organisation.
She writes about and also presents on hospice and palliative care
volunteering both in the UK and internationally. She has also
received a Lifetime Achievement Award for work in hospice
volunteering.
Steven Howlett is a Deputy Director at Roehampton Business School
where he teaches undergraduate and post graduate courses in
management and ethics. Previously he was Senior Research Fellow at
the Institute for Volunteering research where he completed many
studies on volunteering.
The book is well laid out and written in an easy to use manner. It
begins with setting the scene of volunteering and the modern
context of hospice and palliative care. The book is well referenced
and covers a range of topics making for a balanced and thought
provoking read.
*Helen Reeves, Nursing Times*
If you run a palliative care volunteer service, or a palliative
care service with a volunteer program, you need to read this book.
Not only will it give you an in-depth view of where things are at,
but also how things are changing in countries from around the
world.
*Roger Woodruff, IAHPC Newsletter*
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