by admin | Nov 29, 2024 | Caregiving, Volunteering
By Ellen Buckmaster, Hospice Austin Volunteer When I tell people I’m a hospice volunteer, I almost always get something like, “Oh good for you. I could never do that,” as if my efforts are heroic or out of the ordinary. It’s an interesting and perhaps telling...
by admin | Apr 9, 2019 | Being Present, Caregiving, Hospice, Volunteering
I showed up for my afternoon shift at Hospice Austin’s Christopher House where my mother-in-law died more than 15 years ago. The walkway is made of bricks. Many of them contain names and life dates of people who had died at the hospice. Recent rains had caused dirt,...
by admin | Apr 8, 2019 | Volunteering
One of my most memorable experiences was when I provided 11th-hour relief for a young man in his 20’s with brain cancer. Each time he would cough, his head would become very red in color and he would be in obvious distress. I used a craniosacral therapy technique at...
by admin | Nov 19, 2018 | Volunteering
Serving as a Hospice Austin volunteer for just the past 9 months, I have already witnessed nurses, chaplains, department coordinators, nursing assistants, case managers, social workers and other volunteers skillfully and effectively serving the needs of others, always...
by admin | Nov 19, 2018 | Volunteering
There is a reason I got the opportunity to be part of Hospice Austin. Hospice kept coming up in my life. First my grandmother had hospice care in San Antonio. She was at home and near the end, dealing with multiple cancers and emphysema. A hospice nurse was with us,...
by admin | Feb 8, 2018 | Being Present, Caregiving, Uncategorized, Volunteering
I volunteer at Hospice Austin’s Christopher House because of the generosity and compassion that transcends throughout the building with patient care, professional friendly staff and the great family feeling of love to all that enters the building (young or old)....
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