TrinityCare Hospice is a non-profit agency assisting terminally ill patients and their supportive loved ones through the final journey of life.
Following the loss of a loved one, the Hospice team provides bereavement care for the family for up to 13 months.
Bereavement volunteers assist the Bereavement Team by providing a friendly and compassionate ear to listen to the surviving family or friend share memories and feelings about their loss through periodic telephone calls.
Volunteers help to normalize the feelings the bereaved individuals may experience, provide resources to support groups or alert the hospice bereavement staff if there are signs of more complicated grief issues.
There is also a special need for bilingual Spanish/English volunteers to provide outreach to the Hispanic community.
Volunteer training provided by TrinityCare Hospice at one of our centralized hospice offices (Cerritos, Torrance or Van Nuys) must be completed with special emphasis on compassionate communication and empathetic listening skills for bereavement support.
Phone calls are then conducted from the hospice office or independently after a period of direct supervision by the Bereavement Team.
Contact Ida Vernay, Volunteer Coordinator via email or visit the TrinityCare Hospice website.
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