Of the 115,000 persons involved in hospice care in America, some 95,000 are volunteers. Each year volunteers give more than 5 million hours to helping dying persons and their families.
Contact us to volunteer >Guidelines for Admission to Hospice
- Patient has been diagnosed with a life-threatening condition, not just cancer.
- Patient has a life expectancy of six months or less.
- The attending physician, patient, and family agree that further curative treatment is of no benefit to the patient.
- Patient lives within the Hospice of Natchitoches service area.
- Patient has a primary caregiver (someone other than Hospice staff) available to coordinate care on a 24-hour basis.
