Plain and simple, volunteering means doing something "good" for someone, without expecting anything in return. As a volunteer for Hospice of Michigan's Patient Care Services, you "do good" every day. It takes very special, caring people to give of themselves as unselfishly as our Hospice of Michigan patient care volunteers. If you'd like to be one of them, here are some examples of the activities you'll assist with:

• reading to a patient, or holding a hand
• staying with a patient while family members take a needed break or keep an appointment
• shopping or doing errands for a patient
• listening
• helping patients write or tell their life stories
• cooking, light household chores
• providing help with makeup and hair
• assisting with bathing, shaving or other personal care
• working on crafts or other projects

Find out if you're suited to become a patient care volunteer.