Compassion can be enhanced through diverse methodologies at the organizational,
professional, and community levels. This enhancement of compassion has the potential to …

Current health and social care systems do not always meet the needs of the dying in our
communities. As a result, patients and families are choosing to place their trust in those who …

Background A compassionate community approach to palliative care provides important
rationale for building community-based hospice volunteer capacity. In this project, we piloted …

In the last decade, we have seen a growth of Compassionate Communities and Cities
(CCC) at the end of life. There has been an evolution of organizations that help construct …

Background Clinical care alone at the end of life is unlikely to meet all needs. Volunteers are
a key resource, acceptable to patients, but there is no evidence on care outcomes. This …

Objectives Volunteers have an important place in palliative care (PC), positively influencing
quality of care for seriously ill people and those close to them and providing a link to the …

Background: In recent years, compassion has motivated the development of programs
oriented to create communities and societies involved in the relief of suffering. The …

Background: Volunteers fulfil several roles in supporting terminally ill people and their
relatives and can positively influence quality of care. Healthcare in many countries faces …

Purpose To explore the perspectives of people anticipated to be in their last year of life,
family carers, volunteers and staff on the impacts of receiving a volunteer-provided …

Background/Objectives: Compassionate Cities are social ecology approaches that apply a
set of actions, targeting a broad range of stakeholders, with the intention of renormalising …