Percentage of Individuals
Providing Spiritual Care
Volunteer Support
Figure 4 shows the percentage
of staff and volunteers who
are responsible for providing
spiritual care at the respondents'
organizations.
FIGURe 4: How many individuals are
designated spiritual care providers/
chaplains at your hospice?
Note too that a majority of
respondents stated that volunteers
must have training in respecting
the patient's beliefs (74%), endof-life spiritual concerns (70%),
maintaining boundaries (70%),
and pastoral care interventions at
the end of life (56%).
16% 1%
38%
18%
Since over half of the respondents'
organizations reportedly use at
least some volunteers to assist
with spiritual care services, it was
promising that most use screening
and training requirements to
ensure volunteers are equipped to
help do so, as shown in Table 3.
28%
No paid staff, but one or more volunteers
1-5 paid staff plus volunteers
1-5 paid staff with no volunteers
More than 5 paid staff plus volunteers
More than 5 paid staff with no volunteers
Over half of their
organizations
use volunteers
to assist with
spiritual care
services
Table 3: What screening and training requirements are used by your hospice in the
selection of volunteers who will function as spiritual care providers/chaplains?
29%
Others
Training in maintaining
boundaries
70%
Training in end-of-life
spiritual concerns
70%
Training in respecting the
patient's beliefs
74%
Training in pastoral care
interventions at end of life
56%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40% 50%
60%
70%
80%
Respondents may select multiple options
Results represent the percent of respondents selecting that response
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