His name is Jeff and I meet him at the hospice where I volunteer. Where I am simply there to listen - a ghost, essentially, taking in the stories of those who would inevitably lose their fight against death - Jeff is the resident photographer ( Read more... )

I’m not a person that can really say a lot about commitment. I’m young and don’t have that much experience with it, as you guys know. But there is one experience with commitment that I would like to share, here ( Read more... )

Intro: for my psychology fieldwork class, I am volunteering at a local hospice. I am acting as nothing more than a person to talk to and help the residents of the hospice; they already have social workers, nurses, psychiatrists, and religious workers...our responsibility is simply to be there if they need to talk to someone.

Links: Pallative Care, ( Read more... )