title: Volunteers providing bereavement support.
abstract: Bereavement programs can benefit from volunteers who have undergone the grieving process themselves. Torrance Memorial Home Health & Hospice has developed a program to train its volunteers in bereavement issues, thus enabling the program to reach out to the community, bringing a note of caring to those who need it most.
authors.affiliation: Torrance Memorial Home Health & Hospice, CA, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hoffman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002140:California; D002648:Child; D006117:Grief; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D017051:Hospice Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D012944:Social Support; D014838:Volunteers