Hospice Volunteers Waterville Area
Hospice Volunteers Waterville
Hospice Services
Camp Ray of Hope Grieving Weekend
Hopes Place
Our Staff
Hospice Calendar of Events
Community Education
Help Hospice Volunteers of Waterville Area
Hospice - Links of Interest
A Healing Touch: True Stories of Life, Death and Hospice

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HOSPICE EDUCATION DAY AUGUST 13, 2008

Press Releases
Our Newsletter
H.V.W.A. Annual Report
2008 Annual Appeal Brochure
Links of interest


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CONTACT INFO:
304 Main Street
P.O. Box 200
Waterville, Maine 04903
Phone: 207-873-3615 * FAX: 207-873-5094
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Creative Ways you can Support Hospice
Over 2,000 families in the greater Waterville area have benefited from this service since January 1994.
"You matter because you are you. You matter to the very last moment of your life. And we will do all we can not only to help you die peacefully, but to live until you die."
  -Dr. Cecily Saunders
St. Christophers's Hospital


Hospice Volunteer Services


Our hospice volunteer services are available at no cost to anyone in Waterville and the surrounding area who has experienced death of a loved one through anticipated or sudden unexpected death. These programs offer services that can be used according to the needs, lifestyle and wishes of each individual.
Click on any of the links below to get more information about that service. Programs are summarized below.
| Bereavement | Support Groups | Direct Care | Complementary-Care |

Bereavement Services


  • One-on-One Volunteer Support
  • Camp Ray of Hope
  • Lending Library
  • Community Education
  • Bereavement Correspondence

Support Groups


  • General Grief Group
  • Widow & Widowers Group
  • Parental Loss Group
  • Grieving Parent Group
  • Survivors of Suicide Group
  • Teen Group
  • Men's Grief Group
  • Women's Group
  • Widow's Group
  • Children & Teens
  • Caregiver's Group
  • Infant, Stillborn & Pregnancy Loss

Direct Care


  • Companionship visits to client and family.
  • Respite visits while family members and other caregivers take a break.
  • Comfort and support to the children of the dying.
  • The "Tender Care" team sits vigil with the dying.
  • Compassionate listening.
  • Transportation and errand running.
  • Follow-up bereavement support for family and friends.

Complimentary Care Volunteers Network


  • Massage
  • Reflexology
  • Polarity & Reiki
  • Reconnective Healing
  • Integrated Energy Therapy
  • Energy Therapy with Sound
  • Japanese Back Massage
Hospice Services Waterville and Central Maine