Use of volunteer, Social Support and Self Help Groups

1. USE OF VOLUNTEER, SOCIAL SUPPORT AND
SELF-HELP GROUPS
Ajay Lovlin A J

2. Use of Volunteer
The scientific and Greek literature
provided a number of descriptions and
definitions of volunteering in general and HPS
volunteering comes from a European
parliament library, Briefing this record
recognizes that volunteering is understood
differently in different countries and that a
number of countries have their own, distinct
definitions, how ever some shared
characteristics also emerge from it.

3. Characteristics
 Volunteering is undertaken of one’s own
free will
Volunteers are not motivated by financial
gain
Volunteering benefits the individual
volunteer, communities and society as a
whole.
 Volunteering is often carried out in
support of non-profit organizations or
community based initiatives.
Volunteering refers to all kind of
voluntary, activity formal or informal.
 Volunteering does not replace
professional paid employment.

4. Definition
“Volunteering in hospice and palliative care is defined as
the time freely given by individuals, with no expectations
of financial gain with in
Some from or organized structure other than the already
existing social relations or familial ties with the intention of
improving the quality of life of adults and children with life
limiting conditions and those choose to them.

5. Volunteers Motivations
Characterized in three groups
Civil Society (activism, addressing social
issues, community engagement)
Volunteering with in structural organizational
context (the dominant paradigm)
Volunteer as a serious leisure where
volunteers seek to gain knowledge and or
experience or develop new skills.

6. Volunteers’ contribution
Volunteer in health and social care have been
recognized as playing an essential role, improving
patient’s experience of care. Morris suggest that the
context with in which HPC on their word will influence
the role they undertake, how ever these will also be
influenced by society, culture and the structure and
traditional of health care system.

7. Social support and self-help groups
Health problems like cancer or heart disease
and mental health problems like substance abuse
or post-traumatic stress disorder have an emotional
scale.
Self-help and support groups can be very
helpful for some people. This groups usually
consist of people with similar problems who meet to
give support, practical advice, and encouragement
to the people who participate in the group.

8. Self-help and support
-Run by members of the group.
-Group members help each other solve
problems.
-Meet regularly and gave advice.
-Can be attended by both the person who has
the ---condition and his or her family and friends.
-Free counseling.
-Some kind of financial support.