Training
Dying with dignity. Living at the edge.
Every year we train new hospice companions. 100 teaching units and 10 placements, from September to March.
What you learn
Seventeen topics, half a year.
- The hospice idea and its development
- Facing one’s own mortality
- Communication, models and exercises
- Empathy
- Biographical work
- Palliative care and care networks
- Dementia and communicating with people with dementia
- Grief and grieving
- Star children
- Talking with experienced companions
- Living will and power of attorney
- Ethical questions at the end of life
- Spirituality, beliefs and rituals
- Self-care
- My new role as a hospice companion
- Creative day
- Placement, on your own feet
Requirement
Participation requires membership of the hospice association, so volunteers are insured during their assignments.
For our volunteers
- Monthly meetings for exchange and training
- Supervision
- Seminars and regional events
- Additional qualifications, for example in grief support
Course 2026/2027
The schedule.
Three weekends (Friday 6 to 8.30 pm, Saturday 9.30 am to 4 pm, Sunday 9.30 am to 1 pm) and 18 evening sessions, on Tuesdays from around 6.30 to 9 pm. Provisional schedule.
- Weekend 1
Fri 18 to Sun 20 September 2026
done - September
22.09. · 29.09.
done - October
06.10. · 13.10. · 20.10. · 27.10.
This is where we are now - November
10.11. · 17.11. · 24.11.
- December
01.12.
- January 2027
12.01. · 19.01. · 26.01.
- Weekend 2
Fri 22 to Sun 24 January 2027
- February
02.02. · 16.02. · 23.02.
- March
02.03. · 09.03.
- Weekend 3
Fri 12 to Sun 14 March 2027
The current course has been running since 18 September 2026. If you would like to join the next course, contact the hospice office. There is an information evening in spring.
