Has anyone here volunteered with No One Dies Alone?

[Anonymous]

Has anyone here volunteered for the No One Dies Alone program? I work in hospital administration (non-clinical) and want to volunteer for this program. Would love to hear your experiences.

[Anonymous]

No experience with the program. I hope they don't mean, the actual death. That moment. Most want to be alone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No experience with the program. I hope they don't mean, the actual death. That moment. Most want to be alone.

It does mean the actual moment of death. But no one is forcing themselves on people who want to be alone.

[Anonymous]

No but this sounds like an awesome program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No experience with the program. I hope they don't mean, the actual death. That moment. Most want to be alone.

What makes you say that? I would hate to die alone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No experience with the program. I hope they don't mean, the actual death. That moment. Most want to be alone.

What makes you say that? I would hate to die alone.

But don't you literally due alone?

[Anonymous]

I think its beautiful. I don't want to be alone when I die. Even some random person would be better than that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think its beautiful. I don't want to be alone when I die. Even some random person would be better than that.

Why?

I’m truly curious to understand why you’d rather be with a total stranger at death than just with yourself, the person in the world who knows and loves you best.

[Anonymous]

…a stone, a leaf, an unfound door; of a stone, a leaf, a door. And of all the forgotten faces.

Naked and alone we came into exile. In her dark womb we did not know our mother’s face; from the prison of her flesh have we come into the unspeakable and incommunicable prison of this earth.

Which of us has known his brother? Which of us has looked into his father’s heart? Which of us has not remained forever prison-pent? Which of us is not forever a stranger and alone?

O waste of loss, in the hot mazes, lost, among the bright stars on this most weary unbright cinder, lost! Remembering speechlessly we seek the great forgotten language, the lost lane-end into heaven, a stone, a leaf, an unfound door. Where? When?

O lost, and by the wind grieved, ghost, come back again.

~Thomas Wolfe

Just seemed a fitting quote for this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No experience with the program. I hope they don't mean, the actual death. That moment. Most want to be alone.

It does mean the actual moment of death. But no one is forcing themselves on people who want to be alone.

+1 I definitely don't want to be alone.

[Anonymous]

I was just thinking about this today, as my friend's mother had her planned death today. (We live in Canada, and she applied for MAID). I think if it was me, I would want to plan my day enjoying certain things with certain people. But when it was time, I would ask everyone to leave, and I'd go to sleep alone.

[Anonymous]

So getting back to the question, has anyone had experience volunteering with this program?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No experience with the program. I hope they don't mean, the actual death. That moment. Most want to be alone.

What makes you say that? I would hate to die alone.

But don't you literally due alone?

You are being excessively literal. Is your refrigerator running?

[Anonymous]

No volunteers are needed.