23 Social Media Accounts to Follow as a Hospice Volunteer
Staying Inspired, Educated, and Connected Through Compassionate Voices
Becoming a hospice volunteer means stepping into one of the most meaningful roles a person can hold: showing up with presence, empathy, and kindness during someone’s final chapter. And while your hospice training gives you the foundation, your heart and understanding deepen over time.
One of the most surprising (and beautiful) ways volunteers continue to learn is through the world of social media. There are caregivers, grief educators, hospice nurses, dementia specialists, and end-of-life doulas who use their platforms to share stories, normalize death, offer clear explanations, and teach gentle ways of connecting.
These accounts can be comforting, educational lifelines, the kind you scroll through during a quiet morning or after a tender visit.
Below is a carefully curated list of 23 accounts that every hospice volunteer should consider following.
Why Following These Voices Matters
Hospice volunteers often tell us they want:
- to understand dementia better
- to feel more confident with end-of-life changes
- to learn what families are experiencing internally
- to know the “right” things to say
- to feel supported in the emotional weight of the work
- to stay inspired and connected
These accounts help with all of that, and more.
They remind us that death is not just a medical experience. It’s emotional. Spiritual. Human. And when you step into it with understanding, you offer even deeper comfort.
23 Social Media Accounts Every Hospice Volunteer Should Follow
To make this easy to navigate, accounts are grouped by theme.
Alzheimer’s & Dementia Education
For communication tips, daily care insights, and understanding memory loss.
Evidence-based dementia education, caregiving tips, and updates in Alzheimer’s research.
Clear, compassionate dementia support from the UK’s leading Alzheimer’s charity.
3. @alzfdn
Practical guidance, therapeutic activities, and emotional support for dementia caregivers.
Focused on advocacy, awareness, prevention, and caregiver empowerment.
5. @belightcare
Run by a dementia-specialized SLP providing gentle communication strategies, daily routine suggestions, and dementia behavior insights.
Research-oriented updates that help volunteers understand the bigger picture of Alzheimer’s disease.
Hospice Nurses & End-of-Life Educators
These voices help volunteers understand signs of active dying, symptom changes, fear reduction, and the emotional/spiritual side of the work.
Practical, heartfelt education about what truly happens at the end of life.
One of the most trusted hospice educators online. Julie takes the fear out of difficult topics by explaining them with love.
A hospice nurse and author who blends storytelling with education, making end-of-life care feel natural and human.
A palliative care doctor who teaches communication, advocacy, and patient-centered care strategies.
Real-Life Caregiver Perspectives
For insight into what families experience emotionally and practically.
11. @patti_lafleur
Tender, vulnerable posts about caring for her mom with Alzheimer’s. Heart-opening and relatable.
12. @jessicacguthrie
A daughter’s honest journey through caregiving, grief, and memory loss.
13. @norma_alzheimer
A caregiver sharing daily challenges, triumphs, and compassionate reminders.
Cristina shares dementia care education in both Portuguese and English, offering global insight.
Palliative Care Clinicians & Medical Educators
Perfect for volunteers who want to understand symptoms, communication, and the deeper meaning of the work.
Speech-language pathologist specializing in palliative dysphagia and communication changes.
A hospice and palliative care doctor sharing “deathbed lessons” on regret, meaning, connection, and letting go.
Plain-spoken, compassionate myth-busting about IV fluids, morphine, symptoms, and comfort care.
She brings clarity and calmness to commonly misunderstood topics.
18. Leeza Gibbons
Longtime Alzheimer’s advocate offering encouragement and love to caregivers.
End-of-Life Coaches & Death Positive Educators
These accounts normalize death, teach emotional support skills, and explore the spiritual side of end-of-life care.
Katie Duncan, NP & end-of-life coach. She explains dying in clear, comforting language families wish they had sooner.
Her videos cover:
- what it means when someone stops eating
- what dying people wish we knew
- how to speak gently at the bedside
- what not to say
A grounding, incredibly helpful account for volunteers.
Death Doulas & End-of-Life Companion Educators
These new accounts you added offer profound insight into bedside presence, emotional support, ritual, grief, and “holding space.”
20. @deathdoulakacie
A death care expert and death doula educator with 20+ years of experience. Kacie shares what death doulas really do, how to talk about dying, and how to support families with compassion and confidence.
Her content helps volunteers feel more emotionally prepared.
21. @deathdoulala
Jill Schock, theologian, chaplain, and death doula, offering spiritual insight, grief yoga, rituals, and grounded bedside wisdom.
Her posts remind volunteers that death is both deeply human and deeply sacred.
Suzanne O’Brien, RN, founder of the Good Death Book Club.
She teaches the emotional, spiritual, and practical aspects of end-of-life care, plus the top regrets of dying patients, how to support families, and the meaning of “a good death.”
23. @end.of.life.doula.sabrina
Sabrina helps people make peace with death so they can live more fully.
She teaches presence, listening, legacy work, and gentle emotional support, all skills hospice volunteers naturally use.
Follow Holly’s Haven, Too
As you fill your feed with meaningful voices, we’d love to connect with you as well.
Follow Holly’s Haven for:
- dementia-friendly tips
- volunteer stories
- behind-the-scenes moments
- hospice education
- grief comfort
- calls for volunteers
- events & community updates
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We love staying connected with our volunteer family.
Final Thoughts
Hospice volunteering is sacred work. And learning from these compassionate voices helps you bring even more understanding, calmness, and presence to each visit.
Whether you follow them for education, comfort, inspiration, or emotional grounding, you’ll quickly discover that these accounts become part of your support system, reminding you that you’re never alone in this work.
