1. Overview of the iLIVE Volunteer Project
Professor John Ellershaw

2. One Overall Objective
To develop an evaluate an international volunteer training programme to support patients dying in hospital and their families

3. Five participating countriesUK
Netherlands
Norway
Slovenia
Spain

4. Four Specific Objectives
Adapting and implementing the volunteer programme in five different countries
Examining the effects of the programme on the experience of dying and quality of care as perceived by patients and family members
Exploring the effect of the programme on care of dying patients and their family members as perceived by health care professionals and volunteers
Identifying factors that influence the implementation and impact of a hospital volunteer service for dying patients

5. Nine Tasks Development of detailed protocols
Three-round international Delphi study to achieve consensus on training module content
Preparing the infrastructure within the participating hospitals in each of the five countries
Development of the Learning Lab – virtual forum for Volunteer Co-ordinators (VCs) from each country

6. Nine Tasks Three-day Train-the-Trainer course delivered to VCs
Recruitment, selection and training of volunteers at each site
Data collection and monitoring
Focus group interviews to explore the lived experience of volunteers
Exploration of factors influencing implementation and impact

7. Ten Deliverables MONTH 12 First study subject approvals package
Ethics Committee-approved study protocol
Registration as a clinical study in WHO or ICMJE-approved registry
Approvals as required per clinical site
MONTH 18
An international core curriculum for volunteers
An international training programme for volunteer coordinators
A Learning Lab for volunteer coordinators
MONTH 26
Mid-term recruitment report

8. Ten Deliverables MONTH 48
Report on five local culturally adapted Asset Based Community Development Care of the Dying Volunteer Services
An overview of the effects of the programme as perceived by patients and families
An explorative overview of the effect of the programme as perceived by health care professionals and volunteers
An overview of factors that influence the implementation and impact of a hospital volunteer service for dying patients
Three submitted papers and conferences abstracts