As a hospice aide, your duties are to provide care and assistance to the elderly and the terminally ill during end-of-life situations. You work as part of a team, which includes hospice nurses, physicians, and other health care providers. Similar to a nurse’s aide, you perform tasks both administrative and patient-oriented. You are responsible for administering medication, changing linens, and providing residents with transportation and other mobility-related services. Given the stressful and emotional nature of the work, you might also converse with or read aloud to patients, and otherwise keep them mentally comfortable. You perform clerical work, such as helping patients with legal or medical documentation, billing, and interacting with patients’ families.