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‘Small But Significant’ Keys to Amplifying Hospice Grief Support

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Angela Hospices grief team collaborates with local school systems and educators, faith-based and religious organizations, legal resources and funeral homes, as well as assisted living and skilled nursing facilities. Angela Hospice has also developed collaborations with financial institutions such as credit unions and advisory groups.

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Caring for the Unrepresented: A Podcast with Joe Dixon, Timothy Farrell, Yael Zweig

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So for example, you know, the director of the assisted living facility could be the person who knows the patient the best. And importantly, our social worker, Aunt Kelly, actually does a search and I would say 75% of the time she finds somebody maybe even higher than that, finds somebody who’s actually a surrogate.

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End-of-Life Doulas’ Growing Value Proposition in Hospice

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Other health care providers, upstream of hospice, are also engaging doula services as well, such as assisted living and skilled nursing facilities, she said. Curd is also a licensed clinical social worker, and serves as a therapist at Red Wheelbarrow Counseling LLC and BetterHelp.

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EdenHill Senior Living Communities Starts In-House Hospice Business

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The EdenHospice team includes a hospice physician, director of nursing, chaplain, social worker, aides and volunteers. EdenHill Communities, established in 1906, offers a continuum of care that includes independent and assisted living, memory care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, caregiving and now hospice services.

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Hospice Organizations Appoint New Leadership, VPs

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Established in 1988, AAHPM is a professional organization for hospice and palliative care clinicians, social workers and other health and spiritual care providers in the space. Prior to joining AAHPM, Kamal was a fellow at the American Society of Clinical Oncology. He also served as an advisor at Acclivity Health Solutions Inc.

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Hunterdon Hospice’s Relaunches Trauma-Informed Bereavement Program

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These deaths can be traumatizing and bring on complicated grief experiences, with some individuals needing greater support compared to other types of losses, according to Laura Suozzo, licensed clinical social worker and bereavement coordinator at Hunterdon Hospice. “We Their sadness is so raw and painful.

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Capital Caring Health to Expand Home-Based Primary Care Service

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Patients in assisted living facilities, group homes and other facilities received 3.2 The program includes house calls by doctors, nurse practitioners, and social workers who specialize in caring for seriously ill seniors, home-based diagnostic testing, telehealth and other services. million primary care visits in 2016.

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