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Shoring Up the Next Generation of Hospice Chaplains

Hospice News

More professionals from a wider range of interfaith groups are entering the field, according to Shana Sullivan, bereavement coordinator of Texas-based Heart to Heart Hospice. This can make recruitment and retention difficult among the next generation of the spiritual care workforce. Sullivan is also an end-of-life doula and chaplain.

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Phoenix Children’s Palliative Chief: Shift the Culture in Health Care

Hospice News

Shaw’s large staff includes eight board-certified doctors, an advanced nurse practitioner, a social worker, a mental health therapist, a bereavement coordinator, a bereavement counselor, a psychologist, a nurse coordinator and a medical assistant. It started as a program, and grew into a section and, finally, a division.

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Coping with Caregiver Guilt

Traditions Health

A hospice care team at Traditions Health, for example, includes a social worker, bereavement coordinators, therapists, and other support providers. Reach out to the professionals who care for your loved one You can find support from the people who are providing medical care for your loved one.

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Ep. 11 - Special Edition: Healing Through COVID-19: Finding Resilience in Times of Crisis

HPNA podcast

followed by a decade of working as a hospice chaplain and bereavement coordinator. followed by a decade of working as a hospice chaplain and bereavement coordinator. Cheatham began her career in social services with an MA in psychology, a certification in trauma counseling, a PhD in health and kinesiology, and a M.Div.,

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Talking With a Hospice Chaplain

Journey With Deanna

He currently works at Amity Hospice as their Chaplain and Bereavement Coordinator where he also facilitates grief groups for bereaved family members. He has a unique ministry of using his guitar or sometimes the ukulele to engage the spiritual life of his patient's.

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Addressing Anticipatory Grief: A Hospice Chaplain’s Perspective

Hospice News

Hospice News sat down with Brian Richards, a hospice chaplain and bereavement coordinator at Traditions Health in Wichita, Kansas, about the ways hospice teams can care for patients and families experiencing anticipatory grief. What is anticipatory grief?

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Hunterdon Hospice’s Relaunches Trauma-Informed Bereavement Program

Hospice News

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.