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Hospices Partner with After-Loss Services to Bolster Grief Support

Hospice News

Bereaved families often face tremendous challenges fielding a barrage of tasks following a loved ones’ death, according to Grant Marylander, grief counselor at Trail Winds Hospice, which provides adult and pediatric hospice and palliative care. Hathaway’s challenges inspired the launch of PALS’ after-loss services in 2021.

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Anatomy of Hospice Grief Camps for Children

Hospice News

Training staff and volunteers to provide developmentally-appropriate grief support is among the key parts of operating summer camp programs for children and adolescents suffering a recent loss. Majority of the children who attend the grief program have lost a parent or guardian due to a chronic illness, according to Drescher.

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Bill Would Create New State-Level Pediatric Hospice, Palliative Care Program

Hospice News

The hospice and palliative provider also offers pediatric end-of-life and serious illness services, along with grief support. “We We struggle with the funding and finances needed to grow our pediatric hospice program,” Marchione told Hospice News. The ability to build care collaborations is a large part of improving access, she stated.

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

HPNA podcast

Dr. Cheatham, a specialist in the areas of burnout, moral distress, trauma, and grief, shares with us what she is seeing and hearing from healthcare workers across the country during this time of crisis. followed by a decade of working as a hospice chaplain and bereavement coordinator. PhD, MA, M.Div., PhD, MA, M.Div.,