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Shoring Up the Next Generation of Hospice Chaplains

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Hospice chaplains often have little recourse for upward mobility along their career ladders. 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. Sullivan is also an end-of-life doula and chaplain.

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

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Connecticut legislators recently introduced a bill that aims to create a statewide pediatric hospice and palliative program. If enacted, the bill would require the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH) to create a plan for the development of the program and establish general statutes around its implementation.

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Hospices Partner with After-Loss Services to Bolster Grief Support

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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. White serves as bereavement coordinator and chaplain at Kansas-based Interim HealthCare of Topeka.

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Anatomy of Hospice Grief Camps for Children

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Though the hospice provides individualized bereavement to children and adults across the island of Martha’s Vineyard, the grief camp is a relatively new service born out of growing recognition and demand, Stauffer Wozniak said. The Massachusetts-based hospice offers a family grief camp called Camp by the Sea.

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