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Shoring Up the Next Generation of Hospice Chaplains

Hospice News

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. He has also held hospice chaplain roles at St.

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

Hospice News

Working in hospice care as well, she began to see the benefits of having difficult conversations and making important care decisions before the patient was in hospice. “We The post Phoenix Children’s Palliative Chief: Shift the Culture in Health Care appeared first on Hospice News. And that’s really palliative care.”

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Coping with Caregiver Guilt

Traditions Health

If youre a caregiver for someone whos disabled, seriously ill, or in hospice care, you know all too well the conflicting emotions that go along with that role, from fulfillment and joy to exhaustion and, oftentimes, guilt. But you arent alone: The 2020 Caregiving in the U.S. Many organizations offer respite care.

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Talking With a Hospice Chaplain

Journey With Deanna

Blane Brazier has worked full time in hospice since 2008. He currently works at Amity Hospice as their Chaplain and Bereavement Coordinator where he also facilitates grief groups for bereaved family members. He recently wrote a booklet called CELEBRATING LIFE a Compassionate Guide Through Funeral Planning.

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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. For more COVID-19 related resources visit: [link]. _. By accessing this podcast, you are acknowledging the following disclaimer: [link].

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Addressing Anticipatory Grief: A Hospice Chaplain’s Perspective

Hospice News

All hospices provide some form of bereavement care after a patient dies, but many families need help with anticipatory grief as well. It’s coming on hospice, knowing a doctor says you have less than six months to live. What is anticipatory grief? So somehow it puts a proximity or inevitability of death right in focus.

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Hospices Leverage School-Based Partnerships to Strengthen Bereavement Care

Hospice News

Some hospices have increasingly recognized the value of collaborating with local educators when it comes to improving community grief support for bereaved children and their families. The nonprofit provides hospice services across 10 counties in its service area and also offers bereavement and veteran programs.