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Shoring Up the Next Generation of Hospice Chaplains

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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. We need chaplains trained in hospice and palliative care philosophy who know tons about medical ethics, goals of care and complex bereavement.

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

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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. And that’s really palliative care.”

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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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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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Hospices Leverage School-Based Partnerships to Strengthen Bereavement Care

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Having peer-based grief programs offers children, adolescents and teens a safe place to process a loss with others going through similar experiences and emotions, according to Jenny Sytkowski, bereavement coordinator at Hospice Alliance. The Wisconsin-based nonprofit provides hospice and supportive care as well as bereavement services.

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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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