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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. Couzens most recently served as hospice executive director of Hartford Healthcare at Home, part of The Pennant Group (Nasdaq: PNTG).

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Hospices Partner with After-Loss Services to Bolster Grief Support

Hospice News

Greater education and preparation around the logistical aspects of death and bereavement is needed to better support grieving families. One of the greatest challenges facing bereaved families when a loved one dies is the lack of a will or other estate planning tool (for example, living trust),” Marylander told Hospice News in an email.

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Grief Coach Rebrands to Help Texts, Launches Health Care Worker Support Service

Hospice News

The bereavement care tech platform Grief Coach has rebranded as Help Texts and is expanding its services to include support for health care workers who are contending with stress or burnout. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) requirement that hospices provide bereavement care for 13 months following a patient’s death.

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

Hospice News

Connecticut’s statewide Palliative Care Advisory Council (PCAC) plans to work collaboratively with DPH to develop the pediatric hospice program plan, according to Tracy Wodatch, president and CEO of the Connecticut Association for Healthcare at Home. The ability to build care collaborations is a large part of improving access, she stated.

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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. Carla Cheatham, ?PhD, PhD, MA, M.Div.,