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‘Small But Significant’ Keys to Amplifying Hospice Grief Support

Hospice News

Grief support service lines can be an important pathway for hospices to reach communities outside of their patient populations. Building strong bereavement programs comes with myriad considerations around community outreach, collaboration development and strategic planning. Grief does not happen in a vacuum, Rhiannon said.

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7 ‘Hidden Gem’ Hospice News Stories in 2024

Hospice News

Anatomy of Hospice Grief Camps for Children Many hospices offer summer grief camps for bereaved children and adolescents, which come with a host of operational and logistical considerations. Hospices have taken varied approaches to shaping their youth grief programs, but common threads exist.

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Blue Ridge Hospice Brings Services Under New Unified Brand

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This includes Blue Ridges hospice and palliative care programs, its Center for Hope & Healing bereavement center and its subsidiary Blue Ridge Independence at Home Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). The new brand brings all of the companys business lines together in a single, cohesive identity.

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Lack of Staff, Guidelines Build Hurdles for Hospice Bereavement Care Programs

Hospice News

Hospices often lack the financial and staffing resources needed to fully support bereaved families. As with nursing, the industry-wide labor shortage has impacted bereavement care, which is an underfunded service, according to Dr. Dawn Gross, palliative care physician at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Health.

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Tech Companies Empathy, Sharecare Partner to Add Bereavement Support to Employment Benefits

Hospice News

Technology firms Empathy and Sharecare (NASDAQ: SHCR) have partnered to expand the benefits that companies can offer to bereaved employees. Through this partnership, employees will be able to access Empathy’s bereavement support services through ShareCare’s home home-oriented product, CareLinx.

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New C-Suite Executives Tapped to Lead Hospices in 2025

Hospice News

A registered nurse, she has also served as chief external affairs officer and vice president of business development at the Visiting Nurse Association Health Group, Inc. The nonprofit offers hospice, home health, grief support and childrens services. Please join us in celebrating this exciting new chapter!

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Treasure Coast Hospice, St. Francis Reflections Lifestage Care Complete Affiliation

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The organizations announced their intent to affiliate last October, with leadership citing a shared goal to provide sustainable hospice, palliative care and bereavement services to communities across their combined geographic Florida footprint. The nonprofit provides hospice, palliative care and bereavement services.