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‘Innovative Opportunities’ Exist in Growing Need for Trauma-Informed Bereavement Care

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Hospices may be seeing a growing need for trauma-informed bereavement services on the horizon. Shaping their grief support programs with this trend in mind will be pivotal to hospices ability to expand the depth and reach of their services. Its not something that you think of [in] hospice bereavement.

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Anatomy of Hospice Grief Camps for Children

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Training staff and volunteers to provide developmentally-appropriate grief support is among the key parts of operating summer camp programs for children and adolescents suffering a recent loss. Majority of the children who attend the grief program have lost a parent or guardian due to a chronic illness, according to Drescher.

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Mahogany CEO: Hospice on Cusp of ‘Tremendous Revolution’

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They can use that energy trying to figure it all out to focus on being present. Our services will include the standard hospice functions such as individual bereavement care and volunteer-based therapy, but we also have grief support groups. We cannot change their health outcome, but maybe we can impact their journey.

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Plenary Abstracts at AAHPM/HPNA: Yael Schenker, Na Ouyang, Marie Bakitas

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Summary Transcript CME Summary In todays podcast we were delighted to be joined by the presenters of the top scientific abstracts for the Annual Assembly of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine ( AAHPM ) and the Hospice and Palliative Medicine Nurses Association ( HPNA ). From just the abstracts we had so many questions.

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HAP Foundation Launches to Research and Advance Hospice, Palliative Care

Hospice News

HAP Foundation includes a Pediatric Palliative Care program, involving a network of providers that also offers bereavement care services. “Navigating grief and finding support can be complicated and isolating. We are planning to expand Missing Pieces to address broader grief needs for more families.”

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World Hospice and Palliative Care Day Raises Global Awareness

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The theme this year seeks to highlight the plight of the billions who are ‘walking wounded’ after the last few years, which have been grief-filled for everyone,’ Leigh Meinert, advocacy manager at the Hospice Palliative Care Association of South Africa, told Hospice News in an email. “We This in turn could support employee retention. “I

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‘Normalizing’ Trauma-Informed Hospice Care Delivery

Hospice News

Established 40 years ago, the Virginia-based nonprofit provides community-based hospice, advanced integrative care and grief support services across predominantly rural regions. Family members and caregivers may also have unaddressed and unique bereavement needs compared to others without trauma or abuse experiences, Walsh indicated.