Life & Death Matters
JUNE 20, 2024
When I was asked to write this blog post, I didn’t know much about the term ‘grief literacy’! Once I did a bunch of reading, I feel I have a much better grasp on the subject. […] The post Grief Literacy – What is it? I was given a few research article, but other than that, I hadn’t really come across it that often.
Hospice News
OCTOBER 1, 2022
introduced legislation this morning to create a National Strategy on Grief and establish grants to fund trauma-informed care for the bereaved. Establishing a National Grief Strategy will help people move forward with the help of skilled professionals creating a culture of awareness and support. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.)
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Hospice News
SEPTEMBER 27, 2024
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. Hathaway’s challenges inspired the launch of PALS’ after-loss services in 2021.
Hospice News
JUNE 20, 2024
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.
Hospice News
OCTOBER 6, 2022
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 8, 2005 meeting of health care leaders in South Korea.
Hospice News
JUNE 29, 2024
Seriously ill patients often cope with an array of emotional and spiritual complexities as their health worsens, including processing complicated anticipatory grief, severe agitation, distress and depression, Caldwell said. A growing body of research is uncovering the potential benefits of ketamine therapies to help with symptom management.
Hospice News
APRIL 29, 2024
With naturopathic care in palliative patients, they can have less fear about their conditions as they progress and receive more support with their experiences in ripples or tsunamis of pain, emotional waves of grief, anxiety or social isolation.” Naturopathic medicine and palliative care may have more in common than meets the eye.
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