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

APRIL 17, 2025

Collaborative decision-making Even with advance directives in place, the end of life can often be a time of crisis for families, said Judith Wood Mintz, director of social work at Unity Hospice and Palliative Care. Advanced care planning empowers patients to consider their wishes and needs even sooner.

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Hospice News

AUGUST 15, 2022

This can add to the strain of their work as they care for very different populations with different needs, according to Joan Harold, director of home care clinical services at Michigan-based Angela Hospice. Pediatrics ranked seventh out of 29 clinical specialties that experienced burnout during 2021, according to the survey.

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Hospice News

JULY 16, 2024

Victimized families are at greater risk of having complicated grief experiences, Kraus stated. Fraud can contribute to complicated grief Program integrity issues have heated up in the hospice industry, particularly in four hotbed states of Arizona, California, Nevada and Texas. They’re going to carry that.”

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Hospice News

APRIL 8, 2024

HopeHealth provides home care, hospice, palliative and dementia care, as well as caregiver and grief support services. I started advocating pretty early on that I thought it would be really beneficial to form a separate, dedicated team of nurses, physicians, social workers and chaplains to take part in this care.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

I’m unsure what they do, how often they’re used, and who pays for their work. I have a lot of questions, because I have never worked within end-of-life doula in my 20 years of doing palliative care. Despite this, in my 20-year career as a palliative care physician, I have yet to see a death doula in the wild. Why Beth? John: I do.

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GeriPal

MAY 25, 2023

Complicated grief? In a group visit there is a social norming effect – “if my neighbor is doing it, perhaps I should be doing it to?” Alex: Today we are delighted to welcome three first-time guests. Advance care planning doesn’t work. Did the caregiver feel heard and understood? Did they have PTSD? Depression?

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High Peaks Hospice

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

As a member of the Hospice interdisciplinary team, the primary focus of the Social Worker is to respond to the emotional and psychological needs of the patients, their families, and hospice staff. The Social Worker provides concrete social work services and actively participates in developing patient/family care plans.

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Hope Hospice

JULY 12, 2022

Grief support. Accepting Grief. Most people think of grief in terms of what happens after a loved one dies. But there is such a thing as anticipatory grief, which is the sadness experienced before loss, when it is understood that a person will be passing soon. The Role of Social Work in Hospice.

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High Peaks Hospice

MARCH 2, 2022

As a hospice social worker, it is common to have conversations that revolve around anticipatory grief. When discussing anticipatory grief, I like to use the “ball in the jar” metaphor. When discussing anticipatory grief, I like to use the “ball in the jar” metaphor. Hospice Social Worker. Shayna Paradis, LMSW.

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

You’d imagine though that our professional expertise and experiences in helping patients and families cope with loss and grief would be helpful in managing our own personal losses. Vickie worked with CAPC to create tools, including a facilitator guide, to encourage clinicians and their organizations to adopt debriefings. .

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