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Anatomy of Hospice Grief Camps for Children

Hospice News

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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Continuing Bonds: Journey Through Grief

Life & Death Matters

I love to think of grief as a normal, healthy, whole person response by which we adapt to life without the person/loved one, physically present. Years ago, Freud taught that grief should have an end, and that end included, a severed connection with the deceased. I’m grateful we have moved from this perspective!

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HAP Foundation Launches to Research and Advance Hospice, Palliative Care

Hospice News

“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.” HAP Foundation includes a Pediatric Palliative Care program, involving a network of providers that also offers bereavement care services.

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‘Suncoast’ Film Points a Lens at Hospice Families’ Experience

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The film provides a window into what hospices actually do, as well as the experience of families whose loved ones are nearing end of life, the challenges of caregiving and grief that often begins long before the patient dies, according to Jonathan Fleece, CEO of Empath Health. “I

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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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‘Upgrading’ the Medicare Hospice Benefit

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When these services cannot be replicated, patients and caregivers are left to deal with the loss of these services, citing experiences of grief and abandonment.” The post ‘Upgrading’ the Medicare Hospice Benefit appeared first on Hospice News.

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‘Normalizing’ Trauma-Informed Hospice Care Delivery

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Established 40 years ago, the Virginia-based nonprofit provides community-based hospice, advanced integrative care and grief support services across predominantly rural regions. These families may be at higher risk of experiencing complicated grief, she said.