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End-of-Life Doulas’ Growing Value Proposition in Hospice

Hospice News

They] can provide so much support from advance care planning to vigil assistance, and out in the community they can do early grief and bereavement support and can provide household support [and] respite caregiving.” Curd is also a licensed clinical social worker, and serves as a therapist at Red Wheelbarrow Counseling LLC and BetterHelp.

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Counseling Awareness Month

AT Home Care & Hospice

A multidisciplinary team can include your doctor, spiritual counselor, social worker, and bereavement counselor to name a few. Three of these services in particular include social work, bereavement, and chaplain services. In that high-risk category fall senior citizens.

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How is Palliative Care Considered Compassionate?

Seasons Hospice

Palliative care teams often include doctors, nurses, social workers as well as counselors who specialize in spiritual and emotional support. Palliative care teams are composed of doctors, nurses, social workers, and other professionals who provide round-the-clock care. Why Choose Palliative Over Curative?

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Federal Legislation Would Create National Strategy on Grief

Hospice News

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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Pediatric Hospice and Palliative Clinicians Face High Burnout Risk

Hospice News

Coping with “anticipatory grief” can be amplified among pediatric palliative and hospice clinicians, which could be contributing to higher risk of burnout, according to Debbie Vallandingham, director of social work and grief care services at Angela Hospice.

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The Roots of Palliative Care: Michael Kearney, Sue Britton, and Justin Sanders

GeriPal

But what I remember from that is at the end of your week long rotation, Michael, everybody gets a chance if they wanted to sit down with Cicely Saunders, social work nurse, doctor extraordinaire, you sit down with her. She started her career as a nurse and probably her heightened that worked against her. She put her back out.

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Hospice Social Worker position available

High Peaks Hospice

High Peaks Hospice has an immediate opening for a Hospice Social Worker in our northern catchment area. 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. 454 Glen street.