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‘Small But Significant’ Keys to Amplifying Hospice Grief Support

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Grief support service lines can be an important pathway for hospices to reach communities outside of their patient populations. Its also] offering the providers grief support as well, and knowing theres an opportunity and space for them in that collaboration. Grief does not happen in a vacuum, Rhiannon said.

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Addressing Anticipatory Grief: A Hospice Chaplain’s Perspective

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All hospices provide some form of bereavement care after a patient dies, but many families need help with anticipatory grief as well. What is anticipatory grief? It’s the feelings of loss, grief and anxiety that happened before death when you know there’s a death coming. How do we face this next step?

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Blue Ridge Hospice Testing Gamified Bereavement Care Model

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The program, Adventures in Grief, involves a Dungeons and Dragons-style tabletop role playing game module designed to provide therapeutic support to bereaved adolescents and young adults. The program aims to foster emotional healing through creative, low-risk social interactions guided by professional grief counselors.

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Hospice Educators ‘Planting Seeds’ Among High School Students

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Prince is also a licensed clinical social worker and an adjunct professor at the State University of New York Brockport. Grief education is an additional huge part of the hospice program, she said. What I hear from students after they graduate is that they often feel like were planting seeds, Prince told Hospice News.

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Hospice of Davidson County Launches New Children’s Grief Camp

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North Carolina-based Hospice of Davidson County (HODC) will soon unveil a summer grief camp for bereaved children and teens. Dubbed Camp Comfort, the new grief program launches this Thursday for children in 1st through 5th grade. It’s a setting with a sole purpose of learning about grief and the support resources available to them.”

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Breaking Down Barriers: The Crucial Role of Social Workers in Dispelling Hospice Misconceptions

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Social workers have an increasingly important role to play in breaking down barriers among underserved populations, including misconceptions about hospice that can deter or dampen utilization. Social workers are advocates for patient-centered care,” Bleiberg told Hospice News.

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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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