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Inside AccentCare’s New, Centralized Approach to Bereavement Care  

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After five years of planning, the post-acute services provider AccentCare recently re-organized its bereavement care services, which are now coordinated from a national center. Among AccentCare’s services, bereavement care is its most widely used, about 65,000 people per day.

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Lack of Staff, Guidelines Build Hurdles for Hospice Bereavement Care Programs

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Hospices often lack the financial and staffing resources needed to fully support bereaved families. As with nursing, the industry-wide labor shortage has impacted bereavement care, which is an underfunded service, according to Dr. Dawn Gross, palliative care physician at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Health.

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Hospices Step Up Pediatric Bereavement Care Amid Rising Demand

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Some hospices have found peer support to be a crucial component of their pediatric bereavement programs amid rising demand for these services. Research indicates that the number of bereaved children nationwide is growing. The organization additionally researches child bereavement services and needs.

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Federal Legislation Would Create National Strategy on Grief

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introduced legislation this morning to create a National Strategy on Grief and establish grants to fund trauma-informed care for the bereaved. The massive loss of life due to the COVID-19 pandemic — more than 1 million deaths since 2020 — has spurred demand for bereavement care and was a partial impetus for the legislation. .

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The Crucial Role of Social Workers in Hospice Care

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Amidst the physical, emotional, and spiritual challenges faced during this delicate time, social workers emerge as invaluable members of the hospice interdisciplinary team. Understanding the Role of Social Workers in Hospice Care Social workers in hospice care possess a unique set of skills that complement the medical care provided.

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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.

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

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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.” There’s a huge variety even within the scope of what makes a doula who they are.

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