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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. 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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Hospices Step Up Pediatric Bereavement Care Amid Rising Demand

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An estimated 1 in 13 children experienced such a loss before adulthood in 2022, up from an average of 14 in 2021, according to annual CBEM reports from the Judi’s House/JAG Institute. We’ve found that connection with other peers who have experienced a similar type of loss has been the real beauty of a lot of these grief support programs.”

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Hospice & Palliative Care of Wood River Valley Works to Reach Underserved Latino Populations

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This is a rise from 1,367 individuals served in 2021, 135 of whom were hospice patients and families, according to an annual report. In 2021 the organization had seven employees. In the last year, Hospice & Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley indicated that it had restarted its grief program for children ages 6 to 12.

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HopeHealth’s Expanding Scope of Pediatric Hospice, Palliative Services

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HopeHealth provides home care, hospice, palliative and dementia care, as well as caregiver and grief support services. The health system in 2021 began providing inpatient and community-based pediatric palliative and hospice care to infants, children and young adults. Our team officially began towards the end of 2021 heading into 2022.

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New CEOs Tapped at Adory, Montgomery, Prince George Hospices

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The hospice and palliative provider also offers grief support and services to help address patients’ unmet pet needs. Brubaker Miller is a licensed clinical social worker and brings more than 25 years of experience in the hospice industry. The nonprofit is a subsidiary of Western Wisconsin Health and St. Croix Health.

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Spiritual Care Key to Addressing Disparities Among Underserved Black Communities

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The hospice and palliative care provider also offers advance care planning and grief counseling services. They may have strong emotions, and it’s important to be able to grieve, mourn and experience that anticipatory grief in the context of faith. But a chaplain is someone without that can bridge that gap of trust and access.

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Caring for the Caregivers: Keys for Helping Family Members in Palliative Care Roles

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They also experience emotional and mental health issues due to lack of sleep, grief and watching the suffering of a family member. In 2021, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared caregiving to be an incipient public health issue.