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‘Upgrading’ the Medicare Hospice Benefit

Hospice News

Wladkowski, the Larry and Patty Benz Professor and an associate professor of social work at Bowling Green State University. In Fiscal Year 2022, 7.5% 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.”

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NHPCO-Led Coalition Welcomes Introduction of GRIEF ACT in Congress

NHPCO

September 30, 2022 . Alexandria, VA) The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and its affiliate group, the Hospice Action Network (HAN) applaud today’s introduction of the Grief Resilience Investment and Education Fund (GRIEF) Act in the House of Representatives by Congressman Joe Morelle (NY-25).

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HopeHealth’s Expanding Scope of Pediatric Hospice, Palliative Services

Hospice News

HopeHealth provides home care, hospice, palliative and dementia care, as well as caregiver and grief support services. Our team officially began towards the end of 2021 heading into 2022. We have chaplains, hospice aides, social work support and a robust grief support program of counselors that specialize in the loss of a child.

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Celebrating Social Worker Month – March 2022

High Peaks Hospice

As a hospice social worker, it is common to have conversations that revolve around anticipatory grief. When discussing anticipatory grief, I like to use the “ball in the jar” metaphor. When discussing anticipatory grief, I like to use the “ball in the jar” metaphor. Hospice Social Worker. Shayna Paradis, LMSW.