Hospice Chaplaincy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Janelle Benuska is a death and grief doula, licensed massage therapist, energy worker, hospice volunteer, Death Café facilitator, mother, wife, and death care advocate. In Today’s episode, Saul talks to Janelle Benuska on her work in death care.

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Hospice Chaplaincy

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

In Today’s episode, Saul talks to Dr. Jonathan Singer on grief issues in end of life care. Dr. Singer is the assistant professor of clinical psychology at Texas Tech University. Some of the research that Dr. Singer has been part of that is covered in this episode; Education: B.A., Adelphi University M.A.,

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Elaine Mansfield

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

After the group settled, I read from my book Leaning into Love: A Spiritual Journey through Grief and told stories about my husband Vic’s death and my struggle to create a fulfilling life without him. I know it’s natural to discuss grief in a hushed voice, but I want to hear you.” I greeted people as they arrived.

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Solace

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

After recovering lawyer, food writer and pastry chef Lisa Ruland lost her husband Erik in 2014 in a tragic mountain climbing accident, she found herself trying to navigate both her grief and the loss’s impact on her relationship with food. “It She recalls that one day, she realized she’d reached another milestone in her grief.

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AJN Off the Charts

JULY 14, 2022

You can find a version of this article and other news stories in our July issue, including articles on the link between fracking exposure and adverse birth outcomes, new state laws preventing visitor bans in hospitals and long-term care facilities, and the addition of “prolonged grief” to the DSM. Pfeifer, MA, RN.

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Hospice Chaplaincy

AUGUST 15, 2022

In Today’s episode, Saul talks to Dr. Linita Eapen Mathew on grief. Dr. Mathew, is a secondary English Language Arts and mental health support teacher from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. She received the […].

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Hospice Chaplaincy

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

In Today’s episode, Saul talks to Dr. Joanne Cacciatore on therapeutic approaches to grief counseling. Dr. Joanne Cacciatore is the founder of the MISS Foundation and the Selah Carefarm. She is a tenured professor, researcher, and senior Wrigley Institute of Sustainability Scholar at Arizona State University.

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GeriPal

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Eric: Well, this is the part that I love about your article, too, is that it’s not just these big, big family meetings where miscommunication happens. Yeah, I think we took a pretty broad definition in the article, but really it’s any failure to communicate clearly and adequately. And I think of the Doug White article?

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AJN Off the Charts

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Some articles may be free only to subscribers. This article explores key nursing liability issues associated with the pandemic, including immunity, documentation, crisis standards of care, delegation and assignment, scope of practice, floating, travel nursing, telehealth, and misinformation and social media.

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Elaine Mansfield

MARCH 26, 2024

I’ve done book readings for my book Leaning into Love: A Spiritual Journey through Grief at a few and introduced children to Monarch butterflies last summer in at the library in Lodi, NY. You might enjoy an article comparing the path of the solar equinox in 2017 to the eclipse in 2024. Libraries need our support.

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Hospice Chaplaincy

JULY 24, 2022

In Today’s episode, Saul Talks with author Cheryl Christopher about her book, “The Portrait of Grief.” After graduating from Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, Cheryl Christopher spent most of her life being a wife, mother of four, and grandmother to eight. Cheryl’s entrepreneurial spirit flourished in photography, modeling and fashion.

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Hospice Chaplaincy

MARCH 17, 2024

When someone close to us dies at an older age, we often take comfort not only in celebrating their life, but also in knowing that death is part of the natural process of living. This experience is not the same when you are faced with the sudden death of your child. In this episode, Julie […]

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The Caregiving Years Training Academy

MARCH 17, 2024

The New York Times article provides an overview of the situation. How can we manage our grief about our losses? A situation in Indiana inspired our conversation: A program that pays family caregivers will end because of a budget deficit. Family caregivers are now scrambling to create a different plan of care and to find help.

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Kindful Hospice

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Remember that in times of grief, physical acts can help to keep us out of our heads. This way your friends and neighbors will have a place to leave flowers, notes of appreciation, or any other item they might want to share as a sign of their shared grief and support for you. Don’t know what to do with your grief?

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Hospice Nurse Hero

JANUARY 11, 2024

In this article, we’ll explore the challenges of these conversations and some key strategies to help new hospice nurses. Emotional Turbulence: End-of-life discussions are emotionally charged, and both patients and their families may experience a range of emotions like fear, grief, and anxiety.

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Diversity Nursing

JUNE 2, 2022

He provides a wealth of action-oriented "spiritual stretches" that help us more fully integrate the gifts of Nursing- joy, wonder, gratitude, insight and grief - into our daily lives. In May 1971, Look magazine featured an article entitled "Chicago's Cook County Hospital: A Terrible Place." Cooked: An Inner City Nursing Memoir.

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GeriPal

APRIL 28, 2022

Alex: Could you walk us through this one, stages of grief in era of immunotherapy? And it seemed like we had created a new stage of grief. And then there’s this explosion of nivolumab and then grief and acceptance. And the editors know how to get people drawn into that article. Alex: Let me share one here.

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High Peaks Hospice

MARCH 2, 2022

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. Emma Maher Horvath, LCSW. Kimberly Moore, MSW.

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The Nurse Break

MAY 31, 2022

Advice for nurses on managing emotions surrounding death and grief? Grief much harder, it is incredibly personal, and everyone reacts differently. It is painful to watch other people’s grief, especially in the moments after an unexpected traumatic death. My take home message is to be kind.

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Elaine Mansfield

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

I felt empathy and grief for departed Vic in a whole new way. For an article about building Vic’s Cairn, including the powerful poem by Rilke “ Pushing Through ,” follow this link. I pulled into the hospital parking lot to a pink June dawn and they whisked us into the emergency room.

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Hospice Chaplaincy

APRIL 1, 2024

In Today’s episode, Saul talks with Joelle Johns on the importance of community education on death, dying and grief. Joelle is a pastoral thanatologist and a clinical chaplain.

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GeriPal

JULY 14, 2022

And I would tell him not to underestimate the grief that he is going to experience. Darrell: But for me personally, I actually got involved with David Kessler’s organization in Southern California, and went through a grief educators program for him. Darrell: First, I would say this is not going to be over in 90 days.

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NHPCO

JUNE 21, 2023

Though the NBC News article never says directly that medical professionals should avoid talking with patients about end-of-life care options, it certainly risks putting a damper on those already very limited conversations, when in fact patients would benefit from the opposite.

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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Alex: I wonder when we talk about it, because we’ll have links to both Eric Cassell’s argument, and we mentioned another article from Tate. So one step would be naming it and honoring that as a real loss, and then inviting grief into the mix as this sort of metabolic force that helps them be honest about that loss.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

Check out the Pub Crawl GeriPal post for more info, and follow #HPMParty on Twitter to keep us as we crawl! ** In the last several years, I’ve seen more and more articles about end-of-life doulas ( like this NY Times article from 2021 ). I’m unsure what they do, how often they’re used, and who pays for their work.

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Home Care Pulse

JUNE 14, 2022

The enormous weight that grief will put on us from the moment of diagnosis. We begin grieving that, you know, tech, technically the word is anticipatory grief. You know, grief is a whole bunch of emotions, all rolled up into one package. It isn’t pathological what you’re thinking and feeling in your grief.

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Home Care Pulse

JULY 25, 2023

Article Contents: – Introduction – The value of volunteers. – How to develop world-class volunteers – Training for hospice volunteers – Focus on the little things Article Contents: – Introduction – The value of volunteers. Module 7: Grief, Loss, and Bereavement. Print Article

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The World According to Dr. El

MAY 3, 2022

I perused the April print edition of McKnight’s Long-Term Care News and found articles on the impact of nurse stress on quality of care, the connection between nursing turnover and the emotional toll of the job, and the importance of mental health support for staff. After 25 years as a nursing home psychologist, it’s pretty exciting to see.

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SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care podcast

JUNE 11, 2021

Online UK newspapers focused on how COVID-19 disrupted ‘saying goodbye’ (prior to death, at the moment of death and after death) and conflicted with cultural understandings of a ‘good death’ and ‘good grief’, despite efforts undertaken to mitigate the effects of restrictions.

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GeriPal

APRIL 21, 2022

To the deeper emotions – of loss and grief, of wonder and transcendence – that are at the heart of the complex care we provide. Loss, Losing and Loosening, poetry for grief and loss . We haven’t decided exactly when we’ll publish this podcast, but we may delay it until that article comes out.

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Hospice Chaplaincy

OCTOBER 25, 2021

For the last six weeks we’ve been highlighting the voices of six female authors in the field of death, dying Continue Reading.

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Hospice Chaplaincy

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

In today’s episode Saul talks to Rosemary Keevil about her book “The art of losing it.” Rosemary is a journalist who writes about addiction. She cut her teeth as a TV news reporter for Canada’s CTV Network. She has since had numerous jobs in the media including host of her own current affairs, drive-time, radio show […].

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GeriPal

AUGUST 11, 2022

There was a Stanford article talking about you as a pioneer in this field. Several of your former PDIA, Project on Death in America, scholars banded together and published a very controversial article in JAMA as I’m sure you’re aware. My question is, what article are you most proud of? Susan: Thank you. Alex: Okay.

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GeriPal

DECEMBER 2, 2022

She directs UCSF MERI’s patient, family, and clinician support with classes and consultation on resiliency, well-being, and grief. Eric: It really reminds me, we just did a couple podcasts on grief and part of grief is that where there’s often a movement towards acceptance, you never go back to who you were.

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Hospice Chaplaincy

MAY 28, 2023

Elizabeth Boatwright about her book, “The last things we talk about…” As a Chaplain, Pastor and Certified Financial Planner, Elizabeth “Libby” Boatwright has worked alongside hundreds of people over the last thirty years counseling families on end of life issues, loss and grief, composing memorials, working alongside […]

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The Chaplain's Report

APRIL 1, 2020

There was grief over the loss of what was and what could have been. I’ve included links to a few articles below for your further reading about Chaplaincy in our modern crisis. There was concern about the future of chaplaincy overall: would we be replaced permanently by the volunteers recruited to do calls?

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Hospice Chaplaincy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022

This is part two of Saul’s conversation with Dr. Thomas Attig on his book, “Catching Your Breath in Grief…and grace will lead you home.”

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