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Hunterdon Hospice’s Relaunches Trauma-Informed Bereavement Program

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These deaths can be traumatizing and bring on complicated grief experiences, with some individuals needing greater support compared to other types of losses, according to Laura Suozzo, licensed clinical social worker and bereavement coordinator at Hunterdon Hospice. “We Their sadness is so raw and painful.

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Hospices Leverage School-Based Partnerships to Strengthen Bereavement Care

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Having peer-based grief programs offers children, adolescents and teens a safe place to process a loss with others going through similar experiences and emotions, according to Jenny Sytkowski, bereavement coordinator at Hospice Alliance. The Wisconsin-based nonprofit provides hospice and supportive care as well as bereavement services.

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Hospices Partner with After-Loss Services to Bolster Grief Support

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White serves as bereavement coordinator and chaplain at Kansas-based Interim HealthCare of Topeka. Interim is a national franchisor of home care, home health, hospice and medical staffing services and a portfolio company of Caring Brands International.

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Grief Coach Rebrands to Help Texts, Launches Health Care Worker Support Service

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When you think about nurses and bereavement coordinators and clinicians facing burnout and just struggling at work, it’s sort of the same as when we’re grieving,” Payne said. “We We can’t take in huge amounts of information.

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Bill Would Create New State-Level Pediatric Hospice, Palliative Care Program

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It’s [about] how we can ensure that we’re providing psychosocial support, chaplains, social workers, child life specialists, therapists, bereavement coordinators [to] meet all of their care needs,” Cortezzo told Hospice News. The ability to build care collaborations is a large part of improving access, she stated.

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Anatomy of Hospice Grief Camps for Children

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Keeping up with demand A significant component of grief programs is having sufficiently trained bereavement coordinators supported by interdisciplinary professionals and volunteers, Kendrick stated. “We Through grief counseling, we can support kids and families with other losses than a terminal illness.”

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Ep. 11 - Special Edition: Healing Through COVID-19: Finding Resilience in Times of Crisis

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followed by a decade of working as a hospice chaplain and bereavement coordinator. followed by a decade of working as a hospice chaplain and bereavement coordinator. Cheatham began her career in social services with an MA in psychology, a certification in trauma counseling, a PhD in health and kinesiology, and a M.Div.,