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How Hospice Supports Families

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More and more people are choosing to die at home. However, by 2017, home surpassed hospitals, nursing homes, and every other place as the most common place of death. A well-timed hospice referral has been shown to cut the risk of clinical depression among family caregivers by more than 88%. Bereavement Services.

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End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

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I was alone with her in the end of a long hallway at a nursing home health center. I’m guessing some, because I’ve read a lot of articles, are social workers and nurses, past hospice nurses. Eric: Yeah, that’s interesting because a lot of doulas, too… Well, not a lot.