Hospice News

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Illinois-based Great Lakes Health Partners, an Interim Healthcare franchise, is launching a grief support group for employees aimed at helping hospice workers deal with the stress of providing bedside end-of-life care. Can you tell me more about the types of grief support a program such as this offers hospice workers?

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Shining Light Hospice

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Nursing Care And Symptom Management. A benefit of the patient-centered care model used in hospice is that if changes to the care plan are needed to manage symptoms, those changes can occur quickly. Hospice Is More Than Just Medical Care. Hospice is a rich resource with professionals who understand the issues surrounding grief.

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Home Care Pulse

JULY 25, 2023

Questions such as: Why did the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) mandate volunteer involvement in hospice as a condition of participation in the Medicare Hospice Benefit? In my 30+ years as a hospice nurse, I have had the privilege of working with many hospice volunteers.

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Nurse.com

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Nurses have faced grief on overdrive in the last several years with the unexpected challenges brought by the pandemic. Your grief may look very different than your coworker’s down the hall. At times, the grief feels manageable. Coping with grief over patient deaths. Caring despite personal challenges.

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GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

I’m guessing some, because I’ve read a lot of articles, are social workers and nurses, past hospice nurses. That’s getting a little off-topic because that’s after death, but I think with what doulas do is reprocessing and helping with some grief we can.

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Home Care Pulse

JULY 25, 2023

He, there’s so much focus given to bereavement and grief as well, and he fears that again, there’s just not enough thought giving to what that dying person themselves is going through, whether they’re afraid to die with any secrets surrounded by platitudes. And hospice has evolved in those, what, 50 years.

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Shining Light Hospice

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Better Pain Control for patient Hospice care allows for better pain control as it is truly patient-centered. Social workers identify needs related to caregiver breakdown, knowledge deficits, crises that may arise, grief support, and spiritual care. Extended family members can also benefit from the support of a dedicated hospice team.

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