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5 Myths About Kids and Grief

Solace

More than 250,000 had lost a primary or secondary caregiver in the U.S. Worldwide, Nearly 8 million kids lost a primary caregiver or parent. million when you include secondary caregivers. Grief looks like all kinds of things. As a society, most people think that grief is synonymous with crying and sadness.

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Crumbled Walls: A Transformative Caregiving Journey

AJN Off the Charts

Following his death, I spent much time going through the motions, sipping life through a straw from under the surface, as I fought against drowning in grief. I published my first children’s book last fall. ” The post Crumbled Walls: A Transformative Caregiving Journey appeared first on Off the Charts.

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Episode 37: Closing the Books

Living With Hospice

In this episode of Living With Hospice, Mitch addresses the many facets of 'closing the books' at the end of our lives, including practical planning, reviewing the bucket list and the often uncomfortable topic of saying goodbye. Also part of closing the books, for someone who's dying, is to say goodbye. It can turn into a hot mess!

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Ep.18: BK Books with Barbara Karnes: Why Approaching Hospice Holistically is Necessary to the Success of the Care Continuum

Home Care Pulse

These realizations led Barbara to sit down and write, gone from my site, the little blue book that has changed the hospice industry. We love this book, especially me, I like to show off my copy. And then our work continues in the bereavement down for a year or more to help the family with the grief. So Oliver, I like this.

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Mental Health Advocate Works to Lift Suicide’s Stigma

Solace

As both a journalist and survivor, she was uniquely able to share her experience in a book that is a combination memoir and a resource to others “ All the Things We Never Knew: Chasing the Chaos of Mental Illness.” For me, actually, it was having a moment where my body integrated the grief and the trauma.” It is very tumultuous.

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Cultivating Resilience for Caregivers

Hospice of the North Coast

Seek and accept help It is common for caregivers to say that they do not have time for themselves, therapy, or support until their role of caring for others is over. The book “Loving What Is” by Byron Katie describes how sometimes it is the thoughts about situations that are causing you discomfort, not the problems themselves.

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Transforming the Culture of Dementia Care: Podcast with Anne Basting, Ab Desai, Susan McFadden, and Judy Long

GeriPal

Her most recent book is Dementia Friendly Communities: why we need them and how we can create them . Her most recent book is Creative Care: a revolutionary approach to dementia and elder care . Judy Long, MDiv, BCC , palliative care chaplain and educator at UCSF and caregiver. Eric: And Alex, who do we have with us today?