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Meet The Caring Award Winners: Caregiving Program, Caring Leaders, Grief Program

The Caregiving Years Training Academy

A group of dedicated care professionals in Boise, Idaho, who believe that seniors and their families deserve and need access to free, quality information provided by industry experts in their community to support their aging and caregiving questions and needs. LEARN won in the Caregiving Program category. in Boise, Idaho.

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Systematic Change Needed to Support Family Caregivers of Hospice Patients

Hospice News

Given the critical role of family caregivers in home-based care, hospices have a vested interest in expanding their access to support. The state of caregiving Many of the barriers are financial. The direct costs of caregiving are substantial, and they multiply as lost wages or missed work days get factored in.

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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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End-of-Life Doulas’ Growing Value Proposition in Hospice

Hospice News

They] can provide so much support from advance care planning to vigil assistance, and out in the community they can do early grief and bereavement support and can provide household support [and] respite caregiving.” Galloway-Salazar is also an end-of-life doula.

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Hospice and the Care Continuum: Achieving Age-Friendly Care

Hospice News

Compassus uses its clinical assessment not just to capture a patient’s health information but also to inform their goals, hopes and fears. “In That is the thing that gives them the most anxiety and grief.” In one patient’s case, her greatest concern was making sure that her dog was cared for after she died,” Hale says.

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Are You at Risk for Caregiver PTSD?

Home Sweet Home In-Home Care

If you provide care for a senior loved one, you’re at risk for caregiver PTSD! This inattention to caregiver PTSD happens because the individual receiving care is normally the primary focus of both healthcare providers and the family at large. Why Are Caregivers at an Increased Risk for PTSD?

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HAP Foundation Launches to Research and Advance Hospice, Palliative Care

Hospice News

“Navigating grief and finding support can be complicated and isolating. We are planning to expand Missing Pieces to address broader grief needs for more families.” HAP Foundation includes a Pediatric Palliative Care program, involving a network of providers that also offers bereavement care services.