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Grief & the holidays: Practical advice when you have experienced the loss of a loved one

HopeHealth

If you’ve lost a loved one, your grief may feel particularly intense around the holidays. The post Grief & the holidays: Practical advice when you have experienced the loss of a loved one appeared first on HopeHealth. Here are tips to get through the season.

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The Rise of Tech-Enabled Grief Care

Hospice News

There are things coming onto the market, in a bit of a flurry right now,” Emma Payne, founder and CEO of Grief Coach, told Hospice News. Payne conceived of Grief Coach following the death of her husband and his close friend. Grief Coach has major roll out in the United Kingdom slated for next month. Now I know about 450.

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Great Lakes Health Partners CEO: Employee Grief Support Can Boost Recruitment, Retention

Hospice News

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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Federal Legislation Would Create National Strategy on Grief

Hospice News

introduced legislation this morning to create a National Strategy on Grief and establish grants to fund trauma-informed care for the bereaved. Establishing a National Grief Strategy will help people move forward with the help of skilled professionals creating a culture of awareness and support. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.)

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Prolonged Grief Disorder: Holly Prigerson

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Holly Prigerson recalls the moments in which she started investigating prolonged grief disorder. She recalls being “a social scientist [Holly] in room full of psychiatrists,” who recognized a diagnostic gap in people experiencing profound and potentially harmful grief far after the death of a loved one. Summary Transcript Summary.

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Grief During the Holidays: Some Tips

High Peaks Hospice

Grief During the Holidays: Some Tips The winter holidays are generally perceived as “the most wonderful time of the year.” But for those who are facing grief after the death of a loved one, the holidays may instead be a time filled with pain and sadness. Experts in Grief offer some tips: Be Willing to Change Traditions.

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

Hospice News

The bereavement care tech platform Grief Coach has rebranded as Help Texts and is expanding its services to include support for health care workers who are contending with stress or burnout. The company convened a group of professionals with experience in grief care to develop the content, from a variety of disciplines.

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