Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

JULY 1, 2020

Research on the impact of COVID -19 grief and bereavement during other infectious disease outbreaks such as pandemics have tended to focus on survivors who had the illness and recovered. Loved ones are not always able to communicate their feelings in person before the deceased dies.

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Bereavement Hospice volunteer Grief Books 52

GeriPal

MARCH 7, 2024

I was alone with her in the end of a long hallway at a nursing home health center. What’s the difference between end-of-life doula and a hospice volunteer? Beth: It depends on the volunteer. Hospice volunteers do lots of things. Eric: I got to ask the question then. I’m going to push back.

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Hospice volunteer Presentation Palliative care Palliate 246

GeriPal

JUNE 22, 2023

So another big component of this program is, just like hospice volunteers in the community, we have hospice volunteers/workers who are peers from the incarcerated population who receive extensive training on how to sit with people, how to communicate, how to listen, how to protect themselves upon from the grief and loss that comes from this job.

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Hospice Chaplain Palliative care Palliate 279