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Awareness, Education Keys to Trauma-Informed Hospice Care

Hospice News

The third is moving away from a very medicalized approach and focusing on what conversations help us get informed on trauma in the past and present.” We have a duty to look out for this in anyone, a social worker, physician, nurse or patient. In order to provide trauma-informed care, we need to first give it to ourselves.

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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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Grief, Loss, and Well-Being Debriefing: Vickie Leff, Matthew Loscalzo, Craig Blinderman

GeriPal

You’d imagine though that our professional expertise and experiences in helping patients and families cope with loss and grief would be helpful in managing our own personal losses. A great website for dealing with loss and grief : refugeingrief.com. Loss is the thing that triggers grief and then we talk about grief.

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

Hospice News

Collins is also a certified hospice and palliative care nurse and end-of-life doula. 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.”

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Tech Companies Empathy, Sharecare Partner to Add Bereavement Support to Employment Benefits

Hospice News

Grief is made harder by logistics and logistics are made harder by grief,” Gura told Hospice News. These tasks often require hundreds of hours and thousands of dollars, for which many families are unprepared.

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A Nurse’s Journey Through Grief, Action, and Story Sharing

Nurse.com

When an unexpected family tragedy occurred in the same field she’d studied for years, one nurse shifted her clinical focus to draw attention to a growing issue that’s gone largely unrecognized. Lora Sparkman, RN, BSN, MHA, has been a nurse for 37 years and a member of Relias’ team for the past five.

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The Role of Hospice Nursing in End-of-Life Care

Diversity Nursing

It is provided by a team of healthcare professionals, including hospice Nurses, who play a crucial role in ensuring that patients receive the best possible care. Hospice Nurses are trained to address the physical and emotional needs of patients, as well as provide guidance and support to their families.