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5 Myths About Kids and Grief

Solace

Our societal taboos about grief and death and our well-meaning but sometimes misplaced fears about exposing children to death can make it difficult for kids to find their way through their personal grief journeys. Grief looks like all kinds of things. But grief can also look like anger. That all informs your grief.

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‘Upgrading’ the Medicare Hospice Benefit

Hospice News

When these services cannot be replicated, patients and caregivers are left to deal with the loss of these services, citing experiences of grief and abandonment.” The post ‘Upgrading’ the Medicare Hospice Benefit appeared first on Hospice News.

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What Is Anticipatory Grief?

Hospice of the North Coast

It wasn’t the profanity nor the frontal attack on the care her father has been receiving but the intensity of it, the felt urgency, the palpable shock of the grief just underneath it all. She started to suffer and although her dad was still around, unknowingly she became immersed in anticipatory grief. Article Source Psychology Today.

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‘Suncoast’ Film Points a Lens at Hospice Families’ Experience

Hospice News

The film provides a window into what hospices actually do, as well as the experience of families whose loved ones are nearing end of life, the challenges of caregiving and grief that often begins long before the patient dies, according to Jonathan Fleece, CEO of Empath Health. “I

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Comfort in the Midst of Grief: A Spiritual Care Journey

AJN Off the Charts

A mother’s grief. Clearly, the traumatic loss had presented a complex challenge. L was terrified, overwhelmed by her grief. L a considerable amount of time to navigate through her grief and spiritual distress. In doing so, I acknowledged and shared in the depths of her grief. However, I came up empty-handed.

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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.

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What Pastors Need to Know About Grief

Seasons Hospice

Grief comes to us when someone or something significant dies. Our culture recognizes the death of a person as a cause of grief. There are other sources of debilitating grief, too; the death of a job, pet, relationship, status, income, health, certain freedoms, and on and on. Don’t try to take the gift of grief away from them.

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