Traditions Health

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

However, it is important to be vigilant and ask your loved one’s physician about hospice when these signs are present, because the earlier a patient begins receiving this care, the better their quality of life can be. For example, volunteers are available to provide companionship and social support in various ways.

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Chicago Caregiving

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Beth Spencer, 73, a recently retired social worker who lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with her 90-year-old husband, is grappling with similar feelings during this typically challenging Midwestern winter. Watch for signs that they are withdrawing from social contact or shutting down emotionally, Olsen says.

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The Bucket-List Blog

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Teresa immediately spoke with Heather Randall, a social worker, about Nancy’s situation. Kylie Randall, daughter of social worker Heather Randall, donated makeup application. Together, they offered Nancy the opportunity to have her wedding at the Center.

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The Bucket-List Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

Therefore, most stories are in the present tense. We created a video for social media featuring the song and put out a public call for help with the digitizing project. Shaunna Patton, a social worker with Caretenders at the time, connected us with Pastor B.J. Some of the patients in these stories are no longer with us.

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Chicago Caregiving

DECEMBER 14, 2022

You don’t need any assistance and can meet all of your retirement dreams and travel everywhere,” says Sarah Jackson, a social worker with North Shore Senior Center in Northfield. . Taking time to care for herself, feeling gratitude for what she has, and staying grounded in the present also helps, she says. .

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Minority Nurse

JULY 12, 2023

His second book, Letter to a Hospice Nurse , celebrates the lives of hospice patients and gives a format for surviving family and friends to process grief. Besides regularly visiting my patients, I coordinate care between other disciplines, including CNAs, social workers, chaplains, and volunteers.

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GeriPal

APRIL 6, 2023

Today we have a star-studded lineup, including Lexy Torke of Indiana University, who discusses her RCT of a chaplaincy intervention for surrogates of patients in the ICU , published in JPSM and plenary presentation at AAHPM/HPNA. It meets in-person, once a month, over nine sessions. Because what are the unintended consequences of the answer?

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GeriPal

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

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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GeriPal

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Dani and Kery present three steps for interacting with an angry patient: Look within: What is this anger bringing up in me? It’s just so interesting the myriad of ways that this can present in our behavior when we neglect to just look within. Dani: Yeah, so the way you presented was triggering to them. Keri: Yeah.

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GeriPal

AUGUST 31, 2023

You’re a senior author on this article in JPSM, where you interviewed some geriatricians and other people caring for older adults, nurse practitioners, social workers, et cetera. You interviewed some geriatricians. It is very active here. I don’t know. Alex: Thank you, Bill. Thank you for sharing that story.

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Shining Light Hospice

DECEMBER 30, 2021

Speech may or may not be present. The hospice team may consist of an attending physician, an RN case manager, a home health aide, a chaplain, and a social worker. Social workers identify needs related to caregiver breakdown, knowledge deficits, crises that may arise, grief support, and spiritual care.

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Home Care Pulse

JULY 25, 2023

He, there’s so much focus given to bereavement and grief as well, and he fears that again, there’s just not enough thought giving to what that dying person themselves is going through, whether they’re afraid to die with any secrets surrounded by platitudes. Speaker 2 ( 15:52 ): Here’s another really good question.

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