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The Bird’s-eye View of a Hospice Volunteer Coordinator

Traditions Health

The Traditions Health hospice volunteer coordinator oversees 13 volunteers at two agencies in Georgia — one in Lawrenceville and one in Roswell. A growing need for volunteers As people work longer and longer in life — to ages well past 65 — the need for volunteers is increasingly important.

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Dementia Violence in Healthcare

Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

As a hospice volunteer in Detroit, Michigan nursing homes, I viewed dementia as a fluttering bee. Spending time with them and getting to know them, their temperaments, their personalities, their likes and dislikes greatly impact caregivers' abilities to manage them in healthcare settings. Visit Frances Shani Parker's Website.

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Empathy in Healthcare

Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

The ability to empathize is especially important in healthcare professions where biases can contribute to healthcare disparities. Healthcare providers must be able to better recognize situations where they can offer empathy in addition to problem solving. Her blog is Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog.

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Black Children and Healthcare Disparities (Video 2:48)

Hospice and Nursing Homes Blog

Healthcare disparities are inequalities that exist when members of certain populations do not benefit from the same healthcare as other groups. This is not only a healthcare issue, but a moral one. Healthcare disparities impact not only individuals victimized by them, but also their families, their communities, and the nation.

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Post-PHE Hospice Regulation: Preparing for the Reinstated Volunteer Requirement

Hospice News

Hospices have been struggling for many years now about how to engage different generations in volunteering for hospice and adapting hospice volunteering to different generational needs of people who are still working, who are younger people or teenagers,” she said.

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Home Care Pulse Expands Training Portfolio, Enhancing Volunteer Training for Hospice Care Providers

Home Care Pulse

R EXBURG, ID, July 19 – Home Care Pulse, a leading provider of workforce education and engagement applications for post-acute care and senior living organizations, has acquired Teaching Transitions, a renowned provider of online hospice volunteer training.

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End-of-Life Doulas: A Podcast with Jane Euler, Beth Klint, and John Loughnane

GeriPal

Healthcare, just the way healthcare is structured, that’s not something that’s feasible unless there’s a specific symptom management need that allows for more care, but just to provide simple care doesn’t exist. What’s the difference between end-of-life doula and a hospice volunteer?