What hospice social workers need to know to excel at their professions.
A survey shows a hospice team’s weakness when it comes to funeral home planning and patient self-determination.
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Take this quiz to test your understanding of hospice philosophy!
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My fellow healthcare workers: We can do a better job managing out of hospital do not resuscitate orders. I know
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Responding to complaints with honesty, humility, a commitment to improve and follow through makes service recovery possible in many cases and even easy in some.
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Imagine you are sitting with a beloved family member who has only a few days or a few hours left
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I strive to be positive in a field with where shortcomings are often hard to ignore. I’m very fortunate to
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Most of the deaths we attend don’t require the services of a social worker. But sometimes people do need good secular counseling following a death. That’s why we should be there, holding space, calling the funeral home, and being supportive. There may be a profound emotional need we can support.
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My recent experience with grief and isolation has helped me grasp how important it is for us to reach out
Continue reading »I’m taking this week off from the blog so I can deal with my own grieving after a death in
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Hospices are not all equally well run. This article begins a discussion about the qualities that make a hospice a better work situation for employees and service provider for patients.
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