Hospice social workers walk lines between extremes to serve people in challenging situations. One such line is steady, normalizing empathy.
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Category: The hospice social worker mindset
Acceptance: element #4 of the hospice social worker mindset
One of the many recurring moments of irony in hospice is when colleagues show difficulty accepting a patient’s or family
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3 characters that describe the social worker mindset (and a confession of sexism)
My first idea for this article showed me some of my own sexist limitations. I wanted to encapsulate the hospice
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Secure vulnerability: being emotionally present in a professional role
How you can be emotionally present with patients and their family members while also being professionally purposeful. Because you need to be both.
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Hospice social workers: Before you can “be there,” you gotta get there
People who work with grief know the value of being present. Holding space. The ministry of presence. Just listening… The
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Elements of the hospice social worker mindset: belief in solutions
Social workers help people find solutions. A problem is a situation in which we don’t know the path around or
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