Attentive listening is the primary service we offer hospice patients and their family members. Listening can validate the experiences that
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Tag: end of life social work
Irvin Yalom’s wisdom for hospice social workers
No discussion of counseling in hospice would be complete without an acknowledgment of the little book that has become the
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Hospice counseling: Forming a therapeutic relationship
Putting it simply, C+B=TR (Connection plus Boundaries equals Therapeutic Relationship). I recently attended a care-plan meeting for a lonely patient
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Counseling in hospice: Comfort comes first, breakthroughs come on occasion
Hospice requires a different approach to counseling for several reasons. Grief requires support and affirmation more than motivation or self-regulation.
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Counting down to the next blog post!
Happy new year! Enjoying a brief hiatus from writing as I recover from the holiday and get started at a
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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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How to do hospice social work when attending a death
The previous two articles direct what not to do when attending a death as a hospice social worker. This is
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Attending death as a hospice social worker: keeping the wild puppy still
How you, as a hospice social worker attending death, can keep your ego in check and be a supportive presence to those who just lost a loved one.
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Before you provide counseling in hospice
Counseling is one the most powerful tools you can provide as a hospice social worker, it is imperative to know when to apply it, and when to withhold it.
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Hospice and MPOAs: 3 reasons hospice patients need a proxy
Hospice and MPOAs: three tales of what can go wrong if the right person is not legally appointed as proxy and involved in planning.
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