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Hospice social workers: compassionate normalizers
Hospice social workers walk lines between extremes to serve people in challenging situations. One such line is steady, normalizing empathy.
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Interacting with non-verbal patients as a hospice social worker
Now that we’ve discussed how to respond when people don’t stop talking, I thought it’s a good time to discuss
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When hospice patients or family members won’t stop talking
Attentive listening is the primary service we offer hospice patients and their family members. Listening can validate the experiences that
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3 keys to trusting and comfortable relationships with hospice patients
As a hospice social worker, you want to be able to create genuine and trusting relationships that encourage patients and family members to feel comfortable enough to discuss difficult topics with you.
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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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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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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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