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Hospice chaplain documentation webinar
By Hospice Chaplaincy If you are a hospice chaplain in need of polishing up your visit documentation, this is a webinar for you. This webinar will be on Monday November 13 at 10:00am Central Standard Time. The registration fee is only $45.The most scrutinized area for hospices by the U.S. centers for Medicare & Medicaid…
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Third Season episode 25:A conversation with Joanna Wojtkowiak on death rituals and symbolic immortality in contemporary Dutch culture.
In today’s episode, Saul zooms into the Netherlands to talk to to Dr. Joanna Wojtkowiak. Dr. Wojtkowiak is an interdisciplinary researcher specialized in the research, education, and advising in the field of existential and spiritual care with a focus on meaning making, ritual, life and death experiences, and grief. Recently, she has been studying existential…
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Tips for Health-Conscious Grieving
By Camille Johnson When you grieve, whether it’s over the loss of a loved one, the end of a marriage, job termination, or another traumatic event, unhealthy habits sometimes develop. For instance, grief may lead to you eating too much or too little. However, you need to think about your health during this trying time. …
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Why Family Caregivers Need Help Too
By Nancy Dexter According to an article by the American Psychological Association, 66.6% of caregivers for older adults experience adverse symptoms for either mental or behavioral health. 32.9% say their symptoms are related to depression, anxiety, or substance abuse. More severely, 30.7% of unpaid caregivers reported serious suicidal ideation. Evidently, the experience of being a caregiver, especially…
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Wishing for Death: A Psychiatrist’s encounter with end of life depression
By Jules C. Rosen, M.D. I was asked to see a 93-year-old woman who was admitted to the nursing home three weeks earlier. She had been eating poorly, had lost more than 12 pounds, and had openly expressed her willingness to die. Approximately three months prior, she was on a cruise with one of her…
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