Bereavement Professional

I'm open to discussions on how the IDG supports the Bereavement Professional role. How does the IDG contribute to your responsibilities? If you can, please share specific examples. For instance, in planning and executing the memorial service, how does your team provide assistance? What aspects of the service preparation do you assign to others? And how is your team involved during the service itself?

In various ways. For example, we held a candlelight service before Christmas, and we had readings for each of the candles that were lit. We incorporated our Homecare RN's, CNA's and we had some of our Hospice House staff read a few things as well. We thought this was helpful because of the impact our clinical staff had on the patient's families while they were being cared for. At this point that is the only memorial service that we involve other staff. We also do a grief camp for school age kids in September, and we have staff that volunteer to help with that as well. I hope this was helpful. 

Reid Bishop,

Chaplain and Bereavement Coordinator

Care of the Piedmont

Care of the Piedmont | Hospice & Palliative

I'm open to discussions on how the IDG supports the Bereavement Professional role. How does the IDG contribute to your responsibilities? If you can, please share specific examples. For instance, in planning and executing the memorial service, how does your team provide assistance? What aspects of the service preparation do you assign to others? And how is your team involved during the service itself?

In various ways. For example, we held a candlelight service before Christmas, and we had readings for each of the candles that were lit. We incorporated our Homecare RN's, CNA's and we had some of our Hospice House staff read a few things as well. We thought this was helpful because of the impact our clinical staff had on the patient's families while they were being cared for. At this point that is the only memorial service that we involve other staff. We also do a grief camp for school age kids in September, and we have staff that volunteer to help with that as well. I hope this was helpful. 

Reid Bishop,

Chaplain and Bereavement Coordinator

Care of the Piedmont

Care of the Piedmont | Hospice & Palliative

I'm open to discussions on how the IDG supports the Bereavement Professional role. How does the IDG contribute to your responsibilities? If you can, please share specific examples. For instance, in planning and executing the memorial service, how does your team provide assistance? What aspects of the service preparation do you assign to others? And how is your team involved during the service itself?

I'm open to discussions on how the IDG supports the Bereavement Professional role. How does the IDG contribute to your responsibilities? If you can, please share specific examples. For instance, in planning and executing the memorial service, how does your team provide assistance? What aspects of the service preparation do you assign to others? And how is your team involved during the service itself?

I'm open to discussions on how the IDG supports the Bereavement Professional role. How does the IDG contribute to your responsibilities? If you can, please share specific examples. For instance, in planning and executing the memorial service, how does your team provide assistance? What aspects of the service preparation do you assign to others? And how is your team involved during the service itself?

I am the Bereavement Coordinator for a small hospice in Phoenix, Arizona. As it happens, our annual Memorial Gathering took place just this past Sunday. The owner of our hospice takes a special interest in this event, so she and I worked on it together, which I imagine is not typical for most hospice's memorial service division of labor as far as planning/coordinating goes. Beyond that, the IDT participation involved a member from each discipline (CMRN, MSW, Chaplain, HHA/CNA) share a reflection rooted in their experience in this work; typically having to do with an instance of patient care for a deceased patient that was particularly meaningful or captured the essence of why they do this work, but a couple talked about their own experience of loss and how that compels their involvement in this work. The chaplain, at my request, tailored his remarks a bit more toward the spiritually inspirational for all those gathered in vein of a keynote message, but even his was rooted in his own experience of the death of his young son some years back. Our HR generalist read names while to the chime of a singing bowl to conclude the program, and our QAPI/Training Specialist performed an native american musical presentation from her Navajo community. And of course our Volunteer Coordinator and some of her unpaid superheros helped with the greeting table and luncheon aspects of the event.

Rev Ty Bradley
Bereavement Coordinator/Chaplain
White Rose Hospice
Phoenix, Arizona

Original Message:
Sent: 04-24-2024 04:14 PM
From: Burl Cole
Subject: Bereavement Professional and the IDT

I'm open to discussions on how the IDG supports the Bereavement Professional role. How does the IDG contribute to your responsibilities? If you can, please share specific examples. For instance, in planning and executing the memorial service, how does your team provide assistance? What aspects of the service preparation do you assign to others? And how is your team involved during the service itself?

I'm open to discussions on how the IDG supports the Bereavement Professional role. How does the IDG contribute to your responsibilities? If you can, please share specific examples. For instance, in planning and executing the memorial service, how does your team provide assistance? What aspects of the service preparation do you assign to others? And how is your team involved during the service itself?