Bereavement Professional

How do you receive notifications that there are children within the patient's family that will need bereavement support post-death?  How does your Hospice provide grief support to children?

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Howard Travers, Bereavement Services Manager
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​I would also be interested in hearing responses to this! Thanks.

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Lisa Jordan, LCPC, NCC
JourneyCare Hospice & Palliative Care
2050 Claire Ct.
Glenview, IL 60025
847-556-1563
LJordan@JourneyCare.org
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-16-2019 12:10
From: Howard Travers
Subject: Children In Grief

How do you receive notifications that there are children within the patient's family that will need bereavement support post-death?  How does your Hospice provide grief support to children?

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Howard Travers, Bereavement Services Manager
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​Hi Howard,
   We receive notification about children in a family whose loved one has died on hospice care, before and after the death. In both the pre-bereavement assessment that the social worker completes at the start of care and the post death bereavement assessment, one of the questions is about children in the family. At the team meeting held weekly, we discuss the deaths and ask about children at that time as well.
    We have also created a booklet about children and anticipatory loss that social workers can bring to their visit when they know there are children, it is also available on our website if families wish to have electronically.
Grief Support - Youth - Hospice of Santa Cruz County
     We offer bereavement services in the form of counseling sessions at our offices and at a child's school as well.
I appreciate the opportunity to have our bereavement staff meet with children prior to the death, our social worker and chaplains do a great job with this as well, at school as so often the team visits happen during the time they are at school and they don't have the benefit of witnessing the care in action.

   I hope this helps,
Cindi


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Cindi Gray, LCSW
Director, Grief Support Programs
Hospice of Santa Cruz County
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-18-2019 16:30
From: Lisa Jordan
Subject: Children In Grief

​I would also be interested in hearing responses to this! Thanks.

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Lisa Jordan, LCPC, NCC
JourneyCare Hospice & Palliative Care
2050 Claire Ct.
Glenview, IL 60025
847-556-1563
LJordan@JourneyCare.org

Original Message:
Sent: 01-16-2019 12:10
From: Howard Travers
Subject: Children In Grief

How do you receive notifications that there are children within the patient's family that will need bereavement support post-death?  How does your Hospice provide grief support to children?

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Howard Travers, Bereavement Services Manager
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Thank you for this information, Cindi.  This looks like a great resource.  Is this material copywritten?

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HowardTraversBereavement Services Manager
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-21-2019 11:27
From: Cindi Gray
Subject: Children In Grief

​Hi Howard,
   We receive notification about children in a family whose loved one has died on hospice care, before and after the death. In both the pre-bereavement assessment that the social worker completes at the start of care and the post death bereavement assessment, one of the questions is about children in the family. At the team meeting held weekly, we discuss the deaths and ask about children at that time as well.
    We have also created a booklet about children and anticipatory loss that social workers can bring to their visit when they know there are children, it is also available on our website if families wish to have electronically.
Grief Support - Youth - Hospice of Santa Cruz County
     We offer bereavement services in the form of counseling sessions at our offices and at a child's school as well.
I appreciate the opportunity to have our bereavement staff meet with children prior to the death, our social worker and chaplains do a great job with this as well, at school as so often the team visits happen during the time they are at school and they don't have the benefit of witnessing the care in action.

   I hope this helps,
Cindi


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Cindi Gray, LCSW
Director, Grief Support Programs
Hospice of Santa Cruz County

Original Message:
Sent: 01-18-2019 16:30
From: Lisa Jordan
Subject: Children In Grief

​I would also be interested in hearing responses to this! Thanks.

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Lisa Jordan, LCPC, NCC
JourneyCare Hospice & Palliative Care
2050 Claire Ct.
Glenview, IL 60025
847-556-1563
LJordan@JourneyCare.org

Original Message:
Sent: 01-16-2019 12:10
From: Howard Travers
Subject: Children In Grief

How do you receive notifications that there are children within the patient's family that will need bereavement support post-death?  How does your Hospice provide grief support to children?

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Howard Travers, Bereavement Services Manager
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Hi Howard, 
Our bereavement coordinators attend team conference.  That's how they hear who is in the home and what the needs may be.  We provide support to children much the same as adults except that we follow the them for 24 months.  The bereavement coordinator offers individual or family visits depending on the need and interest and consults with the family. Sometimes, it's a matter of educating the parent/grandparent/guardian. We also offer children's groups, camps and have a school program.
Hope that helps,
Diane

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Diane Snyder Cowan, CHPCA,MA,MT-BC
Director of Western Reserve Grief Services
Hospice of the Western Reserve, Inc
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-16-2019 12:10
From: Howard Travers
Subject: Children In Grief

How do you receive notifications that there are children within the patient's family that will need bereavement support post-death?  How does your Hospice provide grief support to children?

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Howard Travers, Bereavement Services Manager
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Hello Diane.  Thank you for this information.  This is very helpful.

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Howard Travers
Bereavement Services Manager
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Original Message:
Sent: 01-21-2019 09:54
From: Diane Snyder Cowan
Subject: Children In Grief

Hi Howard,
Our bereavement coordinators attend team conference.  That's how they hear who is in the home and what the needs may be.  We provide support to children much the same as adults except that we follow the them for 24 months.  The bereavement coordinator offers individual or family visits depending on the need and interest and consults with the family. Sometimes, it's a matter of educating the parent/grandparent/guardian. We also offer children's groups, camps and have a school program.
Hope that helps,
Diane

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Diane Snyder Cowan, CHPCA,MA,MT-BC
Director of Western Reserve Grief Services
Hospice of the Western Reserve, Inc

Original Message:
Sent: 01-16-2019 12:10
From: Howard Travers
Subject: Children In Grief

How do you receive notifications that there are children within the patient's family that will need bereavement support post-death?  How does your Hospice provide grief support to children?

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Howard Travers, Bereavement Services Manager
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