Hospice News February 14, 2025
All hospices provide some form of bereavement care after a patient dies, but many families need help with anticipatory grief as well.
Chaplains and social workers, with support from the entire interdisciplinary team, are there to help patients and their families to navigate the emotions and struggles that often come with a loved one’s impending death.
Hospice News sat down with Brian Richards, a hospice chaplain and bereavement coordinator at Traditions Health in Wichita, Kansas, about the ways hospice teams can care for patients and families experiencing anticipatory grief.
What is anticipatory grief?
It’s the feelings of loss, grief and anxiety that happened before death when you know there’s a death coming. So it’s a cancer diagnosis that’s not treatable...
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