Hospice Care & Grief Counseling : What Is the Job Description of a Hospice Worker?

Many types of people work for hospice, which makes understanding a specific job description difficult; however, hospice workers must be advocates, educators and counselors. Discover more about hospice workers licensing programs in this free video from a hospital dietitian about hospice care.

Expert: Sandi Sunter
Contact: www.TheHospice.org
Bio: Sandi Sunter is the director of community development for the Hospice of the Florida Suncoast.
Filmmaker: Christopher Rokosz

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Howto & Style

Tags:

• death
• grief
• grieving
• hospice
• hospice care
• hospice nurses
• coping with death
• dealing with death
• bereavement

[mom22many09]

@7VisMe7 Yeah Hospice doesnt care......are you on ssri's? they've been know to cause hallucinations, irrational behavior. Gosh when the docs have gone and cut nerves to the spinal column to reduce pain the least a person can do is go home in dignity to die in their home.

[7VisMe7]

Oh they forgot the part of the job description that states that they must OD the patients on morphine until they die, usually within 1-3 weeks.

I would NEVER call hospice for someone I love, their intentions are not that of a CARING nature...

[78booby]

we have a team, of nursing staff, registered nurses, medical assistants, and also volunteers who work with the doctors too. and also a long list of incoming patients waiting to be cared for. It takes a lot out of family members to care for their loved ones.

We all have to work together..

[78booby]

I also worked for hospice, over 7 years.

I just hope an sometimes pray, that the healthcare which they are working on today, will help ALL...americans. Yes, I worked for AIDs patients, Cancer patients, all races and  religions, No I am not a nun..But I do work with nuns, and for them all, no matter what color of their skin, what religion, sexual orientation, and disease..I grew to see that hospice workers are the most caring people in the world. Peace to all...

[MDGProductions]

Great Education: I serve as a Chaplain and Bereavement Coordinator. Both disciplines are really draining me after three years. Is having one person do both disciplines the standard in most hospices or should they be separated? It just seems to much spiritually and emotionally. What do you think?