Hospice grief support training

Graduation Date

2015

Document Type

Project

Program

Other

Program

Project (M.S.W.)--Humboldt State University, Social Work, 2015

Committee Chair Name

Cesar Abarca

Committee Chair Affiliation

HSU Faculty or Staff

Keywords

Hospice, Volunteer curriculum, Self-reflection, Death and dying, Cultural competency, Grief support, Humboldt State University -- Projects -- Social Work, Experiential learning

Abstract

Hospice of Humboldt (HoH) provides training to community volunteers who facilitate grief support groups. The purpose of this community project was to develop curriculum for the HoH's Grief Support Services volunteer training program that incorporated experiential learning to promote self-reflection and cultural competency awareness among current facilitators. The curriculum was presented at a volunteer training over two days in December 2014. Activities for this project included guided imagery exercises and reflections related to death and dying, personal awareness of cultural biases, and information related to other cultural practices in relation to grief and loss. Three participants were given a pre- and post-evaluation to measure their understanding of the key training topics.

https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/concern/theses/7w62fb61z

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