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Applied in 2007

Bereavement Care

Angela Hospice

Program Facts

  • Paid (FTE) Staff Working: 3
  • Program Participants Last Year: 1900
  • Meets about 2 time(s) with each participant per month
  • Participants remain in the program for 13 months

Volunteers

Volunteers per month: 35

Volunteers are trained:

Volunteer Training
AlwaysRarely

Volunteers are actively recruited:

Volunteer Recruiting
AlwaysRarely

Board Activities

  • Formally reviews the performance of the chief executive officer at least once every two years.
  • Formally approves the budget.
  • Ensures that arrangements with outside fund raising firms are made in writing.
  • Receives information about the financial arrangements with such firms and, if applicable, the anticipated portion of the gross proceeds that goes to the organization.
  • Has formally approved a conflict of interest policy and regularly monitors it to ensure adherence.
  • Receives, at least quarterly, the organization's financial statement.
  • Receives, at least annually, an auditor's management letter and report.
  • Convenes an audit committee.

Outcomes & Measures: (self-reported)

Outcome 1
Learn to utilize healthy coping mechanisms

Measure
- Specific tasks in therapeutic sessions

- Observation

- Assessment

Outcome 2
Gain understanding of hospice philosophy and grief process

Measure
- Personal interview with adult client; interview with child client and parents

- Satisfaction surveys

Outcome 3
Develop support systems to facilitate re-involvement in community following death of a loved one

Measure
- Personal report

- Observation

Change Process: (self-reported)

Formats include one-on-one counseling and support group environments. Program participants are provided with skilled social workers to teach components of the grief process, including how to move on following the death of a loved one. Various developmental milestones are addressed in terms of coping with loss. A strengths perspective is utilized to enhance personal functioning. Participants learn how to reinsert themselves into their lives and communities. The development of individual coping skills is facilitated.