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4 Ways Grief Coach Texts Help Hospice Organizations Support Bereaved Families After a Death

Shelby Forsythia · 25 June 2022 Grief Coach Grief Support Grief Bereavement Death Founder Hospice Media End of Life COVID-19 Burnout Healthcare Providers

We were recently highlighted in a Hospice News article called "The Rise of Tech-Enabled Grief Care." Here are four ways Grief Coach helps hospice organizations and their bereavement teams support people grieving a death.

Grief Coach's new text-based survey tool delivers strong results

Vanessa Callison-Burch · 16 September 2021 Grief Coach Hospice Outcomes Bereavement Grief Grief Support

Within moments, we received our first responses, and within the first 24 hours, we had nearly a 50% response rate.

Grief Coach now available In Tagalog

Emma Payne · 21 July 2021 Grief Coach Grief Support COVID-19 Hospice Healthcare Providers

Grief Coach's text-based grief support program is now available in Tagalog.

Hospice of the Western Reserve becomes the first hospice in the US to deliver grief support via text message.

Emma Payne · 2 July 2020 Hospice Grief Support COVID-19 Bereavement

Bill Finn, CEO of Hospice of the Western Reserve, announces partnership with Grief Coach. "It is critical that we find innovative new ways to care for people after a loss," says Finn. "I'm proud that our bereavement team will now be working with Grief Coach to deliver personalized, text-based support to the many hospice families we care for each year."

My heart is as full as my inbox

Emma Payne · 22 June 2020 Entrepreneurship Grief Coach Media Hospice

Feature articles by Employee Benefit News and NBC News have filled my inbox, and filled my bucket too. It feels good when your work is recognized.

Not therapy or support groups. When we're grieving we want our friends by our side.

Emma Payne · 12 March 2020 Grief Support Grief Coach Bereavement Hospice Loss of a Partner Widow

Therapy and support groups aren't for everyone. But everyone I talk to - EVERYONE - wants their friends and family to stay close.

Making difficult conversations easier: Text messages and card games that help us talk about death

Emma Payne · 23 January 2020 Death Grief Support Grief Coach Hospice Entrepreneurship 2

Whether it’s a card game or text messages, I love that there are new ways to take the awkwardness out of the moments in our lives when we most need each other.

New specialized offerings for hospices, tissue banks and funeral homes.

Emma Payne · 3 January 2020 Grief Support Hospice Funeral homes Tissue banks Eye banks

Grief Coach is working with the San Antonio Eye Bank, to deliver text-based grief support to their donor families.

How text messages can help hospices — and all of us — support our grieving loved ones.

Emma Payne · 2 August 2019 Hospice Bereavement Outcomes

Now hospices can meet the growing demand for bereavement support with regular tips and reminders delivered via text Since launching Grief Coach, I’ve been asked time and time again if I find it depressing doing this work. The answer is always, always no. I don’t find this work depressing — in fact, I’ve never been happier at work than I am today.