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Continue reading →: Hospice Chaplain Resources – All Posts
A list of all posts specifically on hospice chaplaincy available on Human. Chaplain.
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Continue reading →: Medicare-Aligned Hospice Chaplain Charting
What does Medicare actually require in a hospice chaplain chart note? Our hospice chaplain team has been discussing what needs to go into our chart notes, especially as we respond to feedback from auditors and questions about meeting Medicare requirements. One challenge is knowing what Medicare actually requires, what our…
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Continue reading →: Hospice Chaplain Peer Support Group – Starting Weds Oct. 7th
Join a free, monthly online drop-in peer support group for chaplains working in hospice. Talk with peers about the joys and challenges of hospice chaplaincy. Bring questions from your work, share approaches, and discuss patient and family care, working with your team, and managing your caseload. Hosted by Mel, a hospice chaplain,…
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Continue reading →: CMS Hospice Listening Session – Tuesday 10/6/26
As a hospice chaplain, I see how staffing, contracts, and rules affect the care we can provide. That includes timely spiritual care and our ability to contribute to the team’s care planning. CMS—the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services—is asking for feedback on these issues. I hope the full care…
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Continue reading →: Chaplaincy as Existential Care
Do you ever find yourself toggling between the “performance” and “resource referral” modes of chaplaincy? How do you shift your own work with patients back into the realm of existential care?
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Continue reading →: Chaplaincy as Translation
Healthcare chaplaincy is, in many ways, an act of translation. This fall, I hope you’ll join me in exploring that idea in conversation on my upcoming posts and an online peer support group for hospice chaplains I’ll be offering in partnership with the Spiritual Care Collaborative.
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Continue reading →: Hospice Chaplain Resources – May 2026
One of the challenges of hospice chaplaincy in the US is that many of us are learning the work while actively doing it.
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Continue reading →: CPE Cultures
How do we preserve what is meaningful and transformative about clinical pastoral education (CPE) while also creating cultures of greater transparency, accountability, and safety?
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Continue reading →: Core Chaplain Skills – Beyond the Clinical Setting
Hospice chaplains come from a wide range of backgrounds—often with skills that don’t immediately read as “clinical,” but translate directly into the work.
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Hello,
I’m Mel
I’m a hospice chaplain sharing resources and reflections on human-centered spiritual care within the U.S. healthcare system.
What I’m Writing
advocacy chaplain charting chaplain frameworks chaplain skills chaplain support chaplain training clinical pastoral education (cpe) compliance interdisciplinary teams research resources spiritual assessment
What’s Coming Up
- November 11, 2026
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Hospice Chaplain Peer Support Group • Co-Hosted by Human Chaplain and the Spiritual Care Collaborative
November 11, 2026 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
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- November 12, 2026
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Open Chaplain Chat • Spiritual Care Collaborative
November 12, 2026 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
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- November 17, 2026
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The GERO-6: A Quantifiable Assessment of Spiritual Concerns of Older Adults Living in Long-Term Care • Transforming Chaplaincy
November 17, 2026 10:00 am – 11:00 am
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- November 19, 2026
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When They Won’t Be Home for Christmas with Bobby Bressman • Spiritual Care Collaborative • Wonder & Well-Being Free Speaker Series
November 19, 2026 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
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- December 2, 2026
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Hospice Chaplain Peer Support Group • Co-Hosted by Human Chaplain and the Spiritual Care Collaborative
December 2, 2026 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
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- December 10, 2026
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Open Chaplain Chat • Spiritual Care Collaborative
December 10, 2026 5:00 pm – 6:00 pm
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- January 6, 2027
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Hospice Chaplain Peer Support Group • Co-Hosted by Human Chaplain and the Spiritual Care Collaborative
January 6, 2027 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
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- February 3, 2027
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Hospice Chaplain Peer Support Group • Co-Hosted by Human Chaplain and the Spiritual Care Collaborative
February 3, 2027 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
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- March 3, 2027
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Hospice Chaplain Peer Support Group • Co-Hosted by Human Chaplain and the Spiritual Care Collaborative
March 3, 2027 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
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- April 7, 2027
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Hospice Chaplain Peer Support Group • Co-Hosted by Human Chaplain and the Spiritual Care Collaborative
April 7, 2027 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
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