Board Certified Chaplain Karen Bookman Kaplan | Source | Hospice Chaplain at Center for Hope Hospice
Board Certified Chaplain Karen Bookman Kaplan
As one of the first two hundred female rabbis in the world, I specialized in spiritual care for hospice patients and their families of all religions or none. During the years of my career, which spanned 2005 through 2020, my hospice career memoir, Encountering The Edge: What People Told Me Before They Died (Pen-L Publishing) was published in 2014. I began my blog Offbeatcompassion.com in 2013 and it includes such issues as unacknowledged grief, COVID-19 sermons, why evil exists (that's a popular post!), and fear of death. Currently I edit my husband's newsletter for his business True Contrarian Investments and keep his clients involved.
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Center for Hope Hospice (https://www.cfhh.org/)
Hospice Chaplain
Nov 2015 – Nov 2020
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Can Grief Really Be a Chronic Condition?
Prolonged grief disorder is now in the DSM. Does this codify mourning, push people to “get over it,” or help treat true illness?
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House Grief: Navigating the Emotional Transition to Assisted Living
Karen suggests the title "House Grief" to capture the emotional journey of seniors and their children as they transition to assisted living. She emphasizes the importance of addressing the shared sense of loss and adjustment challenges faced by both generations during this significant life change.
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The result is a moving and beautiful account of what it means to listen, love, live, and die.
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Each culture has its strengths and weaknesses as to what parts of grief they facilitate, or hinder.
