This weekend: Passover and Easter with hospice patients and families

This weekend: Passover and Easter with hospice patients and families
Hospice & Palliative Care Today; by Joy Berger, DMA, FT, BCC, MT-BC, editor in chief; 4/17/25 
This weekend brings a confluence of the Jewish Passover and Christian Easter holy days. Whatever your faith system, understanding at least a bit about the diverse faith systems of those you serve matters. We provide these hospice-specific resources as references:

• The National Institute for Jewish Hospice: NIJH enhances a hospice’s ability to respond to the diverse needs of Jewish patients and their families in a caring, dignified manner, consistent with Jewish heritage and values
• Celebrating Easter in Hospice Care: Spiritual Support and Renewal: by Faith & Hope Hospice & Palliative Care
• Spiritual Support in Hospice Care: video by Nathan Adelson Hospice
• Holidays - Holes and Wholeness: bereavement video for coping with holidays, birthdays and anniversaries throughout the year, by Composing Life Out of Loss (a newsletter sponsor)