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This conference focuses on the important issue of improving care, support and services for adult bereavement. The Covid-19 pandemic has led to increased need for effective support with the tragic loss of life, often under very difficult circumstances, challenging bereavement services to work differently.This conference focuses on the important issue of improving care, support and services for adult bereavement. The Covid-19 pandemic has led to increased need for effective support with the tragic loss of life, often under very difficult circumstances, challenging bereavement services to work differently.
“Bereavement care is an explicit aspect of holistic palliative care which extends to caring for those who are important to the patient (WHO, 2002). Bereavement care ensures that families and significant others are supported from the time of diagnosis and in the time after the patient’s death. It may involve information, practical support, social support and for some, counselling and psychological support.”
“Millions of people across the UK faced bereavement in 2020, with hundreds of thousands more bereaved than in previous years as a result of Covid-19. Across England and Wales, 614,000 people died during 2020 and 2021, leaving an estimated three million people facing bereavement. This is 75,000 more deaths than the average across the previous five years – with an estimated additional 375,000 left bereaved. As well as more people facing bereavement, the pandemic has had a profound impact on how those affected have experienced their loss.”
“The effects of the pandemic will continue to have a serious effect for a long time to come: For every person that dies, six people are suffering intense grief. With the current death toll of over 126,000, this equates to at least 756,000 people who are currently suffering intense grief due to the coronavirus”
This conference will enable you to:
- Network with colleagues who are working to improve bereavement services and support
- Reflect on the lived experience of bereavement
- Learn from best practice in bereavement care
- Reflect on national developments and learning
- Improve the way bereavement support is provided during the Covid-19 pandemic
- Develop your skills in providing bereavement support in the immediate aftermath of a death
- Understand current models of loss and bereavement and evidence
- Identify key strategies for improving emotional and mental health support: psychological perspectives on bereavement, loss and grief beyond Covid-19
- Improve Suicide Bereavement and support
- Involve bereaved relatives in investigations and supporting bereaved people through Coroner Inquests
- Ensure you are up to date bereavement needs assessment and early intervention
- Reflect on the role of compassionate leadership in supporting bereaved colleagues
- Improving your communication skills in dealing with distressing conversations
- Self assess and reflect on your own practice
- Supports CPD professional development and acts as revalidation evidence. This course provides 5 Hrs training for CPD subject to peer group approval for revalidation purposes
