Booklet contains useful advice on grief and loss for families when someone dies in aged care
Recently, researchers at Flinders University in South Australia created a free easy-to-read booklet on dealing with grief and loss when someone dies in aged care. It is based on a mixture of health expert advice and the lessons drawn from people who have been through the process of mourning such a passing.
For families, having a loved one move into residential aged care can cause sadness and worry.
Most residents will continue to live in the facility for the rest of their lives. Experience shows that bereavement, grief, and loss can affect families and residents across the aged care journey, not just at the end of it.
Dealing with the emotions and realities of having someone living their final chapter in an aged care facility is a complex process, for everyone involved – but help and support are available.
Recently, researchers at Flinders University in South Australia created a free easy-to-read booklet on dealing with grief and loss when someone dies in aged care. It is based on a mixture of health expert advice and the lessons drawn from people who have been through the process of mourning such a passing.
The booklet gently guides older people and their families through the journey to the end of life and its aftermath. It contains advice, reflections and resources to help make a difficult time as easy as possible.
Now, it has been adapted by North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network for Victorian readers, including useful resources for people in this state.
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