Module 2: Direct Comprehensive Primary Care in the LTC Setting
66 2.7.9 Bereavement and Grief
Support for grief and bereavement is considered a component of an integrated palliative approach to care
Nurse practitioners can promote their own and other staff’s wellbeing through:
- Organizing huddles
- Reflective debriefing
- Grief and bereavement support for residents, staff and care partners can include:
- Dignity walk and quilt
- Memory tree
- Room blessing
- Butterfly symbol
- Friendship boxes for the family[1][2][3][4]