Talking about Bereavement

Light in the darkness: Bereavement at times of celebration

In this episode, Lynne Innes talks to Mark Evans, Head of Spiritual Care & Bereavement Lead, NHS Fife / National Adviser for Spiritual Care, Scottish Government who discusses supporting yourself and others through a bereavement at times of celebration.

Please note this podcast deals with issues related to death and bereavement and were created for health and social care staff: caution is advised for those who are not health and social care staff as some may find the themes upsetting.

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Honesty, listening and loss: Holistic reflections of an MND Clinical Nurse Specialist

In this episode, Lynne Innes talks to Louise Gardiner, Motor neurone disease (MND) Clinical Nurse Specialist, NHS Fife who discusses delivering person-centred care and support to MND patients in Fife.

Please note this podcast deals with issues related to death and bereavement and were created for health and social care staff: caution is advised for those who are not health and social care staff as some may find the themes upsetting.

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A mortuary manager’s goal: Improving care after death standards and destigmatising bereavement and mortuary services

In this episode, Lynne Innes talks to Meritxell (Meri) Miret Gonzalez, Mortuary Manager and Anatomical Pathology Technologist, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust who discusses creating a virtual viewings service during COVID that enabled bereaved relatives to view their deceased relatives during times of strict travel and visitor restrictions. Meri also discusses creating a unique 6-month training programme to develop Care After Death Guardians - advocates for the deceased and their bereaved during their journey in the Trust.

Please note this podcast deals with issues related to death and bereavement and were created for health and social care staff: caution is advised for those who are not health and social care staff as some may find the themes upsetting.

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Internationally recruited health and social care staff: Supporting those affected by bereavement

In this episode, Lynne Innes talks to Christiana Ekpete, Healthcare Chaplain, NHS Tayside who discusses internationally recruited health and social care staff and supporting those affected by bereavement.

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'Loved Ones' - An appropriate catch-all or a problematic phrase?

In this episode, Lynne Innes talks to Dr Kate Woodthorpe, Reader of Sociology, University of Bath / Co-director, Centre for Death and Society and Dr John MacArtney, Associate Professor of the Sociology of dying, palliative care and the aftermath who discuss sociological perspectives of death, dying and bereavement and consider the phrase ‘loved ones’.

Access the resources mentioned in this podcast:

• Read the 'Is Everyone a "Loved One" blog
• Listen to Kate on the Death Studies Podcast

Please note this podcast deals with issues related to death and bereavement and were created for health and social care staff: caution is advised for those who are not health and social care staff as some may find the themes upsetting.

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What does it mean to respect the dead?

In this episode, Lynne Innes talks to Imogen Jones, Associate Professor at the University of Leeds who discusses her research on medico-legal death investigation and why respecting the dead matters.

 

Access the resource mentioned in this podcast:

• Read the 'Respecting the dead' blog

 

Please note this podcast deals with issues related to death and bereavement and were created for health and social care staff: caution is advised for those who are not health and social care staff as some may find the themes upsetting.

 

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Valuing the time after the last breath: The ongoing caring relationship

In this episode, Lynne Innes talks to Kate Clark, Palliative and Community Nurse, NHS Scotland / Marie Curie and Founder of the award-winning charity Pushing Up the Daisies who discusses the ongoing caring relationship when caring for someone who dies, the importance of what we do in that time and how it can affect us.

 

Access the resource mentioned in this podcast:

• Pushing up the Daises website
• Pushing up the Daises YouTube channel

Please note this podcast deals with issues related to death and bereavement and were created for health and social care staff: caution is advised for those who are not health and social care staff as some may find the themes upsetting.

 

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Supporting veterans and their families through a bereavement: A welfare officer’s perspective

In this episode, Lynne Innes talks to Colin Blackwood, Complex Case Manager, Defence Medical Welfare Service - East of Scotland / Welfare Officer, Victoria Hospital, NHS Fife who discusses supporting veterans who are bereaved as well as supporting families of veterans who have died.

 

Please note this podcast deals with issues related to death and bereavement and were created for health and social care staff: caution is advised for those who are not health and social care staff as some may find the themes upsetting.

 

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