Bereavement, Grief and Loss HealthPathway

Saying goodbye to a loved one after death is never easy and for many, it may even become life changing. Everyone experiences their own personal journey in bereavement, grief and loss. There is no right or wrong way to move through this process.

The Bereavement, Grief and Loss HealthPathway provides information to help assist GPs and other health professionals to support their patients through this process. The pathway provides best practice assessment and management guidelines, tools and referral pathways.

The assessment section provides:

• Check list for possible self-harm and identifying depression
• Guide to detecting common grief responses
• Examples for identifying any potential complicating factors

The management section provides:

• Check lists for primary, secondary interventions and follow-up
• Guidelines about reportable deaths
• Information on support for :
  • Incarcerated family members
  • Relatives, children and friends
  • Financial assistance for funerals
  • Cultural support during and after post mortem
  • ATSI families and culturally and linguistic diverse communities

In the referral section, there are patient referral pathways to local bereavement, loss and grief counselling and psychological therapy services.

The patient information section provides useful websites and printable patient information handouts.

Bereavement, Grief and Loss
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For further information contact [email protected] MNC or [email protected] NNSW.