Mar 15 2024University of Miami Miller School of Medicine Now, in a paper published in The Lancet Public Health, researchers sound a clarion call for greater investment, at both the community and institutional level, in establishing support for grief-related suffering.
They proposed a model for transitional care that involves firmly establishing bereavement support services within healthcare organizations to ensure continuity of family-centered care while bolstering community-based support through development of "compassionate communities" and a grief-informed workforce. The model highlights the responsibility of the health system to build bridges to the community that can help grievers feel held as they transition.
What further distinguishes the Center is its roots in bereavement science, advancing care approaches that are both grounded in research and community-engaged. Palliative care should culminate with bereavement care, both in theory and in practice. Yet, bereavement care often is under-resourced and beset with access inequities." Transitional bereavement care model So, how do health systems and communities prioritize bereavement services to ensure that no bereaved individual goes without needed support? The transitional bereavement care model offers a roadmap.