Le personnel soignant des établissements pour aînés vit un deuil souvent ignoré lorsque les résidents décèdent. On doit mieux les soutenir.
- Matthew Flinders Professor and Director of the Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying, Flinders University
Aged-care workers often form bonds with residents over months or years. So they may experience feelings of grief and loss when someone in their care dies.
As part of the recent aged care reforms, older Australians will be eligible for $25,000 worth of palliative support when they have three months or less left to live.
You’ve more than likely heard of birth doulas. But nowadays, death doulas are providing support at the end of life. How they fit into existing structures of care remains to be understood.
We use euphemisms about death and dying to soften the blow of the real words, or because we feel awkward being direct. But this can lead to misunderstanding and confusion.
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