How can hospitals & health centres provide better support & information to bereaved parents? (Select all that apply)
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Provide access to a dedicated bereavement support worker
Follow up with you upon your return home from hospital
Include all family members (eg. Dads, siblings, grandparents
Arrange Sands to phone or visit you
Adjust timing of when key information is given
Offer after hours appointments to cater for working families
Dedicated rooms for parents who have to birth a stillborn baby, not one where you are placed your whole entire stay and can hear newborns constantly being born and crying while your baby is silent
More support for fathers
Be trained in speaking with families after loss of a child. For us we lost our daughter but still had to go to hospital as our son was still fighting for his life. He is now a very happy and healthy 7year old but some comments stay with me today. Ie at least you still have your son, maybe her death is a blessing,
Offer ANY information
Provide a dedicated Bereavement room away from the maternity ward where you can hear other babies crying.