Bereavement Service Preferences of Surviving Family Members: Variation among Next of Kin with Depression and Complicated Grief

Banyasz, Alissa; Weiskittle, Rachel; Lorenz, Amanda R.; Goodman, Lauren; Gregorio, Sharla Wells-Di

doi:10.1089/jpm.2016.0235

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“…Even though few relationships and differences turned out to be significant, we need to be careful in interpreting any (lack of) differences in psychosocial functioning related to aspects of cremation in terms of causality. The study by Banyasz et al (2017) on the use of bereavement-related services more generally is illustrative. Persons with depression and complicated grief reported greater willingness to use specific services such as a memorial website than those without.…”

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“…O'Rourke et al (2011) conducted a large empirical study which identified a number of predictors of satisfaction with funerals (e.g., religiosity). Of similar interest, Banyasz et al (2017) looked into preferences for bereavement services, finding some differences in association with depression or complicated grief among the family members. In a small study, covering various durations of bereavement, Rugg and Jones (2019) examined what mattered to the bereaved regarding funerals.…”

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Cremation and Grief: Are Ways of Commemorating the Dead Related to Adjustment Over Time?

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Funeral services are known to serve multiple functions for bereaved persons. There is also a common, intuitively reasonable assumption of positive associations between engaging in funeral activities and adjustment to bereavement. We examined whether restricting ceremonial cremation arrangements to a minimum has a negative association with grief over time. Bereaved persons in the United Kingdom completed questionnaires 2 to 5 months postloss and again a year later ( N = 233 with complete data; dropout = 11.4%). Neither type nor elaborateness of the cremation service, nor satisfaction with arrangements (typically high), emerged as significantly related to grief; no major subgroup differences (e.g., according to income level) were found. Results suggested that it does not matter to grief whether a more minimalistic or elaborate funeral ceremony was observed. We concluded that the funeral industry represented in this investigation is offering bereaved people the range of choices regarding cremation arrangements to meet their needs. Limits to generalizability are discussed.

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Cremation and Grief: Are Ways of Commemorating the Dead Related to Adjustment Over Time?

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“…Most attended therapy or support groups and thought it should be a routine component in bereavement. This finding is supported by others who found individual counselling and support groups to be one of the bereavement services that were the most helpful and useful in families' grief processes . One option for ICUs to consider is to provide resources to families on how to find counselling services in their communities, especially if the hospital serves a wide geographic area.…”

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“…Finally, memorial services have been identified as ritual practices that can be helpful . However, most of the families in our study would not have attended a memorial service if offered by either the ICU or the hospital.…”

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Family members' opinions about bereavement care after cardiac intensive care unit patients' deaths

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McAdam

2019

Nursing in Critical Care

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Background: Critical care consensus groups recommend providing bereavement support; however, little is known about what cardiac intensive care patients' families would find useful and beneficial in their grieving process.Aim and objectives: To describe cardiac intensive care unit (ICU) patients' families' opinions on six common components of a bereavement programme.Design: Qualitative, exploratory and descriptive.Methods: Families were recruited from a cardiac ICU 13-15 months after their loved one's death. Families were interviewed using a semi-structured questionnaire. The research team analysed interview transcripts to assess and categorize families' opinions on six bereavement components.Results: Twelve family members were interviewed. Most were female (n = 8, 67%), spouses (n = 10, 83%) and white (n = 10, 83%), with a mean age (SD) of 58.4 years (16.7). Families' overall opinions of the bereavement brochure were positive, stating it was helpful in providing information about the grieving process. Families described the sympathy card as "meaningful" and "touching," although they rated it neutral in providing comfort. Most participants felt that a follow-up telephone call was unnecessary except to answer lingering questions they had. Many participants favoured the unit offering counselling services because they found therapy helpful in their grieving process. Participants had mixed feelings about a memory box; they believed it was an individual preference and should be handled in a sensitive manner. Most would not have attended a memorial service if offered because of traffic, distance, concerns about stressful feelings on returning to the hospital or because they already honoured their loved ones through a personalized memorial service. Conclusions: Participants varied in their opinions about what bereavement services may be useful; however, this study provides insight about services that cardiac critical care units may consider when adding bereavement support. Relevance to clinical practice: Family perspectives about bereavement needs can help structure services offered by critical care units. K E Y W O R D S adult intensive care, bereavement, families, grief

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“…Bereavement services that target the time surrounding the death, such as viewing the body, providing information on the funeral, and making referrals, are more established than those services that follow bereaved family members over time, which is consistent with other surveys. 12,14,15,19,21 Nurses provide these immediate services more often than physicians do, and acute care health professionals more often than their colleagues in psychiatric settings. This is not surprising given nurses' mandate to care for the dying and their family members.…”

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Hospital-based bereavement care provision: A cross-sectional survey with health professionals

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Background: An in-hospital death is a profound experience for those left behind and has been associated with family members’ psychological morbidity. Supporting bereaved family members is an essential part of end-of-life care and includes attentive presence, information-giving, and emotional and practical support. The actual adoption of hospital-based bereavement care, however, remains little understood. Aim: To investigate hospital-based bereavement care provision and associated barriers. Design: Cross-sectional survey using an online questionnaire. Setting/participants: Health professionals ( n = 196) from two University-affiliated acute and psychiatric hospitals in Switzerland. Results: The most frequent bereavement services (⩾40%) were viewing the deceased, giving information on available support, and making referrals; the most often named barriers were lack of time and organizational support. Acute care health professionals faced statistically significant more structural barriers (55.1% vs 21.4% lack of time, 47.8% vs 25.9% lack of organizational support) and felt insufficiently trained (38.4% vs 20.7%) compared to mental health professionals ( p ⩽ 0.05). Nurses provided more immediate services compared to physicians, such as viewing the deceased (71.3% vs 49.0%) and sending sympathy cards (37.4% vs 16.3%) ( p ⩽ 0.01). In contrast, physicians screened more often for complex bereavement disorders (10.2% vs 2.6%) and appraised bereavement care as beyond their role (26.5% vs 7.8%) ( p ⩽ 0.05). Conclusion: The study indicates that many barriers to bereavement care exist in hospitals. More research is required to better understand enabling and limiting factors to bereavement care provision. A guideline-driven approach to hospital-based bereavement care that defines best practice and required organizational support seems necessary to ensure needs-based bereavement care.

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Bereavement Service Preferences of Surviving Family Members: Variation among Next of Kin with Depression and Complicated Grief

Abstract: Findings indicate a difference in the projected service use of the bereaved experiencing depression and/or complicated grief. Follow-up screenings 6-12 months post-bereavement are recommended to identify those in need of formal psychosocial support.

Cited by 10 publications

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Cremation and Grief: Are Ways of Commemorating the Dead Related to Adjustment Over Time?

Cremation and Grief: Are Ways of Commemorating the Dead Related to Adjustment Over Time?

Family members' opinions about bereavement care after cardiac intensive care unit patients' deaths

Hospital-based bereavement care provision: A cross-sectional survey with health professionals

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