The top section of this page contains links to useful documents and articles. Just click on the resource name for access.

The Education section has references for longer articles as well as courses and programs that you can access on line. To access academic journal articles, your institution may have library access, or you can try your state or territory library.

Resources

• A personal story of grieving the death of a patient
• Bereavement and Grief – what is it and how to identify it
• Bereavement support Booklet for Residential Aged Care Staff – Brisbane south palliative Care Collaborative
• Beyond Blue – Grief and Loss facts 
• Frontline Staff Experiences of grief and loss in a LTC Home – Powerpoint slides by Jill Marcella
• Going back to work after a death – When bereavement leave runs out
• Grief Support for staff – Quality Palliative Care in Long Term Care Alliance, Version 1, 2012
• Information on Burn out and Compassion Fatigue
• Loss and Grief in Later Life
• Managing Loss and Grief – Guidelines to assist loss and grief in residential aged care facilities
• Self Care Tips
• The Right to Grieve: Coping with the death of a resident or client
• Twelve Things Harry Potter Taught Me About Grief
• What’s Your Grief (website)

Education

• Dick, H. V. (2012) ‘Knowing the Person Is Happy That You Were There’: The Spiritual Resources Staff in a Residential Aged Care Facility Use to Cope With Resident Deaths, Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging
• Dick, H. V. (2014) “Every Time You Deal With a Death You Think, ‘One Day’…”: The Emotional and Spiritual Effects of Dealing With Aging, Dying, and Death for Staff in a Residential Aged Care Facility, Journal of Religion, Spirituality & Aging
• Marcella, J. & Kelley, M. (2015) “Death Is Part of the Job” in Long-Term Care Homes: Supporting Direct Care Staff With Their Grief and Bereavement” Sage Open Publication