{"id":2863,"date":"2011-04-28T13:05:34","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T12:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=2863"},"modified":"2015-06-12T16:21:47","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T15:21:47","slug":"support-for-carers-after-bereavement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=2863","title":{"rendered":"Support for carers after bereavement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3553\" title=\"Lady showing signs of distress being comforted by her partner\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/signs_distress.jpg\" alt=\"Lady showing signs of distress being comforted by her partner\" width=\"250\" height=\"357\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/signs_distress.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/signs_distress-210x300.jpg 210w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Emotional support<\/strong>&#8211; Staff should give you time alone or with family members. This gives you time to grieve in private but still have help if you need it. They can offer to sit with you for a while if you are on your own. They can\u00a0give you contact information for local services which can give emotional help and advice after a bereavement.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Practical support<\/strong>\u2013 Advice to help you make funeral arrangements, if appropriate and the paperwork you will need such as death certificates. To help you understand the process of contacting the registrar.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Physical support<\/strong>&#8211; to help you with any physical signs of grief in the hours after the bereavement such as shock. Hospital staff can contact your GP if you wish<\/li>\n<li><strong>Understanding grief<\/strong>&#8211; to help you make some sense of your emotions and actions at this time. The way each person responds is very personal to them but there are common thoughts and stages of grief such as denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. These stages take time and you may feel all or none of these apply to you. You will feel different\u00a0when\u00a0you are with other people or at different times during the grief process. You may want to be alone for a while or seek company. You may want to talk to someone weeks or months after the bereavement when you are ready. The strongest emotions will gradually reduce in intensity and frequency over time. It is common that you may feel quite low and vulnerable sometimes. There are no right or wrong ways to grieve but it\u00a0does take time to adjust.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emotional support&#8211; Staff should give you time alone or with family members. This gives you time to grieve in private but still have help if you need it. They can offer to sit with you for a while if you &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/?p=2863\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[432],"tags":[405,404],"class_list":["post-2863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-end-of-life-care","tag-breavement","tag-support-for-carers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2863"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6426,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2863\/revisions\/6426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stroke4carers.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}