Megan Fockler RN, MPH, Advanced Practice Nurse, Women and Babies Program; and Education Coordinator, Pregnancy and Infant Loss Network, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto ON
Getting it Right: A Family‐Informed Approach to Perinatal Bereavement Care Presenter:
In 2017, Pregnancy and Infant Loss (PAIL) Network conducted a research survey on the experiences of families impacted by the loss of a baby during pregnancy or the loss of an infant within the first year of life. This interactive workshop will provide the opportunity for participants to review and discuss the findings of this research and to use this understanding to develop innovative and informed pathways for more skilled and compassionate care for this population.
The workshop will include four main components:
1) A review of the research findings.
2) A parent panel from the PAIL Network, describing their experiences and recommendations.
3) Facilitated small group break‐out sessions to discuss challenges in care delivery and to identify specific, focused strategies for developing a family‐informed approach to perinatal bereavement.
4) A summary of key ‘tips and tools’ to assist participants in building capacity within their work environments.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the experiences of bereaved families’ encounters with healthcare providers following a perinatal loss.
- Identify the personal, relational, and institutional challenges in providing family‐centred perinatal bereavement care.
- Develop specific strategies for providing compassionate, family‐informed perinatal bereavement care that can be applied in participants’ settings.