Bereavement, Loss and Grief - Introduction
Wednesday 15th July 2026
9:30 am to 12:30 pm
Face to Face at The Hospice of St Francis HP4 3GW
Who should attend:
Anyone and everyone whether in a professional or personal role who comes alongside bereaved individuals and wants to learn how best to support them
Course Aims:
To explore what normal grief might look like and identify some ways of supporting people experiencing grief
Objectives:
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Definitions of bereavement, loss, mourning and grief
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Exploration of normal grief
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Bereavement theory including the ranges of response to loss model
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Strategies for supporting those experience loss and grief
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Case studies
Presented by
Claire Nicell
Joint Head of Education and Learning
Her palliative care experience has involved working in hospitals, hospices and as a Community Specialist Palliative Care Nurse. More recently her focus and experience has switched to education. Within Hertfordshire she was part of the ABC project delivering palliative and end of life care to care homes throughout the county and then spent 18 months with the palliative care team at Watford General Hospital implementing The Rose Project (to promote dignity and respect at the end of life).
Claire loves working collaboratively with different colleagues across the social and health care sectors and helping individuals apply the principles of palliative care to their setting to promote excellent palliative care for those they care for.
She keeps her hand in clinically by working with her colleagues in the Community Palliative Care team and supporting a support group for patients with Pulmonary Fibrosis to ensure she practices what she teaches!
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