When not managed effectively, high levels of workplace stress can lead to several negative personal and performance outcomes. Some professional groups work in highly stressful settings are therefore particularly at risk conditions such as anxiety, depression, secondary traumatic burnout. However, some individuals less affected by the associated Such have been described 'resilient'. A number studies found relationships between individual resilience specific outcomes burnout compassion...

This study identifies and describes the profiles of bereavement risk support needs a community sample in Australia tests fit data with three-tiered public health model for support. Family members who were bereaved 6–24 months prior to survey clients four funeral providers participated (May-July 2013). A postal was used collect information about people’s experience caring perceived satisfaction any provided. The questionnaire included validated assessment screening measure Prolonged Grief...

Morbidity and mortality associated with bereavement is an important public health issue, yet economic resource investments to effectively implement sustain integrated services are sorely lacking at national global levels. Although support a component of palliative care provision, continuity for bereaved individuals often not standard practice in end-of-life contexts. In addition potentially provoking feelings abandonment, failure extend family-centred after patient's death can leave families...

Aims: To determine who provides bereavement support in the community, what sources are perceived to be most or least helpful and for reason, identify empirical elements optimal developing any future compassionate communities approach palliative care. Design: A population-based cross-sectional investigation of experiences. Sources (informal, community professional) were categorised according Public Health Model Bereavement Support; reasons using Social Provisions Scale, analysed inductive...

Building nurses’ resilience to complex and stressful practice environments is necessary keep skilled nurses in the workplace ensuring safe patient care. A unified theoretical framework titled Health Services Workplace Environmental Resilience Model (HSWERM), presented explain environmental factors that promote resilience. The builds on a previously-published model of individual resilience, which identified key constructs psychological as self-efficacy, coping mindfulness, but did not examine...

Standards for bereavement care propose that support should be matched to risk and need. However, studies in many countries demonstrate palliative services continue adopt a generic approach offering bereaved families.To identify patterns of based upon the experience people from population survey relation clinical practice guidelines.An anonymous postal collected information clients six funeral providers four Australian states (2014-15), 6 24 months after death their family member or friend,...

The compassionate communities movement challenges the notion that death and dying should be housed within clinical institutional contexts, works to normalize conversations about by promoting literacy dialogue in public spaces. Community-based practices grief remain marginal this agenda. We aimed theorize how could better conceptualized operationalized movement. develop concept of Grief Literacy present vignettes illustrate a literate society. augments literacy, thereby further enhancing...

The COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with significant social changes due to legislative and public health requirements, has changed the way in which people experience grief. We examined whether dysfunctional grief symptoms, disrupted meaning, risk factors, functional impairment differed between bereaved from other natural or violent causes this same period. A sample of 409 participants (67.73% male; M = 37.54 years) completed an online survey June 2021. There were no statistically differences...

The role of family and social support networks on grief experiences following the death a member in road traffic accident is explored. Twenty-one bereaved informants were interviewed data analysed using grounded theory methodology. We outline ways which crash fatality impacts upon familial relationships. clearly demonstrate that although loved one precipitated closer bonds some instances, it was more common those relationships deteriorated collapsed. Implications for service delivery,...

Background: Motor Neurone Disease (MND) is a neurodegenerative disease with sudden onset, rapid progression, profile of complex disabilities and fatal consequences. Caring for person MND an unremitting commitment, yet little research has examined the experiences needs carers palliative care bereavement care. Aim: This study explored family carers, both during their time as following bereavement. Particular attention was paid to carers’ prolonged grief status implications service delivery,...

A review of palliative care policies and bereavement support practices in the United States, Canada, Kingdom, Australia, Japan demonstrated 4 challenges: questions over providing universal versus targeted support; a lack clear evidence driving service delivery; informal or no risk assessment; limited evaluation services. Bridging gaps between policy practice requires acknowledging challenges medical public health models, improving need assessment processes, enhancing role primary providers,...

To explore nurses' perceptions of factors affecting workloads and their impact on patient care.Fiscal restraints unpredictable illness trajectories challenge the provision care. Cost containment affects number staff employed skill-mix for care provision. While organisations may acknowledge explicit rationing care, implicit takes place at point service as nurses are forced to make decisions about what they can provide.A self-report cross sectional study was conducted using an on-line survey...

Disability support workers (DSWs) are the backbone of contemporary disability services and interface through which philosophies policies translated into practical action. DSWs often experience workplace stress burnout, resulting in a high turnover rate employees within non-professional service workforce. The full implementation National Insurance Scheme Australia is set to intensify current challenges attracting retaining DSWs, as role becomes characterised by greater demands, ambiguity...

The emotional exhaustion component of burnout is concerningly prevalent in psychologists providing psychotherapy. Emotional labor a known contributor to through the pathway dissonance and beginning develop attention psychologist wellbeing literature. Although relationship between has been observed previously, constructs within an individual's locus control that affect this are not known. We attempted explore possible variables may dissonance's with identify factors amenable future...

Choosing not to have children is considered a deviation from cultural norms, particularly the dominant pronatalist discourse; this especially so for women. However, little research has documented experience of Australian women who consciously chosen remain childless. Ten voluntarily childfree participated in unstructured interviews about their choice and its ramifications. The data analysis revealed three broad themes - experiences processes making choice; ongoing effects choice, ranging...

Social support is one of the strongest determinants bereavement outcomes, yet little understood about community’s recognition grief and intentions to provide social grieving persons. A total 476 adults responded an online vignette questionnaire measuring norms supportive intentions. Respondent gender, age, status all had some association with expectations grief, support, perceived helpfulness attempts, opinions toward diagnostic classification grief. Given that most informal, this study...

Background Motor neurone disease (MND) practice guidelines suggest developing interventions that will promote hope, meaning, and dignity to alleviate psychological distress, but very little research has been done. This study begins address this need by exploring the use of therapy with people MND. Dignity is a brief psychotherapy promotes meaning dignity, enhances end life for advanced cancer. The aims are assess feasibility, acceptability, potential effectiveness Methods/design...