The Care After Death (4th edition) provides comprehensive guidance for staff who are responsible for supporting the care of a deceased adult in all settings. Contributors include a wide range of senior healthcare professionals.
The need to give personalised compassionate care does not end when the person has died but continues with care after death, including supporting friends and families into bereavement.
Each death is a uniquely individual experience that reflects many aspects, such as the illness the person has experienced, their personal preferences if a preference could be expressed, and the social, cultural, spiritual, and religious aspects of the person’s life.
Guidance in this document includes:
A checklist of actions to undertake, with rationales, following a person’s death.
Responsibilities for care after death
Personal care after death
Education and training
Further learning resources
Care After Death: Guidance for staff responsible
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Care After Death Fifth Edition FINAL 3 April 2024 x.pdf