Bereavement in the Time of Covid-19
Learning from Experiences of those Bereaved as a Result of Deaths in an Acute Hospital Setting in 2020
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13628905 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sophie Lightbody (0000-0001-7239-1598, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK, corresponding author), Lorraine Catt (King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK), Al Azayzih Ahmad (King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust), Aysha Ahmad (King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK), David Glover (0000-0001-6532-1815, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK), Julie Whitney (0000-0002-4109-9970, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK), Sharmeen Hasan (King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 906-924 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00302228221113214 |
| PMID | 35830345 |
| OpenAlex | W4285085949 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 16 |
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in many people experiencing bereavement in challenging circumstances. In April 2020 at a large London Trust, a "Bereavement Welfare Hub" was established to offer support and advice by telephone to relatives and carers of all adults who died as inpatients. Data from BWH call records regarding 809 adults who died at the Trust in March, April and May 2020 were collated. A random selection of 149 call records were examined using thematic analysis. Six themes which influenced the bereavement experiences and grief status of call recipients were identified. These included family and community support, care up to the point of death, communication, care after death and death rituals and customs. Several factors positively and negatively influenced the experiences of people bereaved during the first wave of COVID-19. From these findings, recommendations have been made which have the potential to improve the bereavement experience, particularly during the pandemic era
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disease · Family medicine · Grief · Pandemic · Psychiatry · Qualitative research · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |