Bereavement Services: Clinically-based Professional Training for Caregivers

In 1981, Bereavement Services developed a comprehensive approach to caring for families whose babies died during pregnancy or shortly after birth. The RTS program (formerly known as Resolve Through Sharing) was unique in healthcare. Today, more than 30,000 healthcare professionals have completed RTS Training. Based on our experience and research, we've found that these skills can be learned. We've developed other courses and a wide range of resources to support continued bereavement care and education throughout the world.

            25 Years of Caring 1981 – 2006

 

 

An invitation to mothers of a stillborn baby to take part in a research study
Are you a woman who has experienced a stillbirth within the last two years?

Would you like to improve the care provided to other women who have suffered the loss of a wanted and beloved child?

Would you be willing to share your experience and feelings with a Labor and Delivery nurse completing her doctoral research?

If so, please go to www.surveymonkey.com/plf The survey will take about 30 minutes to complete.
If you have questions you’d like to ask me, please email me at plambert@wvutech.edu. INCLUDE YOUR NAME.

 

Please Join Us - August 12-15, 2008

 

 

     What:    National RTS Training Week

     Where: Radisson Hotel in beautiful La Crosse,     

                  Wisconsin - along the banks of the

                  Mississippi River

     Why:     To learn how to provide the Gold Standard

                  of Care to patients experiencing early  

                  pregnancy loss, stillbirth, or newborn death.

 

August 12-13 - RTS Bereavement Training in early pregnancy loss, stillbirth, and newborn death

August 14 - RTS Coordinator Training

August 14 - RTS Coordinator Advanced Training Pre-conference Workshops

August 14 (evening) - Riverboat cruise on the Mississippi

August 15 - RTS Coordinator Advanced Training

 Click here for more information

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             Waves of Memory, Horizons of Hope
           Remembering Precious Lives

 

The 16th National Perinatal Bereavement Conference
October 16-19, 2008
Clearwater, Florida

www.perinatalbereavementconference.org

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New brochures to help you in your practice

 Waiting for birth and death:

      Knowing your baby will not survive

“We always think it will be someone else. Some other family in some other town. Certainly not us. Our baby will be the perfect little newborn who will live happily ever after right beside us.”

This brochure, written for parents who choose to continue a pregnancy when they know that their baby has a problem that is incompatible with life, tells a compelling story from parents’ perspectives. It is a resource for your perinatal palliative care and hospice services.

Available in English and Spanish.

Click here to order

(Item # RTS 4128-E, RTS 4128-S)

 

When Your Baby Dies - Planning a Special Good-bye

       A Guide for Parents ... to honor your baby  

When a baby dies, the thought of planning for a funeral or

other memorial service and burial is daunting. Written to

help parents whose baby dies during pregnancy or shortly

after birth, this pamphlet provides options and suggestions

from other bereaved parents for honoring your baby’s brief life.

Click here to order

(Item # RTS 4127)

Coming soon in Spanish!

 

When Your Parent Dies

When your parent dies, you gradually become aware of all you have lost. The reflections in this brochure will help you accept the loss of your parent by once again embracing what your parent gave you through the years.

Click here to order

(Item # GEN-3300)

 

Talking With Children About Perinatal Loss - now available in Spanish

Click here to order

(Item # RTS 4121-S)

Order any of these brochures before April 30, 2008

and receive a 10% discount!

 

New Teaching Tools for your Educational DVD Library

Being With Patients When the News is Bad

for Early Miscarriage Loss and Stillbirth

Click here to order

(Item # RTS 9106-D)

2007 RTS Coordinator Advanced Training

 (Available to RTS Coordinators only)

 

For details call 608-775-4747 or 800-362-9567, ext. 54747 or email berservs@gundluth.org.

 

 

  Find Out What People Say About RTS

 

 

  

 

 

Threads of Remembrance Gown Patterns


The care and support you provide to families whose baby

has died makes a difference in their grieving process.

Show your respect and compassion by cradling their

infant in a soft bereavement gown.

Threads of Remembrance gown patterns are available in

four styles, designed especially to meet the proportional measurements of

micro-preemie, preemie, and term infants. These easy-to-sew gown designs

offer ease in dressing, which allows for better preservation of tender infant skin.

Master package includes complete patterns for four infant

gown designs, sewing tips and instructtions, and more.

For pricing and to order click here

Family  Support Resources                                             

... to serve as your bridge to caring for parents and families whose baby dies during pregnancy or shortly after birth.

Adult bereavement support resources also available.

Click on the catalog to request your copy or click here to place an order online.

                

                   Learn about our

        Respecting Choices® Program

                     An Advance Care Planning 

                     System that Works!

Click here

Introductory Bereavement Education
ONLINE DEMO


Click Here

A Bridge to Hope

  Features a story of bereaved parents and caregivers

  who supported them.

  Use this DVD to introduce perinatal bereavement care,

  either to your class or your organization.

Order now and receive a 10% discount!

 

 Click here to order

or call 608.775.4747 or800.362.9567, ext. 54747

News & Events
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Bereavement Photography

"In Your Eyes: Caregivers Role in Bereavemement Photography"

 For caregivers interested in improving the quality and content of photographs they take for grieving families experiencing perinatal loss.

toddhochberg.com
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Additional Spanish-language Support Materials Now Available

Talking With Children, Father's Grief, Grief of Grandparents, and more, added to Bereavement Services' collection of support materials that are available in Spanish.

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Expressions...Find unique Gifts and Mementos ONLINE!
We're adding this page to our web site with items we've never offered before - unique bereavement items to give as gifts or mementos. And we'll tell you a little story about each product. In fact, as we add new items to Expressions... gifts & mementos, we'll tell you how we found them, and why we like them.
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Introductory Bereavement Education ONLINE!
Bereavement Services is now offering three online courses designed to provide healthcare professionals and community organizations with an introduction to bereavement care education.
 

View Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death Alliance Position Statements

The Pregnancy Loss and Infant Death Alliance (PLIDA) is a nonprofit membership organization of professionals and bereaved parents. PLIDA’s purpose is to provide a formal network and a unified national presence to increase awareness and education on the emotional experiences and needs of bereaved families. Two recent position statements on infection risks and contact with a baby's body can be downloaded from the PLIDA website -

http://www.plida.org/positions.php
 
 
Earn Contact Hours - ADEC Recognition
You can earn contact hours by attending Bereavement Service's RTS Training and Compassionate Bereavement Care Training.

Bereavement and Advance Care Planning Services is a department of Gundersen Lutheran Medical Foundation, Inc., La Crosse, WI.

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