Media Library includes:
Principles and Practice Overview DVD
Resolve Through Sharing Perinatal Bereavement Overview: Principles and Practice is a narrated PowerPoint intended for staff who have not had the opportunity to attend Resolve Through Sharing (RTS) Bereavement Training: Perinatal Death. The speaker, Jill Wilke, emphasizes interprofessional care, creating memories, and honoring the parent/child relationship. After watching the DVD, staff will understand the principles and practice of the RTS model of perinatal bereavement care and have beginning competencies in delivering care.
Decision Making in the NICU DVD
Guiding Families Through Removing Life-Sustaining Therapy
A family is faced with the heartbreaking decision of removing their baby from life-sustaining therapy. What happens next? This 35 minute video demonstrates the use of Guided Participation as a method to engage families in relationship development, communication, and decision making. Watch and learn as the Bereavement Coordinator guides a set of parents through decision making centered on the death of their daughter. The DVD features conversations about comfort measures, holding the baby, and including the siblings. The coordinator and parents also explore spiritual care, ritual and keepsake creation, lactation, and ultimately preparing the family for what death may look like. This DVD presentation is chaptered to allow specific segments to be easily accessed for educational purposes.
Provider Presentation: Perinatal Death
This hour-long PowerPoint presentation is designed to give provider participants an understanding of Resolve Through Sharing's principles and practice. It explains the grief process, highlighting the support and guidance bereaved families need. Notes are included in the unnarrated presentation. Presenters have the option to adapt the notes as needed for their specific hospital setting.
Guided Participation DVD
Guided Participation demonstrates the effectiveness of a method to engage families in relationship development, communicating, and decision making. This DVD can be shown as part of orientation or a brief in-service, as a stand-alone, or as part of a longer educational session. 20 minutes
A Bridge to Hope DVD
A Bridge to Hope features the story of bereaved parents and caregivers who supported them. Use this DVD to introduce perinatal bereavement care, either to your class or your organization. This brief story captures the hopes and dreams of parenthood devastated by the tragedy of loss. Not all dreams come true, but we know that professional bereavement care serves as a bridge between the loss of a precious baby and hope for tomorrow. Approximately seven minutes.
