grief | The Wheel

Exploring Spirituality and End of Life

The workshop will review spirituality and what it is in a contemporary Irish context. It will explore spiritual care at end of life and caring for those that are bereaved. The content is relevant to all who accompany those at end of life and their loved ones. The workshop will contain group work and discussion.

Self Care for the Person in a Caring Relationship

The workshop will allow the participants to explore the conscious and unconscious issues which influence the behaviour of the person in a caring role. It will provide a theoretical framework for issues of power, control helping others and the dynamics of relationship. It will be facilitated in an experiential, interactive and reflective way, and will provide opportunities for the participants to engage in collaborative learning.

Grandparents' Grief: A Complexity of Losses

This workshop will be experiential in nature and is suitable for both professionals and those who work with older people. The workshop will explore the identity and role of grandparents in contemporary society. It will examine the many losses experienced by grandparents through death, separation, divorce, emigration and the breaking of the grandparent/grandchild contact. The workshop will help participants to understand the profound sense of powerlessness and the cumulative effect of grief experienced by grandparents which is often unacknowledged. It will illustrate approaches that can enhance the coping mechanisms of bereaved grandparents.

Final Journeys

Final Journeys 1 & 2 is an introductory programme aimed at enhancing the quality of the interactions between patients at end of life, their families and hospital staff. It is an interactive programme at introductory level aiming to develop a culture of awareness of end of life care among all staff and to support the development of communication skills in end-of-life care. It was developed through the Hospice Friendly Hospitals programme. This workshop gives managers or staff from acute and community hospitals and nursing homes an opportunity to engage in Final Journeys and to consider whether it is a programme that could be facilitated locally in their workplace.