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Funeral advisers: is there a need?
— pilot study | | Author(s) | Rose Heatley |
| Corporate Author | National Funerals College |
| Publisher | National Funerals College, Long Ashton, Bristol, 2001 |
| Pages | 50 pp |
| Source | The National Funerals College, 75 Long Ashton Road, Long Ashton, Bristol BS41 9HY. Tel 01275 393275. |
| Keywords | Funeral services ; Death ; Advocacy ; Training [welfare work] ; Pilot. |
| Annotation | The funeral adviser would be someone who would, on request, provide independent funeral information to dying people and/or those closest to them. This role was first outlined by the National Funerals College (NFC) in its 1998 "Dead citizens charter". The NFC carried out a development research project to test the concept of funeral adviser. The project was designed to take place either in a long-term care setting or sheltered housing. The project's 28 participants - ranging from home managers to care assistants and volunteers - came from Anchor Trust and MHA Care Group residential homes, Brunelcare, and two hospices. This report describes the project, the central part of which was the development of a training programme for funeral advisers. Recommendations are made on how long term care organisations need to consider training for their staff around death, dying and bereavement. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-060612001 B |
| Classmark | OX: CW: IQ: QW: 4UC |
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