Respectful and supportive care of bereaved parents and families, including responding to the cultural safety, diverse needs, beliefs and practices important to parents and families who experience stillbirth or neonatal death is the focus of Red Nose’s Research and Education Series this World Patient Safety Day, Tuesday 17 September 2024.
Members of Red Nose’s National Scientific Advisory Group (NSAG) will present the new updates to the 2024 Care Around Stillbirth and Neonatal Death (CASaND) Clinical Practice Guideline – a resource that puts best practice care at the forefront from diagnosis through to pregnancy to birth, postnatal care and longer-term support including next pregnancies.
Associate Professor Fran Boyle is delighted that CASaND, alongside its parent guides of Guiding Conversations and Jiba Pepeny, will contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and best practice to bereaved families.
“It’s about the best possible care, at the worst possible time,” Professor Boyle said.
“We know that parents remember the care they receive – they remember the good and the bad for many years to come and it matters greatly to parents as it greatly influences their wellbeing in the immediate and the longer term.”
The event also brings together NSAG’s Associate Professor Adrienne Gordan and Professor Craig Pennell, along with Hesta Midwife of the Year award winner Skye Stewart who will discuss the impacts of parent-centred decision making, good communication, recognition of parenthood, cultural safety and effective support has on the physical, emotional and cultural needs of families following stillbirth and child loss.
Quotes from Keren Ludski, CEO, Red Nose Australia:
“Listening to the needs and concerns of parents who have gone through the devastation of stillbirth or neonatal loss is one of the most important things healthcare professionals can provide.
What CASaND aims to do is put the parent at the centre of decision making and we encourage healthcare professionals to work with bereaved families to provide both support and information to ensure families can be involved in decisions following their child’s loss.”
The Research and Education series will be held online 6.30pm on Tuesday 17 September 2024 and is FREE.
For media interviews pre and post-event, contact Maria Salvador, mariasalvador@rednose.org.au or call 0402 941 493 or Fiona Jordan, fionajordan@rednose.org.au or call 0402 846 867.