Grief and Loss Videos
These videos are designed for clinical staff across all areas of the health system, not just maternity. We recognise that the loss of a pregnancy, baby or infant can occur in a range of settings, including emergency departments, neonatal units, paediatrics, general wards, and community-based care.
The videos and resources have been co-designed with First Nations families, refugee and migrant communities, people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds, those living in rural and remote areas, young mothers, community leaders, and health professionals.
They are designed to support clinical staff in having sensitive, respectful, and culturally informed conversations with grieving families. These tools can be used as both informational and educational resources to help provide effective and culturally safe bereavement care at the time of loss, assist families to access appropriate follow-up support, and promote staff wellbeing and self-care.
Wherever you work, these resources are here to support you in offering compassionate, culturally responsive care when families need it most.
The videos:
Preparing for the conversation - Watch here
Supporting Young Mums - Watch here
Supporting Rural and Remote Families - Watch here
Supporting First Nations Families and Communities - Watch here
Supporting Refugee, Migrant and CALD Communities - Watch here
Self-Care for Health Professionals - Watch here
Handover for continuity of bereavement support - Watch here
Available Resources
All resources were co-developed with communities to support clinical teams in delivering responsive, inclusive care:
Point-of-Care Guidelines
Quick-reference prompts to guide culturally safe and trauma-informed conversations following perinatal and infant loss.
Refugee Migrant and CALD communities
Referral Flyers
Includes information on Red Nose’s free bereavement support, tailored and translated into key languages.
General Referral Flyer
For Families on Different Visa Types
Red Nose’s Services summarised
These Information Sheets are available in multiple languages and First Nations formats. They are designed to provide key information on services and prevent information overload.
Free Support Now
Hospital to Home outreach for newly bereaved families
Free Confidential Support including Counselling
Free Support for Dads
Free Support Continues
Birth Acknowledgement Cards
Gestation, gender and culturally appropriate cards to acknowledge babies born. Some families will wish to name their babies, others will not. When offering a card, be led by the family’s preference.
Before 20 weeks
After 20 weeks
Includes First Nations designs, birth cards for a baby not given a name (many ethnic communities do not name their babies before birth)
Service Overview for Clinicians
A summary of all Red Nose bereavement services, designed to support conversations with families and enhance referrals.
A Guide for Health Care Workers
Health Care Professionals – Effective Bereavement Support for Vulnerable Populations Groups
Use this presentation to help inform your team members about the best bereavement care for vulnerable population groups. This resource is adaptable to assist with providing local health service contextual information.
Download the presentation here
If you would like further training, we offer both online and customised training. Learn more
Red Nose Bereavement Services Referral
Intake referral form for bereavement services support. Please use this referral form to refer a client or family to the Red Nose Bereavement Support Service.
Want to Know More or Share Feedback?
If you’d like more information about how these videos and resources were developed, or would like to discuss how they can be used in your health service, please click here to leave comments via amritdhillon@rednose.org.au
We’d love to hear from you
Your feedback helps us improve and ensure that clinical staff across all settings are supported with the tools and information they need to provide compassionate, culturally safe bereavement care. If you have suggestions, questions, or ideas for additional resources that would support your practice, we welcome your input. Email amritdhillon@rednose.org.au