D07-D ‘If I Didn’t Have my Spiritual Beliefs, I Would Struggle.': Exploring the Spiritual and Religious Beliefs of Workers in a Residential Aged Care Facility, in the Face of Death, Dying and Suffering in the Workplace

Staff in Residential Aged Care Facilities (RACFs) continually face the deteriorating health, and eventual death of residents they have come to know and care for. Without the public recognition, workplace training or resources that staff in other palliative care areas are afforded, research has shown that RACF staff often call on the meaning they find in their role, the hope that residents have gone to ‘a better place’ and the strength of relationships, as sources of support.
Source: Journal of Pain and Symptom Management - Category: Palliative Care Authors: Tags: Workshops and Proffered Papers Source Type: research