Support Strategies for Grief and Loss

As the Covid-19 pandemic continues unabated, more and more people are dealing with loss and grief. Compassionately caring for the grieving person and their care partners has nuances that all healthcare practitioners should consider. On this episode, assistant research professor Heather Coats, PhD, APRN-BC, provides insights that can help clinicians care for their grieving patients. Because her work also focuses on palliative care for Black people, indigenous people, and other people of color, Coats tells us about racial disparities that need to be addressed when discussing grief and loss. Coats is a palliative care nurse practitioner and director of research for the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association.