{"id":13754,"date":"2016-12-07T10:41:43","date_gmt":"2016-12-07T15:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.229.122.34\/?page_id=13754\/"},"modified":"2016-12-30T09:32:54","modified_gmt":"2016-12-30T14:32:54","slug":"bereavement-support","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/clinical-services\/deptpgrmcs\/programs\/organ-and-tissue-donation-program\/donor-awareness\/bereavement-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Bereavement Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/en\/clinical-services\/deptpgrmcs\/programs\/organ-and-tissue-donation-program\/donor-awareness\/\">Make Your Wishes Known<\/a> | Bereavement Support | <a href=\"\/en\/clinical-services\/deptpgrmcs\/programs\/organ-and-tissue-donation-program\/donor-awareness\/medal-of-recognition\/\">Medal of Recognition<\/a> | <a href=\"\/en\/clinical-services\/deptpgrmcs\/programs\/organ-and-tissue-donation-program\/donor-awareness\/memorial-garden\/\"><span class=\"catColour\">Memorial Garden<\/span><\/a> | <a href=\"\/en\/clinical-services\/deptpgrmcs\/programs\/organ-and-tissue-donation-program\/donor-awareness\/transplantation-works\/\">Transplantation Works<\/a> | <a href=\"\/en\/clinical-services\/deptpgrmcs\/programs\/organ-and-tissue-donation-program\/donor-awareness\/letter-to-a-donor-family\/\">Letter to a Donor Family<\/a><\/p>\n<p>An integral part of the organ donation process includes the support of the donor family. <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13755 alignright img-responsive\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/bears.jpg\" alt=\"bears\" width=\"200\" height=\"267\" \/><br \/>\nThe events leading to their loved one&#8217;s death can be sudden and unexpected.<\/p>\n<p>Families of the organ donor are often left reeling in shock and disbelief, confusion and grief.<br \/>\nAn important component of the donor family&#8217;s experience includes bereavement support.<\/p>\n<p>At The Ottawa Hospital, bereavement support for donor families is provided by a multidisciplinary<br \/>\nteam which includes critical care nurses, physicians, pastoral care, social work and organ<br \/>\ndonation coordinators.<\/p>\n<p>Bereavement support offered by the program includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Condolence cards which are sent out to each donor family following a donation;<\/li>\n<li>Sympathy cards signed by the staff of each unit where the donor was cared for;<\/li>\n<li>Christmas cards sent to all families whose loved one died in that calendar year.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The program recognizes the importance of acknowledging each family for their courageous and generous thoughts of others during a very difficult and painful time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make Your Wishes Known | Bereavement Support | Medal of Recognition | Memorial Garden | Transplantation Works | Letter to a Donor Family An integral part of the organ donation process includes the support of the donor family. The events leading to their loved one&#8217;s death can be sudden and unexpected. Families of the organ [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":0,"parent":13427,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13754","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13754"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13754\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}