What You Can Do to Help Bereaved Families Learn about bereavement and how it affects family members. Understand that parents do not wish to hear rationalizations about their child's death. Be available to listen, knowing that it will take years to adjust to what many people consider the worst loss of all. Not all anger with the hospital or doctors and nurses is displaced. Some of it may be, but some is probably justified and may need to be examined.
Drugs can interfere with the normal expression of grief.
Don't be in a big hurry to offer medication. Bereaved people know they need to have something to do, but they may be extraordinarily tired for a long time, and whatever they do needs to have meaning and importance. What You Can Do for Yourself Many caregivers have expressed feelings of failure, sadness and frustration when a child they are caring for dies. Be aware of your feelings and find a safe outlet for them. Your honesty and genuine expression of emotion will allow you to be more sensitive to those in your care.