My Plan: Bereavement Support and Guided Grief
- Heather Shatzer
- Feb 22, 2023
- 6 min read
Our mission and Our story.
It is clear that my personal tragedy, exacerbated by the lack of essential support my husband and I needed to cope with our heartbreaking loss, has led me to fight for the rights of future families to receive the necessary care to promote healing from grief. I am determined to ensure that those who suffer loss receive adequate care to ensure they become survivors, not victims.
This experience is for every prayer we make and every answer given; it is for every attempt at change and every small success; it is for every moment we both have courage to face our fears and doubts; it is for the faith which allows us to push past those obstacles. This experience is for the awareness we are growing into, for the power of intention we set on our days, for the peace we create between us, for the love we find in the many moments. It is for the community we invite in and for the light we share with one another. Together, we nurture this vision and bring it to life. May it inspire us all to be better, stronger, and more compassionate than ever before.
This visionary experience, which I have set out to bring into being, is what my husband and I will always seek. My husband, children, and I have all cried out to God, begged and searched for it, and still search for it daily. To find comfort, for our sanity, to close the gap on self-neglect, and encourage us towards forgiveness, this is for every milestone and step we take in healing what we have been denied.
This is an effort to make human decency a reality.
I dedicate myself to ensuring that there are survivors of loss and to reducing the number of victims likely to suffer further trauma or losses. The world we live in today is far different from the world of the bereaved.
I am fighting for more than a cause. I am fighting for the Right to Live with Quality of Life And not only for myself; I am waging war and demanding change for humanity
I have continually found myself being the Neurodivergent person showing up to an equality meeting only to feel still like I speak a language that no one else understands.
I'm searching for a mentor, a guide, and all credible information I find to manifest into knowledge. I am truly on a mission.
Nearly every day, I am a one-person army, courageously preparing for war, holding my head high, and fighting for a better future.
Who am I to think I can do something so grand? To inspire Change?
This world is much bigger than I am but i’m a true testament to what believing in oneself can accomplish, the ideal mindset in a person who is truly reformed and I am a survivor.
I am fighting to bring the UK's unique support system to every American hospital, home doula, and clinic.
It is not uncommon to experience grief, loss, bereavement, or emotional loss.
This is a widely recognized, respected, and feared devastation.
The goal of support should be to achieve a more immediate, realistic, and sustainable "treatment standard" that is absolute, irrevocably proven, and stems from a 100% impartial, non-partisan, and completely un-racial universal movement.
Real esupport should always be available. Solid support and genuine empathy should be readily available to guide the newly grieving, their families, and those who have lost loved ones from one moment to the next.
Support is essential for reaching the crucial milestone of being a survivor after loss and learning to survive the recovery process. This is the ideal support for all. It is a vital and critical necessity. It must be mandatory for all those who have lost their loved ones to be granted this life-saving right.
To ensure that survivors of loss are provided with the best possible outcome, it is essential to show human decency or kindness.
They can reduce the trauma and increase awareness of self-care services, such as guided grief, bereavement assistance, and self-care services. This will allow them to have the right now, as well as the steps to bridge the gap between faith in the process and truthfulness in their care.
Sometimes, the trauma suffered by those appeased by misleading information, intentional deception, or negligently misdirected, as well as misdiagnoses, can fuel the damage. Many factors can contribute to the adverse effects of suffering from empty promises and false hopes, as well as death. We can change the statistics on future victims, further traumas, or losses by proving that we have received genuine support and actual care. The world we live in today is far different from the world of the bereaved. Even more so from those spared this infinitely painful, soul-crushingly numbing void in their beings, minds, and chests. It's yet another obstacle to survival, one that remains in a place that was once everything.
Equality in healthcare can have a profound and positive impact on the world. inequality in society can be seen to improve if a solution is aggressively pursued. When everyone is given access to quality healthcare, regardless of their income or social status, it can help reduce disparities in health outcomes between various communities. Countries with access to quality healthcare tend to have lower infant mortality rates, lower levels of preventable diseases, longer overall lifespans, and higher quality of life. These factors are all essential to living a healthy and productive life, and reducing the inequities in healthcare can help people around the world have a better quality of life. Additionally, providing access to healthcare to underserved communities can help them create economic and educational opportunities, which can help reduce poverty and inequality in society.
A dire situation in need of a humanitarian intervention to implement a solution is everywhere we look these days. many without one insight. However there is such an opportunity in a highly controversial area yet an area with a greater impact of them all, an area of need which the world is equally vulnerable to and may care the greatest impacted is bereavement care.
If bereavement were a disease (personally i think of it as a disease, a plethora of diseases) it’s patients would be categorized as completely randomized by nature. there is no preventive measure or treatment for such emotional distresses and disorders it creates. It supplies “a pain that demands to be felt” and it is indisputably, undeniably equal.
However the insanely personalized and individualized treatment are so unique that by way of adequate care and diligence of provider based follow up could produce significant results that validates true reform in the healthcare system. an almost physical proof surly to give hope to even the most adamant of disbeliever’s and to the many refuters of the possibility of any equalities to ever one day evolve amongst us.
Bereavement solutions, including guided grief, will create health care equality in a variety of ways. By creating a system of coordinated care for those who are grieving, bereavement services provide emotional, social, and medical support to those who have recently lost a loved one. This type of care helps to reduce disparities in health care access and quality, as it allows individuals from diverse backgrounds and income levels to access the same levels of care and support. Additionally, bereavement services can provide access to counseling and mental health services, which can help individuals process their grief, and mental health issues resulting from the loss of their loved one, in a safe and non-judgmental environment. By providing these services, bereavement solutions can help create health care equality, as individuals who may not otherwise have access to certain services can receive the care they need to survive loss, addressing their own needs that typically are associated with their grief, and also providing an adequate example of equality. This model of care can spark the hope for change we, as a people, need right now.
The following areas show where my focus has been.
1. Provide more tailored bereavement and grief services for those experiencing specific types of loss, such as the loss of a partner, parent, child, or pet.
2. Develop new services and/or expand existing services to support those dealing with complicated grief, such as those whose grief is compounded by mental health concerns, such as depression or anxiety.
3. Increase awareness, understanding, and education on the many forms of grief and bereavement, and the best ways to cope.
4. Improve access to resources and support, including therapists, spiritual advisors, and social supports.
5. Develop a more holistic approach to care, considering and addressing physical, mental, and spiritual needs.
6. Provide more opportunities for individuals to connect with and support each other, including grief support groups, online forums, and other resources.
7. Increase end-of-life planning services, such as pre-planning funerals and memorial services.
8. Enhance coordination between health and social services, so that services can be more effectively tailored to individual needs.
Unfortunately, there is no one definitive solution for grief and bereavement. The process of grief and bereavement is highly individual and often involves a period of mourning, as well as other avenues of support such as spiritual or psychological counseling, support groups, and accessing resources from grief organizations. It is important to remember that there is no timeline or formula for grief and it can take a long time to work through. Everyone's experience is unique and should be respected.

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