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The Perinatal Loss Follow-up Care Toolkit guides healthcare professionals in providing follow-up care to families for one year after a perinatal loss experience. The toolkit contains a follow-up care timeline, guided scripts, and recommended assessments. The framework for the toolkit is based on Wagner’s Chronic Care Model. Perinatal loss is an ongoing experience. Parents require routine follow-up care, support and resources using a multiprofessional, collaborative approach.
Perinatal loss and grief are a complex, biopsychosocial experience requiring a holistic approach to care. The resources in this toolkit adress parents’ holistic needs using a Chronic Care Model.
The first step to implementing perinatal loss follow-up care is establishing a policy. The policy linked below is designed to be adapted to individual healthcare facilities.