Sudden death in the home: dealing with the aftermath. 25 March 2014 CIH Scotland Office

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1 Sudden death in the home: dealing with the aftermath 25 March 2014 CIH Scotland Office

2 DEALING WITH SUDDEN DEATH AT HOME Olive Bain Housing Support Manager

3 DEATH AT HOME What should happen when someone is found dead at home? Who should be notified? What procedures need to be followed?

4 DEATH AT HOME Treat all sudden deaths as suspicious Where there are obvious signs of suspicious circumstances keep the area free If family are in the house try to keep calm and get appropriate information.

5 DEATH AT HOME Who needs to be contacted? The Emergency Services: ambulance and police if necessary The GP in order to certify death before the body can be moved Line manager to check what other services are involved.

6 DEATH AT HOME what should happen if:- the person receives service from a registered service Inform Care Inspectorate (if you are the one who found them) Write up serious incident report for Chief Executive.

7 DEATH AT HOME The property is not fit for relet? Organise a house clean. (if needs be liaise with Police) Allow family time to deal with removing personal effects etc. Usually 2 weeks this can be extended in extreme circumstances.

8 DEATH AT HOME If there is no family. The nominated person should gather relevant information and inform the Council staff at Mortonhall Crematorium of a possible Indigent Dead Funeral? Who is the nominated person? Police Social worker Relative of the deceased Neighbour Family friend

9 DEATH AT HOME What will staff at Mortonhall do? The Mortuary Assistants will remove the body if no other plans have been made. There will be a search for family If none they will organise a funeral

10 DEATH AT HOME The Council has a legal duty to arrange the burial or cremation of anyone found dead in their area

11 DEATH AT HOME the estate may well fall to the Crown as Ultimus Haeres (UH) and therefore becomes the responsibility of the National UH Unit for investigation and subsequent reporting.

12 DEATH AT HOME If no relatives can be traced the Unit will pass information regarding the estate to the office of the Queen s and Lord Treasurer s Remembrancer (QLTR) who will administer any estate which has fallen to the Crown

13 DEATH AT HOME Questions

14 Slide 14 Sudden death in the home-dealing with the aftermath 25 th May 2014 presented by Carrie Fordham Business Development Manager

15 Purpose of today's meeting Discuss the what we find when dealing with this sensitive issue Discuss what we do in this situation Discuss how we can help

16 what we find when dealing with this sensitive issue

17 Discuss what SitexOrbis do in this situation

18 Discuss how we can help

19 What happens next?

20 Question & Answer Session Can i ask what you got out from todays session?

21 Supporting bereaved people in Scotland since 2002 John Birrell Accredited Trainer

22 Supporting bereaved people in Scotland since 2002 About CBCS About CBCS services Sudden death in the home Support for the family Support for the staff Training available

23 About CBCS Established in England in 1958 First Scottish branch 1960s Scottish service devolved from UK in 2002 Registered Scottish charity Company limited by guarantee 22 community based teams across 10 regions 333 volunteers; 3 w/t and 7 p/t staff

24 About CBCS services Phoneline over 12,000 calls per year Literature range of publications One-off sessions and drop-in groups Grief Assessment those identified at risk One-to-One Support - 7,500 hours per year Support for bereaved children and young people

25 Sudden death at home Infrequent Traumatic Aftermath Deaths in hospital Within 6 hours of a death most people will be back home

26 When Someone Has Died information for you Tell close family and friends Collect the death certificate Register the death Start to think about the funeral Look for the person s will

27 Sharing the story 1. Accept the reality of what has happened 2. Experience the pain

28 Guidelines Listen to the stories Use person s name Allow people time No right and wrong way to grieve Practical help can be good Resist platitudes Offer literature

29 Risk awareness Accidents Alcohol / Drugs Driving Eating Illness Nightmares Sleeping Suicidal

30 Resources Cruse: NHS Inform - Leaflets: Living through Loss We re sorry to hear Time with the children Consider a grief box

31 Looking after ourselves

32 Training E-learning on Loss and Bereavement for NHS Scotland Validated courses in Bereavement Care Bespoke workshops for staff at all levels

33 Thank You