Today's Grief Theories for Clinical Practice: Beyond Kubler-Ross

December 9, 2026

Bereavement

Live Webinar

DateDec 9, 2026Duration90 minutes

12:00 PM PST01:00 PM MST

02:00 PM CST03:00 PM EST

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Grief is not a set of stages, and effective support requires a deeper understanding.

Explore today’s evidence-based grief theories, challenge common misconceptions, and learn how a modern understanding of grief can strengthen support for patients, families, and colleagues.

KEY WEBINAR TAKEAWAYS

The potential unintended, harmful consequences of using grief theories that are no longer applicable to practice
Grief vacillates and changes over time — strategies to support both anticipatory grief and bereavement
The way we define grief, complicated grief, etc. impacts the care we provide our patients
How our own experiences with grief bias our understanding

BONUS MATERIALS

Table of current grief theories
Suggestions for discussion starters around anticipatory grief

WEBINAR DETAILS

Working in serious illness care demands we understand grief theories to best support our patients, families, and colleagues. This webinar will look historically at grief theories, dispelling myths and critically analyzing evidence-based theories that can help inform our current clinical practice.

THIS WEBINAR WILL BENEFIT THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES:

Hospice
Home Care
Home Health
Palliative Care

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Managers
Nurses
Physicians
Home health aides

TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT

Employee training log
Interactive quiz
PDF of slides and speaker’s contact info for follow-up questions
Attendance certificate provided to self-report CE credits

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