Delphi Study Findings Shaping Grief Literacy
Contributors to this study: Margo Baron – Tasmania, Australia; Mary Ann Boe – Minnesota, USA; Trish Carpenter – Brisbane, Australia; Leigh Donovan – Australia; Brad George – Brisbane, Australia; Amy Gibney – Dublin, Ireland; Patricia Gibson – Brisbane, Australia; Stephen Ginsborg – Australia; Amy Healey – Brisbane, Australia; Juanita Kaminski – Brisbane, Australia; Ben Klatt – Brisbane, Australia; Saif Mohammed – India; Jodie Moylan – Australia; Eliza Munro – Brisbane, Australia; Leanne O’Shea – Western Australia, Australia; Danni Petkovic – Sydney, Australia; Berna Poljak – Australia; Greg Roberts – Victoria, Australia; Helen Sheeran – Australia; Katrina St John; Sylvia Wolfer – Sri Lanka.
Grief is a universal human experience with significant implications for individuals, families, communities, and workplaces. In Australia, more than 185,000 deaths occur each year, Australian Bureau of Statistics (2024), with each death affecting multiple family members, friends, and colleagues (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare [AIHW], 2023). It is commonly estimated that approximately nine people are significantly bereaved following each death, meaning that grief touches a substantial proportion of the working population at any given time (Breen & O’Connor, 2011). These figures relate only to death-related bereavement and do not account for non-death losses, further underscoring the pervasiveness of grief within workplaces….