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The Family Talk Intervention When a Parent or a Child Had Died: A Feasibility Study

This is a family-centered bereavement intervention for families when a parent with dependent children has died. The goals of the manual-based intervention, the Family Talk Intervention (FTI), are to facilitate family communication about grief-related subjects, support parenting and making the children visible. Families are recruited from specialized palliative care units in the Stockholm region by health care social workers during 2024-2025. FTI consists of six meetings with the family (the whole family and each family member separately) after about 3-4 months after death of a parent. Follow-up interviews with bereaved family members over the age of 6 are conducted, face-to-face or digitally. The families experiences will be analyzed with regard to structure and content of FTI, timing of FTI, and the potential benefits of the intervention.The families suggested improvements will be used in the design of a full-scale trial.