PPT-Welcome to the Grief and Loss Workshop!

Aims for Today To look at why it is important to understand about grief as we care for people within our communities in the coming months To explore what griefloss looks like To look at ways we can support people who are suffering grief or loss what to saynot to do and say . Kenneth J. Doka, PhD. Professor of Gerontology, The College of New Rochelle. Senior Consultant, The Hospice Foundation of America. Goals. Understand how orientation toward death changes through the life-cycle. Elisabeth . Kubler. - Ross & David Kessler. Sensitivity to Patient Needs. Developed by . Kari Slade, . BS Health Science, MA Public Health. Roosevelt High School Health Careers Program, . Minnesota. Change. Transitions in life include those we choose and those we do not choose to experience. Sometimes, . Change = Loss = Grief. WHAT DOES GRIEF LOOK LIKE?. Physical reactions:. Fatigue. Lethargy. Insomnia. of Pierre and Marie Curie. Amber, Angie, Emily, John. What is Grief?. “Keen mental suffering or distress over affliction or loss; sharp sorrow; painful regret.” . How can Marie and Pierre Curie’s experience of loss be interpreted according to . Counseling or Therapy?. Grieving allows us to heal, to remember with love rather than pain. It is a sorting process. One by one you let go of things that are gone. And you mourn for them. One by one you take hold of the things that have become part of. Grief impacts us holistically…. These five needs overlap.. Social, Physical, Cognitive, Emotional, Spiritual. Coping with Loss and Grief. Grieving is a common and natural reaction to any loss that brings on strong emotions. . Deirdre Anderson, LCSW. The Solutions Group EAP. Spouse. Sibling. Child- can be a child or adult child. Parent. Close Friend. Co-worker or supervisor. The type of relationship and closeness factor into the grieving process as well as circumstances of the death. Grief is the normal response of sorrow, emotion, and confusion that comes from losing someone or something important to you. It is a natural part of life. Grief is a typical emotional, physical, and spiritual reaction to death, divorce, job loss, a move away from family and friends, loss of good health due to illness, or a breakup of an intimate relationship.. Jonathan Cole. Poole Hospital and University of Bournemouth. jonathan@colefamily.org.uk. Grieving in people with neurological impairment. Jonathan Cole. Poole Hospital and University of Bournemouth. jonathan@colefamily.org.uk. Produced in Partnership:. Webinar Moderator. Tracy McPherson, PhD . Senior Research Scientist. Public Health Department. NORC at the University of Chicago . 4350 East West Highway 8th Floor, Bethesda, MD 20814 . 1. “We grieve when we lose someone or something that is important to us and of value”. True or False. You can only grieve a death?. Grief is normal?. The pain from grief will go away faster if you ignore it?. ObjectivesDescribe and utilize guidelines for the differential diagnosis of grief reactionsDescribe complicated grief and the variety of ways in which it presents in clinical practice to enhance pract bereavement Factsheet 507LP October 2021 Grief, loss and bereavement are some of the hardest emotions to cope with. When you are close to a person with dementia you are likely to feel around the tim Highest prevalence of depression was found in older female spouses and highest prevalence of complicated grief was found in older spouses. These findings are consistent with previous studies, although we hypothesized a higher prevalence of complicated grief in female caregivers..