PPT-Chapter 12: Grief and Loss

NUR 112Spring 2015 Grief Subjective emotions and affect normal response to loss Grievingbereavement process by which person experiences grief content process Anticipatory grieving persons facing imminent loss begins to deal with very real possibility of loss or death in near future. Advisory Group: Ann Baker, Tom . Brideson. , . Danielle Byers, Anthony . Hillin, Len . Kanowski. , Donna Stanley, Sally . Wooding. NSWIOP: . Danielle . Byers, Vanessa . Edwige. , Anthony Hillin, Megan Wynne-Jones (and new trainer ) . 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. 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. 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. Listening Support Volunteers’ Training Course, . St Michael’s Hospice. 2015. Why bother with theory?. Helps us to understand reactions . Helps us to respect difference. Helps to normalise experience of grief. Dr Timothy Dunne. Consultant Clinical Psychologist. Public Lecture delivered on behalf of Kilkenny Bereavement Support Group. Wednesday 10. th. September 2014 ©. (c) Dr Tim Dunne. 1. Outline. Introduction. A Journey of Healing. Christina . Cassani. , M.S.. President and Executive Director. a. ngelhouse.accc@gmail.com. Presented by . Angel House Bereavement Center, Inc. 2015. What Society Teaches About Grief. 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. Sandi Hebley, RN, CHPN, LMSW. Faith Presbyterian Hospice. Grief? Us???. whatsyourgrief.com (blog). Cumulative grief aka grief overload aka “holy crap I can’t handle all this loss!”. Objectives. “. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not . knowing. ,. . not . curing, . not . healing...that . W. Derrick Johnson, LCMHC, LCAS, MAC, NCC. Executive & Clinical Director. NorthStar Clinical Services. Charlotte, NC . djcltnc@gmail.com. GOALS. To learn about reactions to loss and how these losses relate to substance abuse.. 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?. Paper accepted for publication by Contemporary Nurse brought to you by CORE View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk provided by Victoria University Eprints Repository Grief 2 of . . 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 grief/loss looks like. To look at ways we can support people who are suffering grief or loss, what to say/not to do and say! .