This document provides information about grief and loss. It discusses myths and facts about grief, theories of the grieving process, types and signs of loss, how children, adults and the elderly grieve, and interventions and treatments for grief. It also includes sections on global and workplace grief, death at school, helpful resources, and references.
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Grief & loss
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2. What is Grief & Loss
Myths and Facts Child Grieving
About Grief & Loss
Help For Grieving Children
Global Grieving &
Loss Adult Grieving
Theories of The Help For Grieving Adults
Grieving Process
Elderly Grieving
Types of Losses
Help For Grieving Elderly
Signs & Symptoms
Workplace Grief
Death At School
Other Interventions & Treatments
References
3. What is Grief?
Grief is a natural response to a loss.
Grief is various emotions and reactions that a
person’s feels when experience loss in their lives.
Emotions may range from shock, anger,guilt,or
depression.
What is Loss?
Loss of a job
Loss of health
Loss of dreams to succeed
Loss of a loved one/ a pet
Loss of relationship/friendship
Loss of safety , after a traumatic event
4. Myth: The pain will go away if you ignore it.
Fact: Trying to ignore the emotions, or denying the natural feelings of grief
will only make it worse later on .
5. Global Grief & Loss
African Americans: The process of grief includes singing ,poetry readings, and a
eulogy spoken. The deceased is viewed in church before the burial in the cemetery.
Prayers, black clothing as well as decreased social activities.
Muslim Americans: They do not permit cremation, and follow steps of the burial
procedure: with the washing of the body( by a Muslim of the same gender),dressing
and positioning of the body for viewing.
Chinese American: They have strict traditions for announcing
death, preparing the body, arranging the funeral and burial, as well as
mourning after the burial. Burning incense, reading scripture, and meditating
before a shrine. For 1 year after the death, the family may place bowls of
food at the table for the deceased.
Orthodox Jewish Americans: It is custom for a relative to stay with the dying person
so that the soul does not leave the body while the person is alone. To leave the body
alone after death is disrespectful. The eyes should be closed, and the body remains
covered with a sheet until family. A rabbi, or a Jewish undertaker can begin rites.
Organ donation is permitted, autopsy is not. Burial must be within 24 hours unless
delayed by a Sabbath.
6. Theories of The Grieving Process
Theories Of Grieving
There are numerous theories on how an individual goes through each stage of
the grieving process. We will take a look at some of the different views of the
stages.
Elisabeth Kubler -Ross’s Model of the five stages of the grieving process
is as follows:
1.) Denial - is shock and disbelief regarding the loss
2.) Anger – may be expressed toward God, relatives, friends or health
care providers.
3.) Bargaining – occurs when the person ask God or fate for more
time to delay the inevitable loss.
4.) Depression – results when awareness of the loss becomes acute.
5.) Acceptance – is when the person shows evidence of coming to
terms with the loss
7. John Harvey has different thoughts to the stages of grieving.
There are as follows:
1.) Shock, outcry and 2.) Intrusion of
Theories Of Grieving
denial thoughts, distractions, and obsessive
3.) Confiding in others as reviewto emote and to
a way of the loss.
cognitively restructure an account of the loss
Rodebaugh and colleagues also summarized the stages of
grieving. They state that those stages are :
1.) Reeling - the person feels shock , disbelief or
denial
2.) Feeling - The person experiences
anguish, guilt, profound sadness, sleep
troubles, appetite changes, fatigue and general
physical discomfort
3.) Dealing - The person begins to adapt to the loss
by engaging in support groups, grief therapy, reading.
And spiritual guidance.
4.) Healing – The person integrates the loss as a part
of their lives. Healing does not imply , however, that
the person has forgotten or accepted the loss.
8. Signs And Symptoms
Physical Effect – overtiredness, change in appetite
, weight gain or weight loss, loss of
strength, headaches, shortness of breath, aching of the
arms, restlessness, and vision trouble.
Emotional and /or Psychological Effect-Denial
anger, resentment, bitterness, confusion with time, feelings of
hopelessness, fear, sadness, irritability , and mood swings.
Spiritual Effects – Despair, shattered faith, anger at
God/institutions, spiritual confusion, and searching for
meaning /purpose.
Social Effects – Withdrawal from social activities
/events, isolation, reassessment of friends/ activites, and
energy depletion.
9. Although grief is associated with adults , children experiences grief as well. Children
may show grief emotions in different ways then adults ,but the process stays the
same.
The following are some examples of the various age groups and the feeling that grief
bestows upon children.
Children under 2 years old :
When an individual, who is the main caregiver for a baby, is gone , the baby may
react to the changes that are in its surroundings long before thy are able to talk.
A stuble understanding of death is shown when a toddler sees a dead frog or bird.
The depth of death is not fully realized; such as the dead frog or bird won’t get up
ever again or that it cannot feel anything.
Children 2-5 years :
When a death occurs, be straightforward with the child. Telling the child that the
person is ‘gone to sleep’ or ‘gone away’ may cause misunderstanding as well as
confusion later on .
Children’s limited understanding of death may cause a child to have difficulty
expressing emotions.
11. Adult grieving is a private experience. It takes place in the head and mind
of an individual. It is like fingerprints- everyone is unique in the ways that
grief is expressed and experienced.
Adult Grieving
12. Help For Grieving Adults
Don’t let anyone, including yourself, tell
you how you should feel
13. Older adults are more likely to become physically ill after experiencing a major loss.
They may already have long-term physical illnesses or other conditions that interfere
Elderly Grieving
with their ability to grieve. The symptoms of these illnesses may become worse when
they are grieving.
Some older adults may develop unresolved grief or complications associated with
grieving. This may occur more often in older adults because they are more likely to
experience:
•Many major losses within a short period of time.
•The death of their friends, including their spouses. Older adults who lose their
spouses may suffer many losses, including financial security, their best friend, and
their social contacts.
•Losses that occur as a part of the natural aging process, such as loss of beauty and
physical strength.
•Loss of their independence or the development of illness and other conditions that
are common in older adults.
•Anticipation of losing someone or something special to them.
In addition, some older adults need more time than other people to adjust to change.
Adjusting to change may be hard for them and cause them added emotional stress.
14. Support for the elderly are as follows :
Help for grieving elderly
17. Although grief is common ,we do not relate it to a workplace event. Grief
Death At The Workplace
does not disappear when we enter the workplace.
A grieving employee/employer can have an impact on the whole
workplace community. It can have an effect on the morale to decreased
productivity loss.
A way of helping to reduce the emotional cost and the monetary cost is
through education in relation to both the employee as well as the
employer.
18. Other Interventions And Treatments
Pharmacotherapy Touch Therapy
Social Support
Group Therapy
Support Groups Hypnotherapy
Behavioral Therapy Interpersonal Therapy
Homeopathy
Cognitive- behavioral therapy
19. Here are some resources that may be of help for an individual to turn to when
in need .
Canada’s Grief Resource centre – http://www.robertspress.ca
Helpful Resources
Grief Support Services – http://www.griefsupportservices.org
Facing and Dealing withBereavementhttp://www.facingbereavement.co.uk/home.htm
Guiding Kids Thru Life’s Storms- http://www.rainbows.ca/resources.aspx
Seasons For Grieving Children- http://www.grieving children.com/
The Compassionate Friends of Canada Youth Grief Resources –
http://www.tcfcanada.net
Canadian Hospice Palliative Care- http://www.chpa.net/home.html
Support For Widows and Widowers- http://www.newhope-grief.org/
Canadian Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths-
http://www.sidscanada.org/
Bereavement Ontario Network- http://www.bereavementontarionetwork.ca/
