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Author:   Harold G Koenig (Duke Univ Medical Ctr, Durham, NC, USA) ,  Junietta B Mccall ,  Junietta Baker McCall
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.370kg
ISBN:  

9780789004994

ISBN 10:   0789004992
Pages:   202
Publication Date:   06 November 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Contents Acknowledgments Introduction An Old Woman's Story Beginning Assumptions The Role of Personal Experience The Role of Grief Education Concerns About Aging Historical Trends and Eldercare The Grief Education Workshop Format An Overview of This Book Chapter 1: The Challenge of Grief Education for Caregivers of the Institutionalized Elderly Grief and Loss Support Services Needed The Scope of the Need A Mandate for Grief Education The Goal of Grief Education Grief Education Objectives Chapter 2: Aging and the Elderly The Development of Life Span Perspective Characteristics of Old Age Definitions of Aging The Grief of Growing Old A Description of the Aging Process Explanatory Theories of Aging Chapter 3: Bereavement and the Elderly Universal Bereavement Responses General Observations Why Do We Grieve? Grief as Normal Life Crisis Bereavement Study Types of Loss The Tasks of Mourning Grief Work: How Long? Factors That Affect the Course of Grief Phases of Bereavement Effects of Bereavement in Elderly Chapter 4: Death and Dying and the Elderly Death and Society Dying and the Individual Death and Dying: A Developmental Point of View Death and Dying Responses Dying with Integrity The Dying Process Tasks of the Dying Person Complications Death and Dying and Elderly Persons Death and the Life Cycle Chapter 5: Workshop Design--A Successful Model Workshop Expectations A Successful Program Phases of Workshop Design Generalizations of Learning Summary: The Ten Commandments of Grief Education Chapter 6: Caregivers: Practitioners, Helpers, and Companions Who Is a Caregiver? Developing a Continuum of Care Model Continuum of Care Contexts Caregiver Frustrations Obstacles to Caregiving To Help or Not To Help? Predisposition to Assist Aging and Dying Elderly Persons General Caregiving Intervention Goals Stage-Appropriate Objectives The Role of the Grief Counselor Counseling and the Elderly The Caregiver and Self-Care Chapter 7: Clergy as Caregivers Pastoral Care Traditions Community Traditions of Pastoral Care Pastoral Caregiving Experiences Assessment of Clergy as Caregivers Problems with the Pastoral Caregiving Task A Definition of Pastoral Care to the Grieving and Elderly The Goal of Pastoral Caregiving Pastoral Objectives for Working with the Aged, Bereaved, and Dying General Pastoral Care Strategies Reviewed The Art of Pastoral Caregiving: Learnings from Ministry with Elderly People The Pastoral Caregiver as Recovered Healer Chapter 8: Envisioning Eldercare: The Next Fifty Years The Future of Eldercare Challenge One: Understanding the Realities of Old Age Challenge Two: Creating Spaces for Ethical Dialogue Challenge Three: Conserving Resources and Enhancing Quality Care Challenge Four: Using Education As a Resource Challenge Five: Caregiving When All Our Houses Are Full of the Elderly Conclusion Appendixes: Workshops Workshop 1. Attachment, Loss, and the Process of Mourning Objectives Schedule Personal Grief History Grief and Loss Case Study Participant Evaluation Form Workshop 2. Bereavement Schedule Aging: As I Imagine Myself Behaviors That Encourage Expression of Needs Bereavement Workshop Evaluation Form Workshop 3. Grief and Loss Schedule Death and Dying: Attitudes Checklist Workshop 4. The Art of Caring for the Dying Person About the Workshop Schedule Registration Form Workshop 5. When Someone Dies Workshop Objectives Schedule Caregiv

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