Status
Available
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Publication
Washington, DC : Hospice Foundation of America
ISBN
9781893349230
Local notes
CONTENTS:
Forward / Marian Grant
Part I: Death in later life: Facing the Baby Boom
Death in life: a developmental perspective on loss in later life / Kenneth J. Doka
Practice tips: strategies for assisting older individuals in finding meaning / Kenneth J. Doka
Diversity and grief: losses in life contexts / Brian de Vries
Aging: redeeming the destiny we were born to fulfill / Deborah Grassman
Ethical issues facing older adults / David M. Price
Part II: dying in later life
The slow death of dementia / Katherine P. Supiano
Practice tips: supporting elderly veterans at the end of life / Deborah grassman
The hospice connection: helping elders access hospice care / Samira K. Beckwith
Dying in institutional care / Eileen R. Chichin
Part III: Grief in later life
Surviving the death of a spouse: the impact on widows and widowers / Howard Robin Winokuer
Voices: a spouse's death / Ced Currin
An unexpected loss: the loss of an adult child / Evgenia Milman and Robert a Neimeyer
Voices: in memory of my daughter and the platitudes I hate / Myra MacPherson
Disenfranchised grief in later life / Kenneth J. Doka
Voices: turning trauma, grief, and pain into positive action / Dana and Linda O'Brien
Grieving styles: a later life perspective / Terry L. Martin and Kenneth J. Doka
Suicide among the elderly / Judith Stillion
Forward / Marian Grant
Part I: Death in later life: Facing the Baby Boom
Death in life: a developmental perspective on loss in later life / Kenneth J. Doka
Practice tips: strategies for assisting older individuals in finding meaning / Kenneth J. Doka
Diversity and grief: losses in life contexts / Brian de Vries
Aging: redeeming the destiny we were born to fulfill / Deborah Grassman
Ethical issues facing older adults / David M. Price
Part II: dying in later life
The slow death of dementia / Katherine P. Supiano
Practice tips: supporting elderly veterans at the end of life / Deborah grassman
The hospice connection: helping elders access hospice care / Samira K. Beckwith
Dying in institutional care / Eileen R. Chichin
Part III: Grief in later life
Surviving the death of a spouse: the impact on widows and widowers / Howard Robin Winokuer
Voices: a spouse's death / Ced Currin
An unexpected loss: the loss of an adult child / Evgenia Milman and Robert a Neimeyer
Voices: in memory of my daughter and the platitudes I hate / Myra MacPherson
Disenfranchised grief in later life / Kenneth J. Doka
Voices: turning trauma, grief, and pain into positive action / Dana and Linda O'Brien
Grieving styles: a later life perspective / Terry L. Martin and Kenneth J. Doka
Suicide among the elderly / Judith Stillion