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Archives: March 2011

Advance Care Directives – Do they help the grieving?

March 28, 2011

Last week an adult daughter called the bereavement center very distraught. She was worried that she had made the wrong decision in withdrawing life support from her mother. I killed her… I killed her she repeated. After expressing my condolences, I asked about her mother …her likes… dislikes… what kind of person she was…what kind [...]

Comfort and hope for older adults who are grieving

March 15, 2011

My parents start the day by reading the obituaries and many older adults do the same. They think about their own mortality while grieving the death of family, friends and the community at large. Older adults experience grief much the same as younger and middle-aged adults. However, due to their age and life experience, many [...]

Grief in and for Japan

March 14, 2011

Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims, the families and everyone affected by the earthquake and tsunami, in Japan as well as those in Hawaii and the Pacific coast. International aid groups are bringing medical supplies and attention, food and communication tools to the millions of folks who have been displaced from the [...]

The Power of Grief: Death of a Sibling

March 2, 2011

Sibling relationships are like no other. There is a commonality that does not exist in other relationships. When a sibling dies, the loss can be overpowering. Even as adults, siblings are often thought of as the “forgotten mourners.” Friends and neighbors offer comfort and support to mom and dad, but often neglect siblings, disenfranchising their [...]