A family caregiver recognizes her senior mother is grieving the impending end of her life, and considers how she can provide comfort
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“Sally Abrahms can take her crown off now!” Ouch. That was one response to my story that recently ran in the AARP Bulletin explaining common emotions (guilt, grief, exhaustion) family caregivers have and strategies for dealing with them. I was writing about my own experience – I’m a long distance caregiver, not someone who lives 24/7 with a sick or chronically needy parent – as well as what I have observed from my work. That reader could have been less strident, …
How do we move forward when facing a traumatic diagnosis or loss?
Therefore we must take a hold of our pain and pray for greater strength to continue further then we would without it.
How much we struggle to keep that which we’re soon to lose. It was so hard being on the receiving end of a daughter’s anger. It’s […]
As most of us can attest, grief can wreak havoc with our emotional well-being. When we are in a state of grief it can also cause many physical problems as well. While the only way to work through y…
After an emotional episode with a deceased patient's family, a social worker wonders what she could have done differently.
This video guides you through a practice of acknowledging your feelings without getting caught up in the stories around them.
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So do yourself a favor and take care of you, it is what your loved one would want.
There are times during our process of grief that we may feel and think that we just don’t have what it takes to get through one more day…. however, somehow, we do. We find the strength somewhere deep within ourselves to “soldier on.” It could be getting up and getting showered and dressed that is …
Mourning permeates physical health in many ways. New research elaborates.
Learn how to help children process and manage grief in a healthy way.
“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than 10,000 tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief,
Find out how whether or not your response to grief is healthy, and learn more productive ways to grieve.