Supporting People Facing loss
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Added on 2019-12-04
Supporting People Facing loss
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TABLE OF CONTENTSINTRODUCTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE ISSUE TO BE DISCUSSED..................3EVALUATION OF MAIN THEORIES OF LOSS, GRIEF AND BEREAVEMENT..................3ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF NORMAL AND COMPLICATED GRIEFREACTIONS...................................................................................................................................5Critically analyse the implications that recognized risk factors have on grief responses ...........5APPRAISE THE IMPACT OF GRIEF RESPONSES WITHIN SPECIFIC GROUPS OF THEPOPULATION................................................................................................................................6EVALUATING THE ROLE OF THE CARING PROFESSIONAL AND COUNSELLORPROVIDING BEREAVEMENT CARE.........................................................................................8CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ...........................................................................9Recommendations .......................................................................................................................9REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................102
INTRODUCTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF THE ISSUE TO BEDISCUSSEDLoss can be regarded as an inevitable part of life and grief is a natural process of healing.There is a presence of many losses that occur during the lifespan of a person (Grief and Loss,2015). One such is serious illness of a loved one and thereby suffering from the fear of their loss.It can be regarded as a very difficult part in life of a person. Hence the current report has madean attempt to focus on analyzing the normal and complicated grief reactions. An evaluation willfurther be done on role of helper with respect to serious illness of a loved one. The report willend with concluding with the overall crux followed by recommendations. In this regard, a case has been taken which is of John who has recently undergone a lossdue to death of her a 76 year old mother. The lady named Anne has been diagnosed with cancerwhich was in the last stage. The revelation has affected John a lot and he needs a support system.EVALUATION OF MAIN THEORIES OF LOSS, GRIEF ANDBEREAVEMENTFreud's model of bereavementFreud's theory focuses on the personal attachment. According to this theory, grievingindividuals search for an attachment which has been lost. As per the views of Freud, mourning isdefined as a state of melancholia which is seen as presentation of depression and involvescomplete loss of pleasure in almost everything (O'Connor, and et.al., 2009). Freud's theory viewsmourning as a task for rebuilding one's inner world. This is done by experiencing intense pain ofloss. This reawakens the loving effect of the lost loved one. Grieving and bereaving is regardedas letting go of multiple attachments which were essential in the formation of relationship. Asper the theory it can be analysed that in the case given, John is in grief of losing his mother. Hemay exhibit depression and may lose pleasure in doing anything. However, after he accepts theloss, he may search for new attachments.Elizabeth Kubler Ross Grief Cycle modelThe process of loss and grief related to serious illness of a loved one can further beunderstood by understanding the five stages of grief model. These include denial, anger,bargaining, depression and acceptance. 3
Denial – This is the first reaction that is likely to be faced by person. He may not acceptthe death of her mother. John may have a belief that the death is mistaken and may startto cling towards a false yet a preferable reality (Stacey and et.al., 2011). Anger – When the person feels that he cannot deny death of his mother then a feeling offrustration may start to arise. This is likely to take place on his near and dear ones whotell him to accept the reality. The person may then start giving psychological responses inform of why me. It is not fair. How can this happen to me among others. Bargaining – The third stage is of bargaining where there is an involvement of hopewhere the person feels that he can avoid the cause of grief. Usually, it has been found thatif a person faces less traumatic situation then the need is to seek compromise (Légaré andet.al., 2006). Depression – In stage four then the individual may start getting saddened on account ofdeath (Kennedy and et.al., 2008). In this state, the person may get silent just by thinkingabout the death of his cancer stricken mother. He may start refusing visitor and tend tospend more time in a mournful and sullen stage. Acceptance – The acceptance stage is the one when the person starts feeling that thingsare going to be fine (Irby‐Shasanmi and Redmond, 2014). He may develop a feelingthat nothing is impossible and then may start preparing for the coming situation. This isthe very last stage when the person may start to embrace mortality or inevitable futurewith respect to death of her mother. Hence the above mentioned stages are likely to be faced by John. However, the durability of thestages may depend on whether the grief reactions are normal or complicated ones. Lindmann's Grief workAccording to the theory given by Lindmann, grief is considered to be a part of the healingprocess and is termed as “Grief work” (Theories of Loss and Grief, 2015). As per Lindmann,there are three tasks in grief work:Emancipation of the bondage of the deceased- In this task, attachments of the bereavedare given up so that a new status can be developed. Here, John will focus on investing inan attachment with a living person who is capable of returning the investment. 4
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