Helping Older Adults Cope With Loss
Bert Hayslip, Jr., Ph.D.
$12.95
Spiral Bound, 8 1/2 x 11 Paper
The hallmark of aging is loss. As we grow older we inevitably
must face the loss of those things we've worked so hard to acquire during
our earlier years: health, relationships, talents and abilities, status,
and independence. Very little has been written about older adults -- those
60 and older -- and the magnitude of losses they must endure, all leading
to the loss of self -- death. And, most of these losses are in the last 10
or 20 years of life.
In this booklet, which conforms to the popular condensed,
bulleted, "field manual" format of our other publications, Dr. Hayslip writes
not only to educate professionals and family members, but to spotlight this
often forgotten segment of our society. As a professor, researcher, and author
in the fields of psychology, gerontology, and thanatology, he combines his
knowledge of all three in an unequaled compendium of facts and key points
that should open the hearts and minds of all who read it. Contents include
the following:
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LOSS AND AGING
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DIFFERENCES IN LOSS REACTIONS
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NINE SPECIFIC LOSSES
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WHAT IS GRIEF?
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STAGES AND PHASES OF GRIEF
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NORMAL AND ABNORMAL GRIEF
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LOSS AND THE FAMILY SYSTEM
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HELPING OLDER ADULTS COPE WITH LOSS
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SUGGESTED READING LIST
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USEFUL RESOURCES
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