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What is Anticipatory Grief and How Do People Deal With It?
When a traumatic event, such as the death of a loved one, the loss of a job, or the end of a friendship or a relationship, is approaching, someone fearing this loss might experience a number of emotion. They might feel depression and sorrow over the approaching loss or trauma, as well as anxiety over the impact the loss or trauma will have on them and their lives. They might perceive things as surreal and feel like they are in a dream. They might experience anger and frustration, or a sense of numbness. All these emotions can be part of anticipatory grief.
Navigating Grief During The Holidays
The holidays are an incredibly difficult time of year for anyone struggling with the loss of a loved one. Because celebrations are so focused on joy and gathering with family, they can make feelings of grief even stronger. In our Thanksgiving blog, we focused on how to celebrate the holidays while grieving a loss with loved ones who are also grieving. This post will focus more specifically on you: what you can do to feel okay as the holidays continue.
What Is Complicated Grief And How Can It Be Treated?
Hospice care is a philosophy of care: it treats the patient rather than the disease. It is typically administered when the patient is not expected to live longer than six more months. Hospice care accepts the inevitability of death, and rather than attempting to postpone it, it seeks to make the patient as comfortable as possible in their final days.
New Beginnings: Starting fresh after a loss.
Hospice care is a philosophy of care: it treats the patient rather than the disease. It is typically administered when the patient is not expected to live longer than six more months. Hospice care accepts the inevitability of death, and rather than attempting to postpone it, it seeks to make the patient as comfortable as possible in their final days.
....And who cares for the caregivers?
Who cares for the caregivers? We ask this question because, from our personal history and our professional insight, we have noticed that caregivers are usually forgotten. This often happens a couple of weeks after the person who they are caring for has been diagnosed. When we mention "forgotten," we mean their needs and desires are ignored.