Grief Education for Caregivers of the Elderly

Koenig, Harold G; Mccall, Junietta B

Contents Acknowledgments



Introduction
An Old Woman's Story
Beginning Assumptions
The Role of Personal Experience
The Role of Grief Education
Concerns About Aging
Historical Trends and Eldercare
The Grief Education Workshop Format
An Overview of This Book
Chapter 1: The Challenge of Grief Education for Caregivers of the Institutionalized Elderly
Grief and Loss Support Services Needed
The Scope of the Need
A Mandate for Grief Education
The Goal of Grief Education
Grief Education Objectives
Chapter 2: Aging and the Elderly
The Development of Life Span Perspective
Characteristics of Old Age
Definitions of Aging
The Grief of Growing Old
A Description of the Aging Process
Explanatory Theories of Aging
Chapter 3: Bereavement and the Elderly
Universal Bereavement Responses
General Observations
Why Do We Grieve?
Grief as Normal Life Crisis
Bereavement Study
Types of Loss
The Tasks of Mourning
Grief Work: How Long?
Factors That Affect the Course of Grief
Phases of Bereavement
Effects of Bereavement in Elderly
Chapter 4: Death and Dying and the Elderly
Death and Society
Dying and the Individual
Death and Dying: A Developmental Point of View
Death and Dying Responses
Dying with Integrity
The Dying Process
Tasks of the Dying Person
Complications
Death and Dying and Elderly Persons
Death and the Life Cycle
Chapter 5: Workshop Design--A Successful Model
Workshop Expectations
A Successful Program
Phases of Workshop Design
Generalizations of Learning
Summary: The Ten Commandments of Grief Education
Chapter 6: Caregivers: Practitioners, Helpers, and Companions
Who Is a Caregiver?
Developing a Continuum of Care Model
Continuum of Care Contexts
Caregiver Frustrations
Obstacles to Caregiving
To Help or Not To Help?
Predisposition to Assist Aging and Dying Elderly Persons
General Caregiving Intervention Goals
Stage-Appropriate Objectives
The Role of the Grief Counselor
Counseling and the Elderly
The Caregiver and Self-Care
Chapter 7: Clergy as Caregivers
Pastoral Care Traditions
Community Traditions of Pastoral Care
Pastoral Caregiving Experiences
Assessment of Clergy as Caregivers
Problems with the Pastoral Caregiving Task
A Definition of Pastoral Care to the Grieving and Elderly
The Goal of Pastoral Caregiving
Pastoral Objectives for Working with the Aged, Bereaved, and Dying
General Pastoral Care Strategies Reviewed
The Art of Pastoral Caregiving: Learnings from Ministry with Elderly People
The Pastoral Caregiver as Recovered Healer
Chapter 8: Envisioning Eldercare: The Next Fifty Years
The Future of Eldercare
Challenge One: Understanding the Realities of Old Age
Challenge Two: Creating Spaces for Ethical Dialogue
Challenge Three: Conserving Resources and Enhancing Quality Care
Challenge Four: Using Education As a Resource
Challenge Five: Caregiving When All Our Houses Are Full of the Elderly
Conclusion
Appendixes: Workshops
Workshop 1. Attachment, Loss, and the Process of Mourning
Objectives
Schedule
Personal Grief History
Grief and Loss Case Study
Participant Evaluation Form
Workshop 2. Bereavement
Schedule
Aging: As I Imagine Myself
Behaviors That Encourage Expression of Needs
Bereavement Workshop Evaluation Form
Workshop 3. Grief and Loss
Schedule
Death and Dying: Attitudes Checklist
Workshop 4. The Art of Caring for the Dying Person
About the Workshop
Schedule
Registration Form
Workshop 5. When Someone Dies
Workshop Objectives
Schedule
Caregiv