Self-Help : Death, Grief, Bereavement

'Although I have been immersed in these issues about 15 years, this book gripped me and moved me profoundly. It manages to achieve sensitivity without sentimentality, and highlights the humanity and dignity of Alexander and his family, during some very undignified experiences...This book needs to be read by everyone.'. - Myrna Whiteson, The Teenage Cancer Trust, UK. Alexander had just begun his studies at university when he was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer. In this honest account, Alex's mother traces the impact of the diagnosis on the whole family and outlines the issues that arose during diagnosis, treatment and terminal stages of her son's illness. Standing on His Own Two Feet offers an insight into how health care systems serve the terminally ill, the choices faced by families, and ways of providing the best possible care at home and maintaining the patient's dignity until the end. In particular, Sue Grant deals sensitively with the care needs of young adults. Portraying a family of admirable resilience and strength, this inspiring and moving book offers support and practical tips for anybody encountering terminal illness and presents valuable discussion points for all nursing, health and social care professionals. more...

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'What is exceptional about this book is that it offers the accounts of children and young people themselves about the loss of parents. This is a book which includes deaths due to natural causes, accidents, suicide and murder. It tells important truths in the clear direct voices of those children and young people themselves, aged from one upwards. It is a brave book, full of complexity that, like the children and young people themselves, doesn't duck the painful and difficult issues it explores. It is a book helpfully to be read by adults and children alike. Yet again it confirms that children know and understand much more than adults tend to give them credit for and all the more for that, need support, understanding and being listening to. …Should be on every social care book shelf. I am grateful that I have come across [it]. '. - Peter Beresford, Professor of Social Policy and Director of the Centre for Citizen Participation, Brunel University. Praise for the Swedish Edition:. 'Anyone who loses a sibling or a parent should automatically be given this book. That's how good it is.'. - Länstidningen Södertälje (Swedish daily paper). 'A book that helps make grief easier to bear.'. - Länstidningen Östersund (Swedish daily paper). 'A series of powerful stories has sprung up out of the depths of grief and loss.'. - Helsingborgs dagblad (Swedish daily paper). 'The stories are about their vivid, intimate, day-to-day thoughts, feelings and experiences, about grief, loss and the events connected with a death, and about things one has shared with the person who has died and other memories. This book shows how important it is to be allowed to say farewell to a loved one and to be able to talk about one's loss and people's reactions to it. These children and teenagers tell us how they want and need people around them to react. The book works very well as a form of support and as the starting-point for talking to other young people who have also lo more...

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Venerable Yifa looks at how and why suffering occurs and reveals the Buddhist perspective on the nature of suffering, the meaning of justice, what is evil and what is good, and why some people die and others live. more...

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In the spirit of the classicWhen Bad Things Happen to Good People, this comforting book offers hope to anyone facing a difficult life transition or loss. Expanding on the powerful advice Dr. Neeld introduced in her successful book Seven Choices, TOUGHTRANSITIONS helps readers who have lost their moorings in the face of unexpected changes and normal life passages like financial and job setbacks, loss of relationships, retirement, relocation, and caring for unwell parents. No matter what the change, adapting to it will be easier with the advice and wisdom offered in this book. Using a life-map of her own creation, Neeld shows how individuals can move successfully through four phases-Responding, Reviewing, Reorganizing, and Renewing-to gain perspective, feel comfort, and bring a sense of equilibrium back into their lives. more...

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“ When a Family Pet Dies is a book that presents a thorough and comprehensive understanding of the impact of pet loss on children and provides practical interventions in facilitating the child's grief process. This resource addresses signs of grieving children, their relationships with their pets, and how caring adults can be helpful. I recommend it highly.”. – Linda Goldman, author of Children Also Grieve. Pets are often felt to be “one of the family” and a companion for children when they are growing up – an individual who is loved in life and greatly missed in death. When a pet dies, it can have a huge impact on children, and it is important that parents are equipped to understand and support their children. JoAnn Tuzeo-Jarolmen explains that children grieve for a dead or missing pet as they would for a family member, and gives guidelines on how to identify signs of grief in children. She describes the differences between child grief and adult grief, and takes the reader through the major developmental stages in a child's grieving process, explaining the common types of behavior and emotions experienced at each stage. She also discusses whether or not pets should be replaced and how to encourage children to “move on.”. This easy-to-read guide to children's grief suggests methods for sensitively addressing the emotional needs of children and gives age-appropriate strategies. It is an informative resource for parents and carers as well as counselors and those in the caring professions. more...

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