NCM 103 - PALICPIC - DEATH

Loss

Loss

is an actual or potential situation in which something that is valued is changed or no longer available.

Death

a loss both for the dying individual and for those who survive.

Death

can stimulate individuals to grow in their understanding of themselves and others.

Actual Loss

can be recognized by others.

Perceived Loss

experienced by one person but cannot be verified by others.

Anticipatory Loss

experienced before the loss actually occurs (wife with a dying husband)

Situational Loss

like losing a job, death of a child, losing functional ability because of an illness

Developmental Loss

normal development that can be anticipated or prepared for (departure of grown children from home, retirement, death of aged parents)

Aspect of Self

Loss of a body part, physiological function, or

psychological attribute

Aspect of Self

The degree to which these losses affect a

person largely depends on the integrity of the

person’s body image

External Objects

Loss of inanimate objects that have importance

to the person – money or burning down of a

family house

Family Environment

Separation from an environment and people

who provide security can cause a sense of loss.

Loved Ones

Losing a loved one or valued person through

illness, divorce, separation or death can be very

disturbing.

Grief

Total response to the emotional

experience related to loss.

Grief

Manifested in

thoughts, feelings, and behaviors associated

with overwhelming distress or sorrow.

Bereavement

Subjective response

experienced by the surviving loved ones.

Mourning

Behavioral process through which

grief is eventually resolved or altered; it is often

influenced by culture, spiritual beliefs, and

custom.

Griefing

permits the individual to cope with the

loss gradually and to accept it as a part of reality.

Grief

a social process; it is shared and carried

out with the assistance of others.

Abbreviated Grief

brief but genuinely felt.

Abbreviated Grief

This

can occur when the lost object is not significantly

important to the grieving person or may have

been replaced immediately by another, equally

esteemed object.

Anticipatory Grief

experienced in advance of

the event such as a wife grieving before the

death of an ailing husband.

Disenfranchised Grief

when a person is

unable to acknowledge the loss to other people;

Unhealthy Grief

pathologic or Complicated

Grief.

PCBD

more than 6 months and leads to reduced ability

to function formally.

Unresolved or Chronic Grief

extended in

length and severity. The same signs with normal grief

but the bereaved may also have difficulty expressing the

grief, deny the loss, may grief beyond the expected time.

Inhibited Grief

many of the normal symptoms of

grief are suppressed and other effects, including

physiologic, are experienced instead.

Delayed Grief

when feelings are purposely or

subconsciously suppressed until a much later time.

Exaggerated Grief

uses dangerous activities as

a method to lessen the pain of grieving.