Bereavement is something we all have to deal with from time to time. This book explores many aspects of this sensitive issue. What are the processes of grieving? How do we cope? What are the effects on children and adults? Where does one turn to for help? Chapter one provides a useful introduction to the issues involved. Chapter two looks at grief and young people. Chapter three deals with the formalities of a death.
The information comes from a wide variety of sources and includes government reports and statistics, newspaper reports, features, magazine articles and surveys and literature from lobby groups and charitable organisations.
Table of Contents
Chapter One: Bereavement Issues
Bereavement, Understanding bereavment, Grief counselling a waste of time, say psychologists, Feelings on bereavement, Traumatic bereavements, When a parent dies, Pet bereavement, Helping the bereaved, Remembering, Mourning sickness feeds the feel-good factor, Traumatic bereavements.
Chapter Two: Grief and Young People
Teenage grief, Children and bereavement, Bereavement – frequently asked questions, Myths about grief, What’s OK and and what’s not, Questions about death, Better help urged for bereaved young people.
Chapter Three: Handling the Formalities
A checklist, When someone dies, After a death, Religious traditions, Alternative burials, Types of burial.
Key Facts
Additional Resources
Index
Acknowledgements
• People grieve in order to accept a deep loss and carry on with their life. Experts believe that if you do not grieve at the time of death, or shortly after, the grief may stay bottled up inside you. (page 1)
• One in four adults will have experienced the death of someone close to them within the past five years. (page 3)
• As with any bereavement the death of a much loved pet can be devastating and an enormous loss. If you were close to your pet it is normal to have the reactions to its loss that you may experience in the death of a person. (page 13)
• Every 30 minutes, the mother or father of someone under 18 dies, which means that approximately two children and young people under 18 are bereaved of a parent every hour of every day in the UK. (page 20)
• 3% of 5- to 15-year-olds have experienced the death of a parent or sibling; this equates to 255,000 young people in the UK. (page 20)
• Children often feel guilty – that they somehow contributed directly or indirectly to the person’s death. It is very common for a child to feel responsible for a family death. (page 27)
• Cremation is the traditional method of disposal of the body for members of the Sikh and Hindu religions. (page 34)
• In 2004, 70.83% of deceased people in the UK were cremated. (page 36)
Grief and Loss Study Guide
Each book in the Issues series has a study guide. These four-page guides provide a variety of discussion points and other activities to suit a wide range of ability levels and interests.
Publisher: Independence Educational Publishers
Price: £1.50
ISBN: 978 1 86168 367 0
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