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Late Adulthood Bereavement, 2006.
A discussion on bereavement focusing on people in their late adulthood.
1,507 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 10 sources, MLA, $ 49.95
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This paper begins with a definition of bereavement and grief. Loss of a spouse is rated as the most stressful life event across all ages and cultural backgrounds. The paper continues to explore the myriad of literature on the topic of dealing with grief in late adulthood. In conclusion, it explores the diagnosis, symptoms and treatment of grief.
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"At least 10 -20 percent of widows and widowers develop clinically significant depression during the first year of bereavement, and without treatment, such depressions tend to persist, become chronic and lead to further disability and impairments (Older pp). Bereavement-associated depression often coexists with another type of emotional distress, which has been termed traumatic grief, the symptoms of which, although not formalized as a mental disorder in DSM-IV, appear to be a mixture of symptoms of both pathological grief and post-traumatic stress disorder (Older pp). Such symptoms are extremely disabling, associated with functional and health impairment and with persistent suicidal thoughts, and may well respond to pharmacotherapy (Older pp)."
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Psychological Analysis of a Woman in Late Adulthood, 2001.
An in-depth look at the physical, cognitive, and psycho-social development of a woman in late adulthood, as observed through an interview.
1,535 words (approx. 6.1 pages), 10 sources, $ 50.95
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History
Location
Occupations
Schooling
Family
Context of Interview
Discussion
Activity in normal day ? sleep, exercise, groups
Diet
Sensory changes
Memory assessment
Changing relationships: family & peers
Retirement and goals
Analysis
Physical performance: causes of illness, injury, and
sensory dysfunction
Education - Engagement process (Schaie), memory
Ego integrity versus despair (Erikson), Grant Study
Role of religion
Continuity theory (Atchley)
Balanced investment - role of siblings and family
members
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"Born in 1932, AB is a sixty-eight year old female from the central New York state area. AB grew up in a small town with her twin brother and two sisters. Her father passed away when she was two, and her siblings were then raised by their single mother. In her adult life, AB has worked as a dietician at a University Hospital. Currently, AB resides at the retirement community in New York."
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Changing Relationships in Late Adulthood, 2005.
Examines how changes in lifestyle during later adulthood can effect relationships.
2,200 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 7 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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Late adulthood is often mistakenly viewed as a time of relaxation, where everything slows and an individual's life becomes more consistent and less stressful. In reality, late adulthood is a time of great change. Individuals retire, children move away, lifestyles alter significantly and social ties decline. This paper shows that, most significantly, a person's relationships change significantly in late adulthood. This includes relationships with siblings, spouses, friends, children and grandchildren. By considering these relationships and how they change, this paper shows that late adulthood is far from being a time of reduced stress. It may become a time of reduced stress if the individual makes the transition successfully, but the actual process of transition involves many significant changes.
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"Peterson (2002) notes that friends play a special role because they link the individual to the larger social world. Individuals meet with friends as a way of keeping up with events in the world and in their own communities. This allows individuals to feel connected and avoids the problem of feeling isolated, alone, or rejected. It is also noted that older individuals have more secondary friends, which are described as "people who are not intimates but with whom they spend time occasionally" (Berk 2004, p. 606). This includes groups meeting to take part in activities such as playing bridge, lawn bowling, quilting, and various other craft activities".
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Development of Adolescence versus Late Adulthood, 2007.
Compares the social and physical development of adolescents to senior adults.
2,190 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 68.95
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This paper compares and contrasts adolescents and senior adults in terms of social and physical development. The paper describes, in detail, each stage of development and characterizes each by traits and characteristics that are specific to them. The paper concludes that these two stages possesses more similarities than differences.
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Abstract
A Developmental Comparison between Adolescents and Senior Adults
Adolescence
Senior Adults (Late Adulthood)
Conclusion
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"Late adulthood bears a transition that follows a somewhat reverse order from that of adolescents. While adolescence begins with physical changes, the ushering in of late adulthood begins with a social change, that of retirement. It signifies the end of one's productive role in society while adolescents are just beginning to establish theirs. Retirement also means severing one's ties with colleagues and work associates or friends, a type of isolation that can be difficult to face. Adolescents face nearly the opposite challenge of initiating and forging social ties within school and community, and changing the relationship between members of family. The social skills they learn within this stage carries on into young and middle adulthood. As one ages, physical aging starts to manifest itself in subtle ways, becoming more obvious with time. It is this impending sense of mortality that preoccupies elderly persons as they get older - spouses, relatives and friends die. While death is a normal part of life, the final milestone - a sense of accomplishment and pride in one's well-lived life - would be achieved."
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Middle Adulthood & Older Adulthood, 2002.
A discussion of the psychoanalyst Erik Erikson's developmental stages.
1,191 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 40.95
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This paper is about Erikson?s theory of the last two stages of development (the ?Middle Adulthood? and ?Older Adulthood?) and how they relate to life?s challenges. Eric Erikson was a German born American Psychoanalyst, known as a Freudian ego-psychologist who accepted most of the basic theories of Freud, but placed more emphasis on the societal and cultural aspects of psychology rather than on instincts and the unconscious. He refined and expanded Freud?s theory of stages of development by putting forward an epigenetic principle of development, which states that the human personality unfolds progressively in eight distinct stages of life. He was a staunch believer that human development continues into adulthood and old age and is just as important as it was in the earlier parts of our lives. This paper analyzes the ?Middle Adulthood? stage of development which relates to the period in life during which we are involved in raising children, generally described as the period between the ages of 40 to 65 and the ?Older Adulthood? which refers to the age around retirement when the task of ?parenting? is over.
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"Erikson has described two basic ?tasks? or ?crises? for each stage of our development stage. One is a positive task and the other a negative task. While the development of the positive task is desirable, some assimilation of the negative task is also necessary for a balanced development of human personality. For example in the first (infant) stage, the tasks are ?trust? and ?mistrust.? While trust is the positive and desirable task to be learnt by the infant, a little bit of ?mistrust? is also necessary for a ?balanced? development. Too much of trust and no mistrust would make the infant a gullible fool in later life. (Ibid.) Erikson?s theory is that we carry forward some maladjustment or malignancy into the next stage, if our progress in a particular stage of development is not ?balanced.? While maladjustment refers to over-development of the positive task, malignancy is the over-development of the negative ?task.? Obviously, the tilting of the balance in favor of the negative trait is more damaging for an individual."
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Childhood Bereavement: Literature Review, 2003.
An examination of the factors affecting the psychological development of parentally bereaved children and the improvement that can be made by preventive intervention groups.
2,205 words (approx. 8.8 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 68.95
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This paper penetrates into emotional side of parentally bereaved children, how the tragedies have been affecting them socially, and draws a connection between psychopathology in childhood bereavement and parental death. The functions of preventive intervention groups and the Family Bereavement Program (FBP) are described and evaluated in terms of their efficacy in reducing the children's risk of disturbance. The feelings and behavior of bereaved children can be misinterpreted, and there is possible over-representation in psychopathology of childhood bereavement. Other factors that affect the mental health of bereaved children are also discussed. Furthermore, it gives details on the actions taken by the intervention groups in hopes to modify these factors in order to improve the bereavement process.
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"This Child Bereavement Study focuses on the effects of parental death have on dependent children, and to ?gain a clearer picture of the risk for seriously disturbed behaviour in them? . This study was performed as 70 families with 125 bereaved children were chosen at the Greater Boston area, with varying family characteristics (e.g. gender and age of surviving parent, family income, type of death etc.). Parentally bereaved children?s responses were then compared with the non-bereaved controls in this sample. Using a semi-structured interview, the surviving parents and their children were assessed at: 4 months after the death, one year after the death and the second year after the death. A child was randomly selected from each family and is paired with a non-bereaved child who matched in age, gender, school grade and socioeconomic background. The control children were interviewed at the same time as the bereaved.
The study used three instruments to measure the children?s behaviour and emotion: The Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL), Perceived Competence Scale for Children, and Locus of Control Scale for Children. Assessment at the first year after the death did not reveal any significant differences between the bereaved and control children. However, by two years, bereaved children scored higher on social withdrawal, anxiety and depression. The data was also examined by age-gender groupings. Adolescent boys and pre-adolescent girls showed no difference from controls at one year, but significant changes appeared in two years. Adolescent girls and pre-adolescent boys did not show differences between the controls at either the first or second year."
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Bereavement and Funeral Policies, 2004.
An extensive review of literature regarding bereavement and funeral policies for American military personnel.
8,242 words (approx. 33.0 pages), 46 sources, MLA, $ 176.95
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This paper presents an in-depth literature survey that examines the history and protocol of military benefits, the history of military funeral legislation, and military funeral leave and protocol as defined by federal law. The paper scrutinizes available books, articles, and Internet materials on caring leadership, in general, and on caring leadership as it relates to funeral leave benefits and the caring management of grieving employees. The paper also reviews available literature on caring leadership as a value, qualitatively and in terms of potential financial benefit to a company or organization. The paper presents an analysis and comparison of funeral leave benefits offered by a variety of public organizations and private companies to their employees, comparing them with each other and with those of U.S. military personnel.
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Introduction
Federal Legislation on Military and Government Funerals, Funeral Leave, and Bereavement Leave
Literature on Caring Leadership
Literature on Grief Management in the Workplace
Funeral and Bereavement Leave Policies of Specific Organizations
Potential Advantages and Drawbacks of Incorporating Official Bereavement Processes and Expanded Funeral Benefits for United States Government Employees Other than Military Personnel
Conclusion
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"Other documents on military funerals, history, protocol, employee leave, and entitlements surveyed for the study included: Military funerals - A brief history (2005); History of Taps (2005); Funeral leave (2005); Military funeral support (2004); Funeral honors ceremony (2005); Banusiewics (2004), and Military funerals (2002). All of these sources contained also information on military funeral protocol, including the facts that: the military has a litany of regulations regarding its funeral procedures. When military personnel pass, there are federal laws and formal procedures in place to acknowledge them, based on Title 38 of the United States Code, Section 112. Military funeral protocols spelled out by federal law include: (1) At least two military personnel being sent to the funeral; (2) Taps being played by a bugler, if available, and if not, a recording of Taps being played; (3) a 21-gun salute being given to honor a fallen soldier, under particular circumstances;(4) an American flag being first folded thirteen (13) times by the military detail conducting the ceremony, and the folded flag then being given, by the military detail leader, to the next-of kin; (4) special words of condolence being spoken, by the detail leader, to the next-of-kin; and (5) a Certificate of Honor, signed by the current President of the United States, being made available, upon request, to the next of kin."
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Complicated Bereavement, 2003.
This paper explore the way attachment issues from childhood may effect the bereavement process a death in later years.
1,380 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 7 sources, $ 47.95
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This paper defines bereavement and complicated bereavement and discusses how loss(es) from a person's early years impacts the grieving process of a death in the later years. The author describes the inability to adjust, disruption of ability of mourner to carry on daily activities, poor functioning, inability to take part in the grieving process, possible physical ailments and repression. The paper relates methods of intervention and treatment.
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"Aiken states that bereavement literally means to be deprived by death. He goes on to note that grief consists of the emotional reactions that accompany loss in general and bereavement in particular."
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Bereavement, 2002.
This paper is an essay on bereavement, which discusses that death is usually tougher on the living than on the dead.
1,200 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 0 sources, $ 41.95
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This paper discusses that while psychologists can differentiate between ?healthy? and ?pathological? responses to death, grief is a highly individual experience for which responses to death are modified by cultures. The paper concludes that there is no panacea for grief; true mourning is the only medicine available for dealing with death, loss and pain.
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"Avoidance of mourning can manifest as a superficial covering of meaningless activity, work or addictions. Such behaviors serve to still the painful mental chatter that besets the bereaved and illustrates the difficulty of feeling pain. Self-pity is also a natural response to death, but one that can become pathological in its extreme. Clinging to the past and berating the self for lost words or lost time only serve to deepen the pain of loss."
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Bereavement Stress and Coping - New Dimensions., 2008.
An overview of how bereaved patients are assessed and a research project to examine the subject further.
1,861 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 59.95
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This paper examines the assessment of people suffering from bereavement and stress and the reality of persons who cannot 'cope'. After a review of the literature surrounding this subject, the author describes a research project to be carried out with informal written testimony from a random sample of 40 volunteer informants.
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Abstract
Introduction
Review of Literature
Proposed Research Project
Interpreting Results
Last Remarks
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"Bereavement Stress and Coping are familiar terms in English-speaking
countries as need modification to reveal the severity of symptoms and
the reality of persons who cannot 'cope'. Stage theories distort, as can
the under-estimation of anxiety, depression or more alarming symptoms
bereaved persons experience well beyond the acute or first year aftermath of loss. One needs awareness of postmodern societies a long average lifespan but also youth, midlife and serial bereavement as common phenomena. Inductive research, as in this paper's proposed project, should harvest the testimony of persons to survive bereavement, as other research must help human services professionals to become oriented to what bereavement stress can really entail, the nature of loss in the early 21st century.
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Childhood Bereavement, 2005.
A study of children and mourning.
2,300 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 79.95
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This paper explores the issue of childhood bereavement. The paper describes childhood bereavement and relates to the debate about a child's ability to mourn. The paper also discusses how children mourn and emphasizes the stress experienced by the bereaved child. The paper concludes with a review of complicated, uncomplicated and pathological mourning.
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Perinatal Bereavement in Nursing, 2002.
A study of the issue of loss and mourning in the perinatal section of a hospital.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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An essay on perinatal bereavement. A reflective analysis paper, the essay begins with a personal observation of the silence and isolation in which a grieving couple took their leave of a maternity ward. It goes on to consider the importance of a nurse's roles in undertaking bereavement interventions and the ways in which this can be effected.
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Complicated and Uncomplicated Bereavement, 2004.
A discussion of the effects on a survivor, including grief, multiple reactions to loss, ritualistic styles of mourning and social adjustments.
2,555 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 77.95
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This paper discusses the distinguishing types of bereavement: complicated and uncomplicated and the various responses in both cases. A classification of the forms of grief is provided along with an extensive analysis of each form. The mourning process is also dissected into several categories and leads into the presentation of the adjustment to the aftermath. The key points from above highlight how the response to bereavement is a physical, emotional, cognitive, and behavioural experience.
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"Bereavement is always a painful experience, but some people return to their normal life rapidly, experiencing uncomplicated bereavement, while others never go back to their previous way of life before their loss. Death is a powerful cause of stress; even those going through uncomplicated bereavement are likely to experience many symptoms of anxiety and depression and undergo physiological changes which reduce the body?s ability to fight off disease (Phillips, 1994). Popular options suggest that the progression through bereavement is often steady and orderly, yet people grieve in highly individualized ways. Depending on prior losses and the severity of the current loss, symptoms of anxiety may be most evident and can mix or overshadow symptoms of depression (Rogoff, 1989)."
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Sibling Bereavement, 1997.
Examines support groups for surviving brothers & sisters. Looks at special needs, techniques, therapy, examples and age factors.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 5 sources, $ 47.95
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" Sibling bereavement support groups have formed to help assist bereaved siblings adjust to family losses. The loss of a brother or sister, and the manner in which surviving siblings cope, is the subject of this review of literature dealing with the therapy/treatment/counseling groups which service this population.
The Dougy Center in Portland, Oregon (3909 S. E. 52nd, Portland, Oregon 97206, (503) 775-5683), is one such counseling group which works with bereaved siblings. In 1982, the Dougy Center offered its first support group, for children living with a recent loss. More than a decade later, the center's comfortable frame house now houses seven full-time staff members and twenty-six support groups. More than 150 volunteers extend the professional social workers' and psychologists' work."
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Parental Bereavement, 2004.
A review of the process of grief a parent will go through after the loss of a child.
1,903 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 60.95
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This paper reviews information about the grieving process of parents who lose a child. Included is an overview of several different types of losses, including stillbirths, miscarriages, and SIDS. It includes statistics of child deaths and grief research.
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?The death of a child is one of the most tragic events that can enter a family's life? (Smith, 2004). Parents expect to outlive their children. It is the ?norm? for the children to attend the parent?s funeral, not the other way around. DeSpelder (2002) explains that ?the death of a child represents the unfinished, the untimely loss of a potential future?. Attitudes and trends towards death have changed immensely over the past century. In the past it was not uncommon for children to die at a young age. In fact, ?Over half of the deaths in 1900 occurred among children age fourteen and younger? (DeSpelder, 2002.) Death rates have most definitely taken a turn as of late however. DeSpelder states that ?now, less than 2 percent of deaths occur among this age group [age fourteen and younger]? (2002)."
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