Try: Accepting the death of a loved one is a process that includes in any order denial shock anger depression bargaining for time and acceptance information normal grieving can exhibit any or all of the following weight loss lack of appetite feeling despair feeling helpless vivid dreams or nightmares of the deceased feeling angry at god the deceased the healthcare provider and family grieving should not be given a time limit grieving should be encouraged and the griever should feel comfortable enough to cry and to express themselves and their feelings unhealthy grieving includes the following depression and talk of suicide continuously speaking of the dead in the present tense in unhealthy ways drug or alcohol abuse isolation poor self care that continues for a long period of time references adapted from information found in the book the complete eldercare planner by joy loverde

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Categories: Behavior Challenging, Cognitive Intellectual, Communication, Emotional Psychological, Personal, Social, Spiritual

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Keywords: Death grief grieving end of life despair depression spirituality

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