these feelings, validating them, and reminding pet owners that
they acted out of a desire to spare their pet's suffering will help funeral directors best serve their clients.
Resources for the funeral director In addition to his own services, a funeral professional can forge relationships with others in the community to assist those left behind. It can be as simple as keeping track of books on the subject that are available at the local library. Or it can be as complex providing a grief services division or networking with mental health professionals to provide referrals when necessary. In any case, being seen as the one willing to go the extra mile can only enhance a funeral professional’s reputation in the community. Hundreds of websites and organizations provide information, coursework and free resources to help the funeral professional assist her customers. They range from blogs to service organizations, governments, faith-based groups and groups that provide formal training for those interested in becoming certified in grief counseling. One website that funeral professionals can point their customers to works under the premise that music can be of major benefit to the grieving soul. Griefsupportservices.org provides, free of charge, the ability for anyone with a computer and a media player to listen to a vast library of music that is searchable by artist or genre dealing with various aspects of the grief process. Creative to the nth degree in its attempts to serve any and all mourners, the website encompasses the gamut of musical styles, References Allen, M. A. (2023). Ten tips on coping with pet loss. The Pet Loss Support Page. Retrieved January 30, 2023, from https://www.pet-loss.net/ American Psychiatric Association. (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (5th ed.). https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9780890425596 Cruse Bereavement Support. (2022). Partner or Spouse. Cruse Bereavement Support. Retrieved January 30, 2023, from https://www.cruse.org.uk/understanding-grief/ Funeral Guide. (2019). The Six 'R's of Mourning. Funeral Guide. Retrieved February 3, 2023, from https://www. funeralguide.co.uk/help-resources/bereavement-support/the-grieving-process/the-six-rs-of-mourning Goldstein, R. D. (2018). Parental Grief. In J. R. Duncan (Eds.) et. al., SIDS Sudden Infant and Early Childhood Death: The Past, the Present and the Future. University of Adelaide Press.
ranging all the way from Barbra Streisand singing “I Believe” to Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven.” And if a certain piece of music speaks to a visitor, the website provides a way to purchase that song with a click of a mouse. Another website, selfhealingexpressions.com , provides a lengthy list of movies dealing with various grief issues ranging from mystical experiences (“Ghost, ”The Five People You Meet in Heaven”) to understanding different grieving patterns (“Little Women”) and even writing as a way of expressing grief (“Finding Neverland,” the story of how the Peter Pan saga was created). And typing the word “grief” into the search box on the Internet Movie Database (imdb.com) produces nearly 1,000 entries to select from. Self-help books, memoirs and anthologies of grief experiences abound. Online booksellers, bookstores both large and small and even local libraries can be great resources for finding books on the myriad aspects of grief that the funeral professional can then refer a mourner to, depending on their particular need. Organizations such as University of Phoenix, City University of New York other colleges and dozens of private groups offer certification training in grief counseling for funeral professionals interested in providing this service.
Lyness, D. A. (Ed.). (2021, September). When a Loved One Dies: How to Help Your Child. KidsHealth. Retrieved January 30, 2023, from https://kidshealth.org/en/parents/death.html MacKenzie, M. A. (n.d.). Preparatory Grief in Frail Elderly Individuals. Annals of Long-Term Care. Retrieved January 30, 2023, from https://www.hmpgloballearningnetwork.com/site/altc/articles/preparatory-grief-frail- elderly-individuals Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research. (2022, December 13). Complicated grief. Mayo Clinic. Retrieved January 13, 2023, from https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/complicated-grief/ symptoms-causes/syc-20360374
Good Therapy. (2019, May 11). Grief, Loss, and Bereavement. Grief Counseling: The Grief Process, Models of Grief, and Grief Therapy. Retrieved January 30, 2023, from https://www.goodtherapy.org/learn-about-therapy/ issues/grief Hashim, S. M., Eng, T. C., Tohit, N., & Wahab, S. (2013). Bereavement in the elderly: the role of primary care. Mental health in family medicine, 10(3), 159–162. Holmes, T. H., & Rahe, R. H. (1967). The social readjustment rating scale. Journal of psychosomatic research, 11 , 213. Kübler-Ross, E. (1969). On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy & their own families. Scribner. Luchterhand, C. (2018, July 25). U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Whole Health Library. Retrieved February 3, 2023, from https://www.va.gov/WHOLEHEALTHLIBRARY/tools/grief-reactions-duration-and-tasks-of- mourning.asp Mendoza, M. A. (n.d.). Grief and Loneliness in the Aged. Psychology Today. Retrieved January 30, 2023, from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/understanding-grief/201903/grief-and-loneliness-in-the-aged Rando T. A. Parental loss of a child. Champaign, Ill.: Research Press, 1986. Skinner, Q. (2022, June 28). The sixth stage of grief. Experience Life. Retrieved January 30, 2023, from https:// experiencelife.lifetime.life/article/the-sixth-stage-of-grief/ National SIDS Resource Center. (2014). The Death of a Child. At Health. Retrieved January 30, 2023, from https://athealth.com/topics/the-death-of-a-child-2/ Van Overmeire, R., Van Keer, R. L., Cocquyt, M., & Bilsen, J. (2021). Compassion fatigue of funeral directors during and after the first wave of COVID-19. Journal of Public Health, 43(4), 703-709. Williams, L. (2022). Grief Theory 101: The Dual Process Model of Grief. What's Your Grief. Retrieved January 30, 2023, from https://whatsyourgrief.com/dual-process-model-of-grief/ Worden, J. W. (2018). Grief Counseling and Grief Therapy: A Handbook for the Mental Health Practitioner. Springer Publishing Company, LLC. AN UNDERSTANDING OF GRIEF AND THE ROLE OF THE FUNERAL PROFESSIONAL Final Examination Questions Select the best answer for each question and mark your answers on the Final Examination Answer Sheet found on page 36, or complete your test online at EliteLearning.com/Book 11. Elizabeth Kübler-Ross describes the five stages of grief as denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance.
16. Thoughts of self-harm are a possible symptom of complicated grief. a. True. b. False. 17. There are no true physical symptoms associated with grief. a. True. b. False. 18. The elderly grieve in exactly the same way as younger people. a. True. b. False. 19. Children may benefit from having a sense of how a funeral will unfold and what people may say or do as it does.
a. True. b. False. 12. The Dual Process Model distinguishes between internal processes and external processes. a. True. b. False. 13. Worden’s third task of mourning is to accept the reality of one’s loss. a. True. b. False. 14. Acceptance is coming to the decision that everything is fine as it is or that we learn to live with the situation. a. True. b. False. 15. There is disagreement among experts about when grief has lasted long enough to be considered pathological.
a. True. b. False.
20. Grief over the loss of a pet is never as intense as grief at the loss of a person and doesn’t need to be taken too seriously.
a. True. b. False.
a. True. b. False.
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