In Living with Grief®: Loss in Later Life (DVD), a panel discussion by experts on the aging population evaluates ways that professionals can more effectively assist those coping with the range of losses which occur later in life. 
 
The accompanying novel by the same title (ISBN: 978-1-893349-03-2) describes the losses experienced in later life and ways professionals can effectively serve those coping with loss. 

In Living with Grief®: Loss in Later Life (DVD), a panel discussion by experts on the aging population evaluates ways that professionals can more effectively assist those coping with the range of losses which occur later in life. 
 
The accompanying novel by the same title (ISBN: 978-1-893349-03-2) describes the losses experienced in later life and ways professionals can effectively serve those coping with loss. 

Spirituality and End-of-Life Care features a foreword by Keith G. Meador, and serves as a companion book for Hospice Foundation of America’s 2011 Living with Grief^® program. The seventeen chapters and multiple sidebars offer valuable information on providing sensitive and effective spiritual care at the end of life. Doka, K.J. (Ed) (2011) Washington, DC, Hospice Foundation of America, 247 pp. This book is indexed. 

In the program, Supporting Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities through Illness, Grief, and Death, experts discuss in a four segment panel the topics of supporting individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities through life-ending illness as well as grief and loss.  

Transforming Loss: Finding Potential for Growth is an inspirational program about positive change and action by the bereaved in the aftermath of loss. The program is appropriate for all professionals working in hospice and palliative care, counselors, clergy, funeral professionals, and any professional whose practice involves the bereaved. Ideal for community education and outreach, this program will touch the heart of anyone who has experienced loss with stories of people who have found meaning and purpose through loss. The program offers clinicians tools to support and encourage transformative growth in grieving clients and will supply self-help advice for the bereaved. 

Continuing research on the adaptation of Americans to bereavement in the context of the pandemic has expanded to include those suffering losses from causes beyond COVID-19. The unique circumstances under which people die and grieve since March of 2020 are nearly universal, affecting virtually all individuals facing the death of a loved one.

Dr. Niemeyer compares the impact of loss because of COVID-19, other natural causes, and violent death, and considers the role of meaning making in mediating the circumstantial risk factors that can complicate grief and impair functioning of survivors. Utilizing clinically useful screeners such as the Pandemic Grief Scale (PGS) for severe grief responses in the pandemic, the speaker suggests how to bridge from assessment to intervention and offers principles and practices to inform professional support.

On Demand for one year after purchase
Continuing Education: 1.5 hours for a wide variety of professional boards included with registration and available for 1 year.

Expert Panelist: 

• Robert A. Neimeyer, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of the Department of Psychology, University of Memphis; maintains an active consulting and coaching practice; and also directs the Portland Institute for Loss and Transition, Read more

While grief is a normal transitional event in the lives of most individuals, some people have complications in coping with loss that merit more intensive support and treatment. Hospice Foundation of America’s newest publication, When Grief is Complicated, examines the academic research and arguments surrounding complicated grieving through case studies, interventive strategies and historical perspectives. 

The DVD provides an in-depth discussion of complicated grief and interventive strategies with expert panelists, Ken Doka, PhD, MDiv, Robert Neimeyer, PhD, and Therese Rando, PhD, BCETS, BCBT. Moderated by Frank Sesno.