Help for bereaved children: a preventative approach
- Författare
- Davies, C.
- Titel
- Help for bereaved children: a preventative approach
- Utgivningsår
- 1996
- Tidskrift
- British Journal of Community Health Nursing
- Volym
- 1
- Häfte
- 4
- Sidor
- 214–218
- Sammanfattning
This paper describes the work undertaken with children and adolescents who have lost a significant person in their lives through death. The author works with the paediatric nurse member of a palliative care team running groups for children and adolescents who have been bereaved.
The aim of the project is to invite the child/adolescent as soon as possible after bereavement to participate in groups with others who are grieving. This groups allow participants to express their feelings through art, play and discussion in a safe and confidential environment.
It is hoped by using a preventative approach such as this, that the incidence of some of the results of unresolved childhood grief, such as failed relationships, depression and ill-health in adult life can be minimised.