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The process of change in complicated grief group therapy for bereaved dementia caregivers
 — an evaluation using the Meaning of Loss Codebook
Author(s)Katherine P Supiano, Lara Burns Haynes, Vicki Pond
Journal titleJournal of Gerontological Social Work, vol 60, no 2, February-March 2017
PublisherTaylor and Francis, February-March 2017
Pagespp 155-169
Sourcehttp://www.tandfonline.com
KeywordsDementia ; Informal care ; Bereavement ; Group work ; Evaluation ; United States of America.
AnnotationCaring for a person with dementia has adverse health and mental health effects that, for 9-25% of caregivers, persist as complicated grief (CG). For bereaved dementia caregivers unable to satisfactorily grieve, specialised Complicated Grief Group Therapy (CGGT) can restore healthy grief. The authors investigated therapeutic change in CGGT participants, using an adapted version of the Gillies' Meaning of Loss Codebook. Participants recruited from Caring Connections (the bereavement care programme at the University of Utah) demonstrated positive gains in 16 thematic areas, notably in moving on with life, summoning pleasant memories, and ascribing bad memories to disease rather than decedent. Meaning transitioned from negative to positive interpretations of the death over the course of treatment. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-170616237 A
ClassmarkEA: P6: DW: IGG: 4C: 7T

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