Methods for coping with a spouse's death; Finding that women are living longer, healthier lives, and tend to outlive their husbands; Life expectancy of men and women; Depression that sets in when people lose a spouse; Importance of exercise....
Coping with a chronic (ongoing) medical condition is challenging for all persons: patient, spouse, children, extended family, and friends. Everyone involved has their own emotions, finances, stresses, worries, and frustrations. Support groups and respite care centers offer the primary caregiver a re...
We actually took a short driving trip to visit his old fishing buddies and their wives for three days. Ralph had his limits, preferred to stay alone rather than sit with the others on the beach at times. But he had a wonderful time while we were there and held his own in telling well...
The relationships between coping strategies, social support and depression: an investigation among Turkish care-givers of patients with dementia Caring for a patient with dementia is a stressful life event, and care-givers carry a heavy psychological burden. However, the extent to which care-givers ...
S Jacobs,S Kasl,C Schaefer,A Ostfeld 摘要: Sixty-seven persons were identified 1 to 2 months after the death or life-threatening illness of their spouse and followed for 25 months. Intake measures included a) a revised Ways of Coping Scale, a structured assessment of ego defenses, ...
with another very special person such as a spouse or close friend. Social loneliness is a feeling of being cut off from a group one considers important, such as a church or fraternity. Cultural loneliness occurs when one feels separated or alienated from a way of life or system of ...
作者: James A Blackburn PhD,Jan S Greenberg ACSW & Pauline G. Boss PhD 摘要: From the symbolic interaction perspective, the study examined the effect of loss of spouse on 30 rural widows in three Montana counties at 6 and 12 months after death of spouse. Participants were given a measure...
birth of a baby, retirement, and professional loss.After a major loss, such as the death of a spouse or child, up to a third of the people most directly affected will suffer detrimental effects on their physical or mental health, or both.2 Such bereavements increase the risk of death fr...
the sudden death of a spouse may trigger financial strains if that spouse had been the family’s primary breadwinner (Umberson, 1992). Likewise, chronic strains may precede a stressful life event; for example, an adult child’s struggle with drug addiction may trigger their untimely and sudden...
lonely and isolating it can be when we feel paralyzed by it. But if I can give you, fellow anxious spouse, any encouragement, it’s that you are NEVER alone, and that you are worthy. I hope these tips help you, and I hope you can come up with some of your own coping strategies,...