Loss and Grief

This is an extension text in the "Skills for Caring" series which is aimed at health and social care workers and reflects the skills and standards necessary to obtain National Vocational Qualifications for care work. This text studies the effects of loss on clients. It looks not only at the effects of bereavement, but also at the effects of other losses, eg loss of independence through illness. It concentrates on clients' reactions to loss and grief and deals with practical and emotional isues for the careworker and their client. It advises the care worker on practical issues of helping the client, and on support for the care worker in doing this. It is suitable for individual or group study and as with other titles in this series, it has been widely field-tested.