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Article: Death and Dying; A Guide for Staff Serving Adults with Mental Retardation. (excerpt)
- Article from:
- The Exceptional Parent
- Article date:
- May 1, 1989
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1989 EP Global Communications, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Death and Dying: A Guide for Staff Serving Adults with Mental Retardation
The individual who is dying or experiencing the loss of a friend may need counselling to deal with death and loss. These guidelines are oriented to individuals with mental retardation and to staff working with these individuals. Some of these guidelines are proposed for the people serving as grief counsellors and some are addressed to all staff.
The reason for this division is that a resolution of the grieving process is effectively facilitated when all staff are generally supportive, while grief counselling per se is consistently addressed by one clearly identified person. This ...