title: It can never be the way it was: helping elderly women adjust to change and loss.
abstract: This article was written to help nurses assist elderly women adjusting to change and loss. It describes dynamics that may be present during change and loss such as loneliness and powerlessness. Specific strategies for communicating caring in the operating room are described.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dayidhizar
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shearer
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006117:Grief; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D009871:Operating Room Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*