Parenting classes as a part of a hospice bereavement program.
The impact of a loss is felt throughout the family system with the parent-child relationship being particularly vulnerable. The experience of The Mount Carmel Hospice Evergreen Center with a parenting program is presented. Responding to the expressed concerns of grieving parents, a time-limited parenting group was held. The quantitative and qualitative results of that experience are presented. In addition to normalizing the experience of parenting grieving children, the group provided the opportunity for parents to enhance skills and learn about the need to respect the individuality and uniqueness of the grief work of the child.
Glazer
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Mount Carmel Hospice Evergreen Center, Columbus, OH, USA.
Clark
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D000328:Adult; D001601:Bereavement; D002648:Child; D006738:Hospices / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D016487:Parenting / Q000523:psychology*; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology*; D002666:Psychology, Child