title: Helping elderly clients adjust to change and loss.
abstract: Home care providers must assess clients for any difficulties they may have with adjusting to changes and losses in their lives. They should consider the possibility that clients may be depressed and at risk for suicide. Home care providers' attention to psychologic dynamics may help a client face the losses that accompany growing older with integrity rather than despair.
authors.affiliation: Bethel College, Mishawaka, Ind., USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Davidhizar
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Shearer
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D001601:Bereavement; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods