Accepting grief and loss is not an easy thing to do. The state of grief confronts even the most emotionally sturdy people, so feeling like you’re not able to handle what you’re facing is a challenge that we deal with from time to time. As hard as it may be to accept, though, any affliction, hurt or pain you are experiencing helps to shape the person you are. Making your way to the end of…
Grief counseling can help you get your life back together after the loss of a senior loved one. Grieving is something that most everyone goes through during their lifetime. According to the CDC, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 2,596,993 deaths in the United States in 2013. When you lose someone, you lose a part of yourself. That’s not easy to get over or to deal with each day. There’s nothing wrong…
Coping with caregiver grief is something that most people will deal with when their loved ones have Alzheimer’s disease or any other type of dementia. How will it feel when the person you have loved so many years is no longer the same? What will you do when it seems like you are talking to a stranger, and that person no longer recognizes who you are? Anyone with Alzheimer’s suffers in silence. Yet, caregivers can…