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Introduction – Seniors Supporting Seniors: Building Capacity Through Shared Living, Learning and Grief.
Supporting Grieving Seniors
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Introduction
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction Quiz: Self-Awareness and Grief Reflection
MODULE ONE: Grief and Me
As a worker who wishes to enhance your ability to sit well with seniors who are grieving, the first step is to start with yourself.
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Lesson 1: Exploring Your Own Grief
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Lesson 2: What is grief to you?
Lesson 3: How We Want Grief to Work
Lesson 4: Grief Truths
Lesson 5: What’s in your grief-aware toolkit?
Lesson 6: Engagement requires
Summary: MODULE ONE: Grief and Me
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📌 Module 1 Quiz: Grief and Me
MODULE TWO: Some Grief Basics
Let’s get on the same page around defining the language of grief and the universal truths about the grief experience.
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Lesson 1: Attachment and Loss
Lesson 2: Grief arises from both death and non-death losses
Lesson 3: Grief Isn’t Just for Death
Lesson 4: Loss and Grief: Key Definitions
Lesson 5: Mourning Rituals
Lesson 6: Loss and Grief: Key Definitions
Lesson 7: Grief is a unique experience for every person and every loss…
Lesson 8: Determinants of grief
Summary: Module 2: Some Grief Basics
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📌 Module 2 Quiz: Understanding Grief
Module THREE: How Grief Shows Up
Grief shows up differently for every person and every loss and it’s important that we learn to recognize it in ourselves and those we serve.
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Lesson 1: Meeting Grief
Lesson 2: Grief is not just about feeling sad.
Lesson 3: Six Ways Grief impacts the body – Video
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Lesson 4: Many things impact how someone meets their grief
Lesson 5: Styles of Grieving We are not all the same in our responses
Lesson 6: Grieving Styles – Intuitive and Instrumental Grief
Lesson 7: More on PEMS
Lesson 8: Physical
Lesson 9: Emotional
Lesson 9: Mental
Summary: Module 3: How Grief Shows Up
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📌 Module 3 Quiz: How Grief Manifests
Module FOUR: Okay, Now What?
Important knowledge, framework and competencies for working with grief.
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Lesson 1: Grief Truth or Myth?
Lesson 2: A Model for Working with Grief
Lesson 3: Growing Around Grief
Lesson 4: STUG
Lesson 5: You can Help
Lesson 6: What is needed
Summary: Module FOUR: Okay, Now What?
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📌 Module 4 Quiz: Providing Support
Module FIVE: What’s Different for Seniors?
Exploring why grief and loss may be different for seniors compared to younger adults.
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Lesson 1: Senior’s Loss and Grief
Lesson 2: What may differ?
Lesson 3: Non-death related losses
Lesson 4: Health Issues
Lesson 5: Other factors
Lesson 6: Context: Impact of Living Longer
Summary: Module FIVE: What’s Different for Seniors?
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📌 Module 5 Quiz: Grief and Aging
Module SIX: The Social Context
The social determinants that impact the experience of grief for seniors.
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Lesson 1: Social Determinants
Lesson 2: Ageism
Lesson 3: Ageist messaging
Lesson 4: Stereotypes
Lesson 5: Being Judgement Aware
Lesson 6:The Dual Reality of Growing Older
Lesson 7: The Dual Reality of Growing Older
Summary : Module SIX: The Social Context
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📌 Module 6 Quiz: The Social Context of Grief
Module SEVEN: What Does Support Look Like?
Core competencies in how we understand and provide support, companioning and the importance of cultural humility.
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Lesson 1: Module Seven – What does Support Look like?
Lesson 2: Core Competencies
Lesson 3: Peer Support
Lesson 4: Self Reflection
Lesson 5: Keep in mind…
Lesson 6: Empathy & Sympathy
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Lesson 7: Your Beliefs: How they affect you supporting others?
Lesson 8: Our lenses
Lesson 9: Cultural Humility
Lesson 10: Comfort vs. Grief Support
Lesson 11: Companioning
Lesson 12: How to Help a Grieving Friend – Video
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Lesson 13: The GRACE Model of Compassionate Response
Lesson 14: Showing Support
Lesson 15: Important to note…
Lesson 16: Be aware of…
Summary : Module Seven: What Does Support Look Like?
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📌 Module 7 Quiz: Effective Grief Support
Module EIGHT: Self Care and Resilience
We can’t care well for others unless we tend to ourselves.
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Lesson 1: Self Care & Fostering Resilience
Lesson 2: Triggers
Lesson 3: Three Steps of Bracketing
Lesson 4: Dealing with Difficult Feelings
Lesson 5: 6 Steps to mindfully deal with difficult emotions
Lesson 6: Staying Present
Lesson 7: Four rooms
Lesson 8: Resilience is in Our DNA
Lesson 9: Ancestral Mathematics
SUMMARY: Module EIGHT: Self Care and Resilience
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📌 Module 8 Quiz: Self-Care and Resilience
Module NINE: Conclusion, Wrap Up and Further Resources
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Lesson 1: Valuing this work
Lesson 2: Being IS Doing
Lesson 3: Grief work is…
Lesson 4: Conclusions
Lesson 5: Resources
Lesson 6: Ending
Lesson 7: Feedback
Summary: Module 9 – Conclusion, Wrap Up and Further Resources
Resources in next TOPIC
📌 Module 9 Quiz: Continuous Learning and Resources
Resources
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Mourner’s Bill of Rights
Caring and feeding of your grieving person
How to Help a Grieving Friend
The COVID Layer
More on the impact of COVID
Evolution of Grief Theory
Self Care for the Whole Self
Ageism
Cartography of Grief
Medicine Wheel Holistic Model
Additional Resources
Grief Sites
Seniors Supporting Seniors – E-learning Modules: Building Capacity Through Shared Living, Learning and Grief. (Copy 1)
About Lesson

What helps me feel supported?

How would I support someone in their grief?

Participant Workbook Exercise (pg 8)

Think of a time when you have felt supported by someone (friend/colleague/family member) when talking about grief and loss.

What concrete things did the person say or do to help you feel supported?

  • Now, write a few lines about how you would assist a griever. What actions might you take? 
  • Finally, what thoughts do you have about how a person should be grieving? What is “normal” for someone who is older griever?
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