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- Explain how you, as a social worker, might apply the grieving model you selected to your work with families in a hospice environment.
- Identify components of the grieving model that you think might be difficult to apply to your social work practice. Explain why you anticipate these challenges.
- Identify strategies you might use for your own self care as a social worker dealing with grief counseling. Explain why these strategies might be effective.
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Models of Grieving
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Models of Grieving
Every person goes through the grieving process at one point or another. The death of a
loved one is significant to everyone, maybe because of its finality or confrontation of own
mortality. Grieving is a natural and healthy process in life which is influenced by an individual’s
environment. The environment comprises of societal and family cultural values and beliefs.
(Zastrow & Kirst-Ashman, 2016) Some individuals require grief and loss support. As a social
worker, it is essential to understand the grieving process and different models involved to assist
clients to manage pain. As a social worker helping grieving clients, it can affect my personal,
emotional, mental and physical resources; therefore, it is vital to have self-care strategies.
Applying Kubler-Ross’s model of grieving to working with families in a hospice
environment
People grieve differently; the stages one person goes through might not be the same or
follow a similar sequence since we face a loss in different ways. The type of relationship we had
with the person who is gone affects how we cope with it. Kubler-Ross identifies five stages of
grieving. The first phase is denial then anger, followed by bargaining, depression and last stage
acceptance. Kubler-Ross’s model is applicable when working with families within a hospice
environment. The hospice environment comprises of an individual who is near death. Families
in such a situation have to be prepared for any time they might lose their loved one.
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