Helping the Aging Family: A Guide for Professionals

ability able accept activity agency appear assessment assistance become behavior bereavement called caregiver client concern condition continue coping counseling counselor daughter deal death dependency depression determine difficult discussion doctor effective elderly emotional expectations experience expression fact family members fear feelings frequently friends functioning give goals grief hearing helpers hope human husband impaired important individual initial instance interest intervention interview involved issues less living loss means meet method mother mourning nature nursing observation offer older person one's organization pain particular patient perhaps physical possible practice present problem professional question reactions reason relationship relatives requires responsibility result role setting share situation social solution sometimes suffering suggest symptoms talk tasks termination treatment understand usually visits worker