The Shared Experience Help the Bereavement to Flow

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (10) ◽  
pp. 959-965 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ingela Henoch ◽  
Christina Berg ◽  
Inger Benkel
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Family Member ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Stressful Event ◽  
Shared Experience ◽  
Death Of A Parent

When a family member dies, a bereavement period is taking place for all family members. The death of a parent during childhood is a highly stressful event. This study evaluates families’ experiences of family support groups when a parent has died. Families were participate in groups for children, teenagers, young adults, and parents in seven sessions. The same topic which was discussed in all groups. The support groups were evaluated qualitatively and quantitatively. The participants were satisfied with the groups and experienced that the shared experience facilitated bereavement to proceed. The results indicate that families’ experiences is being more open about feelings in their own family. A support group can be one possibility to help the whole family in the bereavement.

scholarly journals Use of therapeutic factors for the evaluation of results in support groups

2008 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 432-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lizete Malagoni de Almeida Cavalcante Oliveira ◽  
Marcelo Medeiros ◽  
Virginia Visconde Brasil ◽  
Paula Malagoni Cavalcante Oliveira ◽  
Denize Bouttelet Munari
Keyword(s):  
Family Member ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Check List ◽  
Therapeutic Factors ◽  
Group Methods ◽  
Digital Recorder

OBJECTIVE: To identifyg the evidence of Therapeutic Factors (TF) for the systematized evaluation of a support group. METHODS: Descriptive study developed in a hospital in Goiânia GO, in 2005/2006. Ten sessions of the Inpatient Family Support Group (GRAF) were registered with a digital recorder, field journal and a check list filled out by the coordinators in order to identify TF observed in the participation of each family member. Later, these records were cross-checked so as to analyze this participation. RESULTS: GRAF had an average of 6.9 participants per session. The following TF were identified: universality, imparting of information, cohesiveness, existential factors and instillation of hope. CONCLUSION: These TF were useful in the evaluation of the GRAF results, suggesting their convenience to evaluate results in other support groups.

Family support and prosocial behaviors in U. S. Mexican and European American young adults : the intervening roles of respect and sociocognitive/emotive traits

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Cara Streit
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Cultural Values ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Prosocial Behaviors ◽  
European American ◽  
University Of Missouri ◽  
Sibling Support ◽  
Underlying Mechanisms ◽  
American Young Adults

[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The primary aim of this study is to consider mothers, fathers, and siblings as socialization agents of young adult's prosocial behaviors and to consider the mediating roles of cultural values and sociocognitive/emotive traits. In order to build on previous work, these relations are examined in a sample of European American and U.S. Latino young adults. The final sample included 184 U.S. Latino (N = 143, 78.6 % female; M age = 20.68, SD =2.05) and 348 European American young adults (N = 275, 79.5 % female; M age = 19.52, SD =1.11). Results from path analyses demonstrate complex and differential predictors associated with prosocial behaviors, as distinguished by the target of helping. Cultural values and young adults' sociocognitive and emotive traits largely served as underlying mechanisms in the relations between family support and prosocial behaviors, although these relations were differentiated by the target of helping. There was also evidence for the moderating role of young adults' gender in the model assessing prosocial behaviors toward family members, such that for men, there were several indirect and direct effects of paternal support (but not maternal or sibling support) in fostering prosocial behaviors toward family members. Discussion will focus on the integration of socialization, cognitive developmental, and cultural theories in predicting prosocial behaviors towards different helping targets.

ICU family support group sessions: Family members' perceived benefits

1989 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn A. Sabo ◽  
Christine Kraay ◽  
Ellen Rudy ◽  
Therese Abraham ◽  
Michele Bender ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Support ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Perceived Benefits ◽  
Group Sessions

scholarly journals COVID-19 Teleconferencing Experiences of Caregivers & Spouses with Dementia from QA/QI Support Group Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 1006-1007
Author(s):  
Roscoe Nicholson ◽  
Maureen O'Connor ◽  
Andrew Nguyen ◽  
Rebecca Salant ◽  
Tiffany Donley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Iterative Process ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Physical Contact ◽  
Framework Analysis ◽  
Spouse Caregivers

Abstract In summer 2020, researchers conducted a Quality Assurance and Quality Improvement (QA/QI) assessment of the NYU Langone Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias Family Support Program’s adaptations in response to COVID by interviewing 10 participating spouse caregivers of persons with dementia (PWD). The primary adaptations were shifting from in-person to online services, changing support groups from biweekly to weekly, and offering an arts-based group for PWD daily rather than weekly . In the course of these interviews, all respondents described their adaptation to remote teleconferencing programming, and five also contrasted their experiences with those of the PWD. Methods After transcription and de-identification, a codebook was created from the transcript content that included a priori topics of interest as well as emergent themes using framework analysis. These transcripts were then coded by two independent coders through an iterative process and consultation with the codebook creator, who also resolved any discrepancies between coders. Results Respondents reported largely successful transitions to teleconferencing for themselves, though missing the physical contact afforded by meeting in-person. However, they also described some interactional challenges related to participants talking over one another, and suggested more active moderating to facilitate greater turn-taking. The respondents’ descriptions of the PWD’s response suggested a much less successful transition to teleconferencing. Challenges and barriers included lack of interest, difficulty following or participating in conversation, and teleconferencing creating confusion, such making it “hard for her to separate out when everybody's in the same place or not."

Subverting transphobia and challenging ignorance

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy Jones
Keyword(s):  
Discourse Analysis ◽  
Young People ◽  
Focus Group ◽  
Community Of Practice ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Identity Work ◽  
Shared Experience ◽  
The Face ◽  
Mutual Identity

In this article, I present two moments of interaction emerging from a focus group between young people who are members of a community of practice: a support group for transgender youth and their parents. Using discourse analysis, I demonstrate how the young people work collaboratively to construct a mutual identity, which foregrounds their shared experience of transgender issues and minimises differences between them. I argue that they do this to actively challenge and resist the discrimination they experience due to transphobia and ignorance, which includes attempts to ‘other’ them. I show how the young people ascribe themselves agency by subverting the heteronormative ideologies which inform this othering, thus constructing an active, resistant and validated mutual identity rather than a victimised, submissive or othered one. This identity work tells us much about the hugely important role played by support groups in helping young people to construct a positive persona in the face of transphobic discrimination.

Exploration of Nurse/Social Worker ICU Family Support Group Intervention Satisfying Family Members’ Needs

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Benbenishty ◽  
◽  
Dvora Kirshbaum Moriah ◽  
Chaya Harel ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Family Support ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Social Worker ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Group Intervention ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Family Needs ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Icu Patients ◽  
Care Family

Background: Family members of intensive care unit (ICU) patients are legitimate recipients of nursing care. There is a lack of interventional nursing strategies providing family support while in ICU. Objective: To demonstrate that a nurse led family support group is tool to fulfill family members’ needs. Methods: A prospective convenience sample of family members volunteering participation in nurse/social worker led support group. To validate the intervention on family members’ needs, The Critical Care Family needs Inventory was distributed to participants in support group. Results: 100 relatives participated in the study; Out of the 45 family needs, 21 needs were statistically significantly fulfilled by participation family support group intervention. The findings demonstrated that support group most significantly affected Support and Assurance categories.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Terapi Suportif Keluarga Terhadap Kemampuan Keluarga Merawat Klien Gangguan Jiwa di Kecamatan Bogor Timur

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-28
Author(s):  
Rika Damayanti ◽  
Tati Hernawaty
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Support Group ◽  
Psychological Health ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
T Test ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Group I ◽  
The Family

Mental illness experienced by 96 people between 12,392 people in Bubulak District, West Bogor. At the same time, family knowledge and abilities are not going well, services for psychological health programs by Community Health Centers are not going well, and Family Support Groups are not there. The title of this research is the Effect of Supporting Family Groups on Family Ability in Caring for Clients with Mental Illness in Bubulak Regency, West Bogor. This study aims to obtain a comprehensive picture of the influence of the Family Support Group on the ability of families to care for clients with mental illness. The study design used a quasi-experimental pre-post trial with a control group using the intervention of the Family Support Group. The sample was selected using a single-stage cluster and consisted of 74 families with a client mental illness. This group is divided into two groups as follows: Group I (Care of family support groups, four meetings consisting of 2 weeks) and Group II (without Family Support Groups). Family cognitive abilities, affective abilities, and psychomotor abilities were assessed using a questionnaire, and then the results of the questionnaire were analyzed using the dependent t-test, independent t-test, Chi-Square, and Simple Linear Regression methods. This study shows a significant increase in family cognitive abilities, affective abilities, and psychomotor abilities in caring for clients with mental illness. The ability of the group handled by the Family Support Group is significantly and significantly improved compared to the group without the Family Support Group. It is recommended to form and to conduct a Family Support Group to families who have clients with mental illness in the community.

Voicing their choices: Advance care planning with adolescents and young adults with cancer and other serious conditions

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Lori Wiener ◽  
Sima Bedoya ◽  
Haven Battles ◽  
Leonard Sender ◽  
Keri Zabokrtsky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Family Member ◽  
Advance Care Planning ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Generalized Anxiety ◽  
Care Planning ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Formal Tool ◽  
Advance Care

Abstract Objectives To determine whether engaging in advance care planning (ACP) using a formal tool, Voicing My CHOiCES (VMC), would alleviate adolescent and young adults (AYAs) anxiety surrounding ACP and increase social support and communication about end-of-life care preferences with family members and health care providers (HCPs). Methods A total of 149 AYAs aged 18–39 years receiving cancer-directed therapy or treatment for another chronic medical illness were enrolled at seven US sites. Baseline data included prior ACP communication with family members and HCPs and measures of generalized anxiety, ACP anxiety, and social support. Participants critically reviewed each page of VMC and then completed three pages of the document. ACP anxiety was measured again immediately after the completion of VMC pages. One month later, participants repeated anxiety and social support measures and were asked if they shared what they had completed in VMC with a family member or HCP. Results At baseline, 50.3% of participants reported that they previously had a conversation about EoL preferences with a family member; 19.5% with an HCP. One month later, 65.1% had subsequently shared what they wrote in VMC with a family member; 8.9% shared with an HCP. Most (88.6%) reported they would not have had this conversation if not participating in the study. No significant changes occurred in social support. There was an immediate drop in anxiety about EoL planning after reviewing VMC which persisted at 1 month. Generalized anxiety was also significantly lower 1 month after reviewing VMC. Significance of results Having a document specifically created for AYAs to guide ACP planning can decrease anxiety and increase communication with family members but not necessarily with HCPs. Future research should examine ways ACP can be introduced more consistently to this young population to allow their preferences for care to be heard, respected, and honored, particularly by their healthcare providers.

scholarly journals Family Support Groups for family members of mentally ill offenders: a pilot study

2018 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 762-773 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Rowaert ◽  
Stijn Vandevelde ◽  
Kurt Audenaert ◽  
Gilbert Lemmens
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Family Support ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Mentally Ill ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Mentally Ill Offenders

A Death in the Family: The Differential Impacts of Losing a Loved One

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-118
Author(s):  
Amber Glatt
Keyword(s):  
Family Structure ◽  
Family Member ◽  
Predictive Factors ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Loved One ◽  
It Impacts ◽  
Death Of A Child ◽  
Death Of A Parent ◽  
The Family ◽  
Family Variables

This paper will look at how the death of an immediate family member affects the surviving family members, as well as how it impacts the family structure. The death of a parent, the death of a spouse, the death of a child, and the death of a sibling will all be examined and compared to see how these different situations impact different members of the family. Variables such as age, gender, and relation to the deceased turn out to be important predictive factors in how an individual copes with the loss. The family structure must be reorganized after the loss of one of its members, but how families go about this restructuring differs immensely. How the family is restructured has major implications for how the family is able function after the death. Learning how both individuals and family units grieve the loss of an immediate family member and examining the differences, can lead to a better understanding of what grieving processes are the most effective.

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