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Tuffrey-Wijne, Irene; Finlayson, Janet; Bernal, Jane; Taggart, Laurence; Lam, Claire Kar Kei; Todd, Stuart – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Background: Illness and death are part of life for everyone, including people with intellectual disabilities. This study investigated the extent to which staff communicate about death with people with intellectual disability facing terminal illness or bereavement. Method: Staff who support people with intellectual disability in the UK (n = 690)…
Descriptors: Death, Adults, Terminal Illness, Grief
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Kiemle, Gundi – British Journal of Guidance and Counselling, 1994
Discusses supervision and counseling of people with AIDS. Addresses the impact upon the client and the counselor against the background of stigmatization. Conflicts and losses arising at different stages are explored. Discusses implications for the need for supervision to facilitate changes necessary to cope with clients' and counselors' feelings…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adults, Anxiety, Counseling Psychology
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Walker, Rebecca J.; And Others – Health & Social Work, 1996
Anticipatory grief may have beneficial effects for caregivers of people with HIV infection or AIDS. Illness duration, stigmatization, and multiple losses may impede the caregiver's ability to effectively engage in the grief process, however. Discusses the impact of these aspects of the disease on the anticipatory grief process and mourning tasks…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adults, Caregiver Role, Caregivers