Am I Allowed to Cry?: Study of Bereavement Amongst People Who Have Learning Difficulties - Couverture rigide

Oswin, Maureen

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ISBN 10 : 0285650955 ISBN 13 : 9780285650954

Editeur : Souvenir Press Ltd, 1991

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Coping with bereavement is one of the most overwhelming problems faced by people with learning difficulties. For some it may mean leaving home for the first time in their lives, often without explanation, to live in institutions where staff may have little understanding of their loss and sadness. The death of a loved one may be combined with the loss of all that is familiar in their world. Maureen Oswin has carried out years of research into a subject, which has remained unaccountably neglected in relation to people with learning difficulties. In this poignant and yet helpful book she describes bewildered men and women kept in ignorance of a parent's death, unable to understand why their father or mother is no longer there; lonely windows left to cope single-handed with a severely handicapped son or daughter; ignored by the support services at a time when they are most in need of help; people with learning difficulties taken into institutions where their natural grief is treated as 'problem behaviour'. While the author is sympathetic to the problems faced by staff in coping with bereaved people with learning difficulties, she is highly critical of their training, which often fails to respect the very normal feelings of the people in their care. Everybody, in situations of grief, is likely to behave in a way that is out of character, yet people with learning difficulties are rarely accorded the understanding shown to others. In a practical and optimistic chapter, the author sets out guidelines for change and improvement in training, attitudes and services. Her advice, based on many years of experience, has now been used extensively by staff in a variety of settings to heighten awareness of bereaved people's needs, and this edition includes a new foreword of Linda Ward of Bristol University as well as an updating of the resource information.

Biographie de l'auteur

Maureen spent many years working in a hospital for children with cerebral palsy before moving into research at the Thomas Coram Research Unit (University of London). She concentrates on how the quality of life for people with profound learning disabilities can be improved, and her work has initiated many improvements within the statutory services. She has been awarded a lifetime achievement award by 'Community Care' magazine in recognition that her work has "made the greatest contribution to modern social care."

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Souvenir Press Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0285650955
• ISBN 13: 9780285650954
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible