This tip card helps persons with brain injury, families, and professionals understand the…

ü      experience of grief

ü      primary and secondary losses

ü      possible responses of grief

ü      importance of grieving and mourning

Physical Death vs. Non-physical Death

Bereavement, Grieving, and Mourning

Primary and Secondary Losses

·        The Ability to Grieve

The Grief Journey

·        Responses to Grief

·        Feelings of R.A.G.E.

Types of Mourning

·  Complicated Mourning

·  Extraordinary Mourning

·  Doing the Work

Tips for survivors of brain injury to grieve and mourn their losses…

Tips for family members to grieve and mourn their losses…

Tips for professionals to support survivors and families in the grief process… S.H.A.R.E.

Conclusion

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