Implementing evidence-based and cost-effective bereavement care is a challenge. A self-
report measure could assist to identify caregivers at-risk of prolonged grief. We developed a …

Background: Palliative care standards and policies recommend that bereavement support
be provided to family caregivers, yet uncertainty surrounds whether support currently offered …

Introduction In palliative care, family caregivers are often faced with experiences of grief in
anticipation of the loss of a close person. An instrument designed to measure this form of …

Objective: Pre-death grief is among the most debilitating aspects of dementia caregiving and
can have adverse impacts on caregivers' physical and mental health. The specific …

This dissertation was designed to search for grief assessments; to provide researchers,
clinicians, and students with a compendium of instruments that can be used in research and …

For patients and family caregivers the journey through illness and transitions of care is
characterized by a series of progressive physical and emotional losses. Grief reactions …

It is crucial for palliative care teams to evaluate practices in assessing the risk of developing
complicated grief among family members and caregivers of patients. A retrospective chart …

Background: Family caregivers in palliative care may be placed in a complicated emotional
situation wherein they suffer the risk of grief reactions both pre-and postbereavement and …

There is substantial evidence that bereavement is associated with risks to health and well-
being. However, experiences vary; while most people suffer intense grief after a significant …

The assessment of grief in the elderly, bereaved population has received much attention in
the research and clinical literature. Existing instruments vary widely in their complexity, the …