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Question: Coping With Loss and Grief
Consider the Chapter 9 reading in your textbook on coping with loss and grief and Dockendorff's article: "Healthy Ways of Coping with Losses Related to the Aging Process," (2014). Different types of loss may elicit different responses to loss. The author identifies six specific losses including quality of life, something we may not typically consider as a loss.  Understanding multiple types of loss and responses to them can secure a greater awareness and attention to unique elements of each type of loss.

Choose one of the types of loss in Dockendorff's work combined with the transitions in housing from the text, to determine the differences in expectations from the senior experiencing the loss as well as those caregivers and professionals working with them.  
What specifically supports the grieving individual in coping with loss?
How does mindfulness and collaboration with the aging individual encourage differing dimensions of holistic treatment that support coping?
What role does contemplative practice have in supporting individual development of the aging individual or those who may be grieving?

  (you must use at least two references from the readings to support your answer)