A Study of Direct Care Staff for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities/Mental Illness Regarding Grief and Loss Issues

Social service agencies often ignore death and dying issues (DDI). Direct care staff (DCS) are left to fend for themselves when it comes to these issues. Training on DDI and GLI is scarce. Theories such as Symbolic Interactionism and Awareness Theory help explain DDI and GLI. The methods used in thi...

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Main Author: Wood, Elizabeth Anne
Format: Others
Published: North Dakota State University 2017
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10365/26853