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“Living With Grief: Before and After the Death”
a. Sponsors: This program, for Military and Federal GETN subscribers, is sponsored by Hospice Foundation of America, and Department of Defense Medical Interagency Satellite Program with the technical support of the Satellite Education Network (SEN) at Ft. Lee, VA.
b. Availability: This program will be available to military and federal GETN/MIST sites that have GETN/ATN/Warrior digital satellite downlinks. A listing of potential GETN receive sites can be seen here: GETN Site Location.
MIST affiliate satellite networks such as the VA’s Employee Education System and the Department of Justice Television Network may also carry this program but IAW with their own scheduling.
There is No C/Ku Band analog satellite for this repeat program.
Videoconferencing may be available to selected military and federal VTC sites using the USA TNET or the USN CNET networks and other VTC networks able to connect to this satellite feed. Site coordinators using VTC are responsible for their own bridge coordination.
c. Program Overview: HFA’s 14th annual National Bereavement Teleconference, Living With Grief®: Before and After the Death, will explore the most current theoretical perspectives on loss and grief as experienced by persons throughout a life-limiting illness and by survivors after the death.
Recently in Washington, the program content for HFA’s upcoming national bereavement teleconference, Living With Grief®: Before and After the Death was the subject of intense focus during a planning meeting with the full panel. While this year’s topic is in many ways a return to a familiar subject for many teleconference participants, this panel spent its time looking forward, discussing the most current thinking about grief and bereavement.
The panelists all bring a great depth of experience and research to the work of the teleconference. Yet one concern shared by the group is that, while there is a serious body of knowledge about grief and bereavement that is evidence-based, much about the grieving process is still caught up in “folklore,” or in outdated notions of grief. As one panelist noted, the process of grief should no longer be seen as “saying goodbye,” “creating artificial closure”, or “moving on and creating a new life.” All agree that a plurality of models is needed, because we have a plurality of grievers; the principles behind the models should be used for guidance.
Much of the discussion focused on the incredible resiliency of those who are grieving. One panelist reminded the group that caregivers should be “amazed” by this resilience, and be careful not to pathologize it. One panelist described what they do as providing a “guide bar” to grievers. Professionals can’t necessarily help grievers “make meaning”, but can guide them on how to do so. But it was also noted that some grievers don’t make meaning of their grief; they simply survive.
The panelists shared their ideas of the purpose of grief. One panelist sees the process as a way of “reaffirming what can be and reconstructing what we no longer have.” One pertinent question posed was, “how do people construct continuity between the process of grief with their ‘normal’ life, and still recognize themselves?” Another panelist talked about the importance of giving grievers permission to keep a relationship alive, even while adjusting to learning to live without the person who has died. The panelists agreed upon the idea that grief is about relationships; one panelist called it a “relational emotion, like love.” One panelist reminded the group that an important role of those professionals supporting grievers is to “normalize the agony”, and acknowledge how difficult this process really is.
d. Panelists for the 2007 program will include:
For an expanded Biography on the above Panelists see: http://www.hospicefoundation.org/teleconference/2007/panelists.asp.
e. Moderated by: Frank Sesno, an Emmy-award winning journalist, special correspondent with CNN and a faculty member George Washington University’s School of Media and Public Affairs.
f. CEUs, CMEs. Certificates: None!
g. Support Materials: None
h. Videotape Availability: None, tape it yourself or see link above to order from the Sponsor.
i. Videotape release (if taping from broadcast): This FREE program is unclassified and non-scrambled. There are no copyright restrictions on this program for military and federal users, however it MAY NOT be videotaped and re-broadcast where fees are attached to its showing. It may not be used for commercial purposes without additional permission of the sponsors.
j. Registration: All new and returning GETN sites MUST register for this FREE, public domain program to receive the necessary illumination authentication (GETN/Warrior dishes) and Site Materials Website. Sites may register at: GETN/HFA Registration Form or by calling Ed Kronholm’s Office, the GETN Satellite Registrations Coordinator, toll free at 877-820-0305 or 888-820-4898.
k. Future Programs: For future information on free GETN interagency satellite broadcasts (subject to change due to satellite availability and other scheduling issues) please visit this web site: (Information changes periodically; please refresh your browser upon each visit) Interagency Calendar.
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