Jane Galbraith
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Helping Baby Boomer deal with Grief Expert
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Jane Galbraith lives in Ontario. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from McMaster University and has worked in the community health care field since 1976. She is the author of “Baby Boomers Face Grief – Survival and Recovery".
Her work has included dealing with palliative clients and their bereaved families for the past two decades and also assists facilitating grief support groups. She has been involved with both residential hospices that opened in her region as well as the palliative care initiatives in her area.
Jane sits on the Canadian Pension Plan Tribunal as the medical member to hear appeals for disability cases as well as providing nursing expert opinion on a variety of legal matters.
She presents on a regular basis to many community groups, hospices, volunteer groups and employers. Companies conce ed about lost productivity have embraced workshops on the effect of grief in the workplace.
As well she has presented to the Bereavement Ontario Network annual meeting, the Canadian Hospice and Palliative Care Conference in 2007, conducted a workshop at the Roswell Park Cancer Institute in September 2009 and presented to the Ontario Palliative Care Association in 2010.
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5 Tips you CAN do to help the grieving!!
Who hasn’t heard or said themselves “I just don’t know what to say.” Or “I feel so helpless – there’s nothing I can do!!” Well there ARE things that you can do or say to help those in pain due to the death of a loved one. We can help, and not just in little ways, and it makes a tremendous difference to those we see in pain. Here are a few points to consider when you are trying to help someone who is grieving:
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Nobody Wants to Talk about it - Baby Boomers Face Grief
Baby Boomers are in for a shock!!! We may think that we are prepared for the sadness that will accompany our parents’ death. In fact we are usually totally unprepared for this life experience. To lose the people in your life that have always been there and know you the best is a life-altering event. I was sure that I understood the pain that would accompany the eventual death of my mother. Professionally I was a nurse and involved in palliative care and bereavement counselling so I was sure that I was prepared. I was wrong!!
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Grief in the workplace
The workplace is like your second family to many people. Let’s face it, some people spend more time at work than with their immediate families!! After my mother died I don’t think that I was a very good employee. Of course, I couldn’t show it. You have to try to act like your old “normal” self. That in itself is exhausting.
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Grief will affect the Baby Boomer population differently from previous generations. There are 90 millio Baby Boomers in North America. When these BB's lose their parents there will be a huge wave of grief surging through the country.
Many are still working and the effect of their grief on workplace productivity will be enormous. The Grief Recovery Institute in a report in 2003 indicated that lost productivity in the workplace due to the loss of a loved one was $37.5 billion.
We need to give people permission to talk about grief and their feelings. Validation is what people need to help them get through this life altering event. People need to start TALKING about this subject - perhaps this generation can make further changes to our social culture.
Contacting Jane Galbraith
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How to get started
Information is available at www.boomergrief.com about grief. Links to other good resources are included as well as the entire introductory chapter of the book, Baby Boomers Face Grief - Survival and Recovery. Access to the author with direct email links is also on the site.