Coping with Loss: Grief and Bereavement in the Workplace

There are few events in life that are more stressful than the death of an immediate family member, be it a spouse, parent, sibling or child. In fact psychologists and psychiatrists describe the loss of a loved one as being the single most difficult life event most individuals will ever have to face. The immense psychological impact of such a loss is well documented as are the mental components the bereaved individual experiences.

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Evelyn and Gloria are two devoted daughters of an 88-year-old woman still living in her two-bedroom apartment. A widow for 15 years, Ruth managed her affairs quite well until three years previously when the sisters and their brother in Edmonton, noticed some loss of her usual fastidiousness in her grooming and in her apartment.

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