Health Management for Older Adults III - Loss of Loved Ones -- Widowhood & Family

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Widowhood (or widowerhood if you prefer) necessitates a reintegration of roles suitable to the new status.

Death precipitates a reorganization of the family as a social system. Roles must be reassigned, status positions shifted, and values reoriented, and families exhibit considerable diversity in their attempts to accomplish these transitions.

It's important not to underestimate the complexity of loss events and the context in which they occur, as well as their historical antecedents.