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Grief and loneliness in older people: Case study accounts of conjugal bereavement
- Author:
- COSTELLO John
- Journal article citation:
- Quality in Ageing, 3(4), December 2002, p.39.
- Publisher:
- Pier Professional
- Place of publication:
- Brighton
Grief and its concomitant loneliness are common problems in the social process of ageing. Using case study accounts, this article describes the perceptions of four elderly bereaved people and their experiences of loneliness following conjugal bereavement. The paper points out that bereavement research is dominated by psycho-analytical conceptualisations which place emphasis on the 'grief work' hypothesis, with less attention paid to bereavement models that highlight the social impact of loss on older people.