History
Definitions
Support
Theories
Signs
100

In Medieval times, during the Crusades, these buildings were places of refuge for weary travellers.

Hospices

100

It refers to being deprived, cut-off, or severed from something or someone that you value.

Loss

100

A term to describe the philosophy developed by Alan Wolfelt on how to support a grieving person.

Companioning

100

Refers to the outward expression of a person’s grief and the rituals that the grieving person’s community will engage in.

Mourning

100

Loss of faith or increase of faith are types of this sign of grieving.

Spiritual

200

Cicely Saunders started the first modern hospice which was called St Christopher’s Hospice during this decade.

1960's

200

A communication technique that requires a person to carefully listen to what the speaker is saying.

Active Listening

200

It is an internal process and a natural reaction to a loss.

Grief

200

Can be experienced by an individual, their family, and friends, as they work through a life threatening illness, over a period of time.

Anticipated grieving

200

Appetite disturbances and tightness in chest are types of this sign of grieving.

Physical

300

The Peace Arch Hospice Society was established in this decade.

1980's

300

Experienced when a loss is not or cannot be openly acknowledged, publicly mourned, or socially supported.

Disenfranchised Grief

300

What are the four tasks of grieving?

Accepting, expressing, adjusting and reinvesting.

300

The five physical aspects of active listening called SOLER.

Sit squarely, Open posture, Lean forward, Eye contact and Relaxed

300

Hostility, sadness, anger and fear are types of this sign of grieving.

Emotional

400

The first modern hospice was established by Cicely Saunders in this city.

London, England.

400

An intense and long-lasting form of grief that takes over a person’s life.

Complicated grief or Prolonged grief

400

Advising, reassuring, interpreting and analyzing all sound helpful but are actually unhelpful because they are ...

Communication roadblocks

400

What is the empathic response?

“It sounds like you’re feeling _______because _________”.

400

Disorientation, disorganization and forgetfulness are types of this sign of grieving.

Psychological

500

The Peace Arch Hospice Society moved into it’s new Supportive Care Centre located on 16A Ave. in what year?

2017

500

The ability to imagine oneself as another person and to share a sense of what they are feeling.

Empathy

500

They are more inclined to act out their feelings in play, rather than words.

Children

500

What is companioning?

Listening with the heart, respecting disorder and bearing witness to the struggles of others are aspects of this philosophy of grief support.

500

Withdrawing from friends and engaging in risky behaviour are types of this sign of grieving?

Behavioural