Overview

The APS hosts this activity with the APS Psychology & Ageing Interest Group (PAIG). 

Older people are more likely to encounter grief, losses and bereavements than any other age group, yet they are also less likely to seek and find the right support. It is important for healthcare professionals across all settings and disciplines to identify older people struggling with grief and enable them to access help.  

By using case studies and moving examples of grief poetry, this on-demand activity aims to:

• draw attention to grief- and bereavement-related challenges faced by older people compared to younger age groups,

• provide an overview of different types of grief and address relevant grief theories such as the stage model of grief and the dual-process model, and

• build skills in knowing how to support and respond to grief in older adults.

Level of Learning

Foundational. This activity is targeted to those new to the topic.

Duration of access

Access to the recordings and presenter slides is for 12 months from the date of confirmed registration.

APS CPD-Approved

This activity has been assessed against the APS Standards for CPD activities and approved for its education quality. Learn more about the APS CPD Approval process.

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Activity details

• On-demand webinar recording

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• recognise different types of grief and how they affect older adults,

• understand the progression of grief, and

• identify how to respond to bereaved older adults who need additional support.

Presenter(s)

Dr Katrin Gerber, Associate Professor Christina Bryant

About the presenter(s)

Dr Katrin Gerber is a mental health and end-of-life research fellow at the National Ageing Research Institute with a PhD in Psychology from the University of Melbourne. She is highly experienced in innovative mixed-methods research into end-of-life care, psychology and mental health. Her passion for these fields stems from her personal experience as a hospice volunteer and end-of-life family caregiver.
A/Prof Christina Bryant is an academic clinical psychologist based at the University of Melbourne who has extensive experience in working with older adults and supporting them in managing grief and loss. She teaches trainee clinical psychologists on working with bereavement and loss and has also been involved in a range of research projects investigating grief.