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Degree

Master of Gerontological Studies, Miami University, Gerontology, 2011.

Abstract

This work is a pilot needs assessment undertaken for the Robley Rex Veteran Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) to explore whether or not there was a need for a veteran-specific grief program. The major three components of the study included: 1) a comprehensive literature review of veterans and grief; 2) development and implementation of a survey assessing need; and 3) recommendations to the medical center. More than 90% of veterans experienced the death of a close friend or relative and about one-quarter of them expressed interest in a veteran-specific grief program.

Subject Headings

Gerontology

Keywords

veterans; grief; military indoctrination; combat; war era cohort effect; socio-historical cohort effect; life course perspective

Committee / Advisors

Robert Applebaum, PhD (Committee Chair)
Suzanne Kunkel, PhD (Committee Member)
Jane Straker (Committee Member)

Document number: miami1303397171
Permalink: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1303397171

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