grandparents

This workshop will be experiential in nature and is suitable for both professionals and those who work with older people.  The workshop will explore the identity and role of grandparents in contemporary society. It will examine the many losses experienced by grandparents through death, separation, divorce, emigration and the breaking of the grandparent/grandchild contact.  The workshop will help participants to understand the profound sense of powerlessness and the cumulative effect of grief experienced by grandparents which is often unacknowledged.  It will illustrate approaches that can enhance the coping mechanisms of bereaved grandparents.