The Importance of Group Support for Widowed Persons.

Folken, Molly Hill

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ERIC Number: EJ437212

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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The Importance of Group Support for Widowed Persons.

Folken, Molly Hill

Journal for Specialists in Group Work, v16 n3 p172-77 Sep 1991

Notes that widowed persons in the United States have little support following funeral. Describes Widowed Persons Service (WPS), service which offers one-to-one outreach to newly widowed by persons previously widowed and trained to help the newly widowed; and Talk Group, ongoing, open-ended support group for newly widowed formed by the WPS in Orange County, Florida. (Author/NB)

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Group Counseling, Self Help Programs, Social Support Groups, Widowed

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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