
SIGNIFICANT LOSS IN OLD AGE: SIBLING AS A SOURCE OF SOCIAL SUPPORT
(STEF92 Technology, 2018, N. Spatenkova, G. A. Nytra)
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Old age is associated with a number of significant losses, the loss of spouse being regarded as the most important. Seniors respond to the death of their life partners in various ways. Even though the grieving process is a highly individual matter and the manifestations of grief are multi-determined, in accordance with the existing knowledge, it is possible to postulate a hypothesis that siblinghood in old age may be an important salutoprotective factor and a source of natural (informal) social support for widowed...

