Grief & Loss for Seniors: Practical Comfort for the Hardest Days: Ease Anxiety and Panic, Navigate Everyday Challenges, and Discover Joy Again—Without Guilt or Timelines

Grief & Loss for Seniors: Practical Comfort for the Hardest Days When you’ve lived decades of life, grief doesn’t just break your heart—it unsettles your body, fogs your thinking, and reshapes every routine. The world may expect you to “stay strong” and “move on,” but your days and nights tell a very different story. Written by emergency and intensive care nurse Denise Brege, RN, BSN, this compassionate guide is designed specifically for seniors navigating deep loss. Drawing on years of bedside experience, Brege explains why grief can look like memory problems, high blood pressure, panic-like episodes, exhaustion, and sleepless nights—and offers steady, practical ways to stay safe and supported while your heart and body adjust. In short, easy-to-read chapters you can open in any order, you’ll find: Clear steps for surviving the first foggy weeks after loss Simple tools to ease anxiety, panic, and emotional “waves” Guidance for handling essential paperwork and practical tasks at a realistic pace Support for grief that feels complicated, heavy, or never-ending Strategies for coping with changed routines, empty spaces, and drifting friendships Scripts for responding to unhelpful comments and asking others for specific help Gentle support for losses later in life—partners, adult children, parents, siblings, and close friends You’ll also find emergency resource lists, a physical symptoms reference, guidance for family and supporters, and a special section, “The 3 AM Companion,” with thirty one-page readings for the hardest, sleepless hours. This book will not rush you, judge you, or tell you to “get over it.” It simply walks beside you—helping you ease anxiety and panic, manage everyday challenges, and slowly discover moments of joy again, without guilt, deadlines, or pressure to be “back to normal.” View Less