(Anderson & Tomlinson, 1992; Clarke-Steffen, 1997; Krumwiede, Meiers, Bliesmer, Eggenberger, Earle, Murray, Harman, Andros, & Rydholm, 2004; Tomlinson, Peden-McAlpine, & Sherman, 2012)
Walsh (2007, p. 209) states a family experience can include the following losses:
· sense of physical or psychological wholeness (e.g., with serious bodily harm);
· significant persons, roles, and relationships;
· head of family or community leader;
· intact family unit, homes, or communities;
· way of life and economic livelihood;
· future potential (e.g., with the loss of children);
· hopes and dreams for all that might have been; shattered assumptions in core worldview (e.g. loss of security, predictability, or trust).