When health changes permanently, many people experience Living Loss: recurring grief over what is no longer taken for granted. People with post-infectious conditions sometimes lose parts of their health, daily abilities, social roles, or future plans. This loss is often unpredictable, intense, and not always visible to the outside world. Loved ones also experience changes in their lives and roles, which can likewise evoke feelings of loss in them.
We have a here Factsheet made about that offers more information Espaitec's made of which an aftercare advisor discusses this with an expert. Furthermore, it is possible to a previously recorded webinar You can view the video on this topic from sister organization Q-support, in which Manu Keirse, Grief Expert and Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the Catholic University of Leuven, shares more about Living Loss. And Gerda van Hemert, a psychosocial therapist specializing in grief, discusses how you can cope with this.
