Georgene eakes biography of rory

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  • Theory of chronic sorrow was developed by Georgene Gaskill  Eakes, Mary Lermann Burke and Margaret A. Hainsworth in 1998.
  • Other related theories - Kubler-Ross (1969), Bowlby (1980)
  • Theory of chronic sorrow is considered as a a middle-range nursing theory.
  • Theory explains the ongoing feelings of loss that arise from illness, debilitation, or death.
  • This theory provides a framework to describe the reaction of parents to the ongoing losses associated with caring for a child with chronic illness or disability (Scornaienchi JM, 2003).
  • Nurses caring for families need to be aware of the high potential for chronic sorrow to occur in persons with chronic conditions, their family caregivers, and bereaved persons.(Eakes GG, 1999).
  • Major concepts
    • chronic sorrow
    • disparity
    • loss
    • antecedents
    • trigger events, and
    • internal and external management methods.
  • Chronic sorrow is the periodic recurrence of permanent, pervasive sadness or other grief related feelings associ Georgene eakes!