Bereavement is the sorrow you feel or the state you are in when a relative or close friend dies. those who have suffered a bereavement. = loss. when someone loses a close friend or relative because they have died
An important element of hospice care is an assessment of the needs of the bereaved family, and the development of a care plan that meets these needs, both prior to, and following the death of a patient Hospice encourages the expression of grief, recognizes social/religious and ethnic variables in bereavement, and supports staff and family participation in meaningful funeral services and rituals (National Hospice Organization glossary)
A weakling's loss of a weak reference to another object, occurring when that object is not reachable along a path of strong references from a root object