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=== Coping for family === Discussing the anticipated loss and planning for the future may help family members accept and prepare for the patient's death. [[Intervention (counseling)|Interventions]] may also be offered for [[anticipatory grief]]. In the case of more serious consequences such as [[Major depressive disorder|depression]], a more serious [[Intervention (counseling)|intervention]] or [[therapy]] is recommended. Upon the death of someone who is terminally ill, many family members that served as caregivers are likely to experience declines in their mental health.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Aoun |first1=Samar M |last2=Bentley |first2=Brenda |last3=Funk |first3=Laura |last4=Toye |first4=Chris |last5=Grande |first5=Gunn |last6=Stajduhar |first6=Kelli J |date=May 2013 |title=A 10-year literature review of family caregiving for motor neurone disease: Moving from caregiver burden studies to palliative care interventions |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0269216312455729 |journal=Palliative Medicine |language=en |volume=27 |issue=5 |pages=437β446 |doi=10.1177/0269216312455729 |pmid=22907948 |s2cid=34463161 |issn=0269-2163|hdl=20.500.11937/34995 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> Grief counseling and grief therapy may also be recommended for family members after a loved one's death.<ref name="NCI-2007b">{{Cite web |date=2007-12-18 |title=Last Days of Life |url=https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/advanced-cancer/caregivers/planning/last-days-pdq#section/all |access-date=2017-11-26 |website=National Cancer Institute}}</ref>
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