New Book!
Pauline Boss's latest book, Loving Some Who Has Dementia: How to Find Hope While Coping With Stress and Grief (Jossey-Bass, 2011) was released August 2. Read more and order.
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
May 19, 2012
Interest Group: Family Resilience
AFTA Annual Meeting (May 16-19)
San Francisco
Learn more here.
Other Available Books
Loss, Trauma, and Resilience, W. W. Norton, 2006
Descriptions, reviews, and order information
Ambiguous Loss, Harvard University Press, 1999
Description, reviews, and order information
Family Stress, Classic and Contemporary Readings, Sage Publications, 2003
Description, reviews, and order information
Family Stress Management, Sage Publications, 2002
Description, reviews, and order information
Recent Interviews
The Caregivers and Dementia. Mary Hanson interviews Dr. Boss on the Mary Hanson Show. Viewing times and locations.
Ambiguous Loss. Dr. Gloria Horsley, President of the Open to Hope Foundation, discusses ambiguous loss with Dr. Boss at the 2011 Association of Death Education and Counseling Conference. View here.
Living With Dementia. Margaret Cochran, Ph.D., Whole Brain Thinking: Wisdom, Love, & Magic interviews Dr. Boss about her new book, Loving Someone Who has Dementia. Listen here.
Ambiguous loss and the intersection of research and clinical work. Interview with Steven Harris,
Professor & Director, Marriage and Family Therapy Program, University of Minnesota. View You Tube video -- Part One. Part 2. Part 3.
Pauline Boss on Ambiguous Loss. View the National Conference on Family Relations You Tube Video of the Week.
How a Theory is Born: A Conversation with Pauline Boss. National Conference on Family Relations Members' Stories. Nancy Gonzales, Interviewer. Read here.
Dementia: Red Flags and False Alarms in Today's Diet & Nutrition (July 2011) . Matthew Robb, Interviewer. Read here.
9/11 Familes Discover Mixed Emotions. View Dr. Boss' interview (May 3,2011) with Kare 11 TV (Minneapolis/St. Paul).
Recent Engagements
April 20, 2012
Workshop: Ambiguous Loss and the Myth of Closure
Ackerman Institute for the Family
New York City
Learn more here.
April 24, 2012
1:30-2:30 pm
Workshop: Surviving the Psychological Journey of a Loved One with Memory Loss
First in a series of the Living Well in Later Life Workshops
Sponsored by the University of Minnesota Retirees Association (UMRA)
(Open to UMRA members and friends along with current and former U of M employees.)
University of Minnesota, Campus Club
Learn more here.
April 10, 2012
6:15-8:30 pm
Living with Early Dementia in the Family
Wilder Community Center for Aging
650 Marshall Avenue, St. Paul
Open to Memory Club alumni and family.
To register, call 651.280.2500.
March 1, 2012, 10-11:30 am
Caregiver Group Meeting
St. Anthony Park United Church of Christ
2129 Commonwealth Avenue.
St. Paul, Minnesota
Dr. Boss will discuss her recent book, Loving Someone Who Has Dementia: How to Find Hope While Coping with Stress and Grief.
Sponsored by St. Anthony Park Area Seniors and the churches of St. Anthony Park.
For more information, contact Ted Bowman at 651-645-6058.
March 17, 2012
Meeting of the Minds
Alzheimer's Association, Minnesota-North Dakota Chapter
St. Paul, Minnesota
Breakout Sessions: Ambiguous Loss (for professionals & family caregivers) and Loving Someone Who Has Dementia: How to Find Hope While Coping With Stress and Grief.
Learn more here.
January 21, 2012
Minne-College in Florida
Sponsored by the University of Minnesota Alumni Association
Naples, Florida
Keynote Speaker: When Someone You Love Has Dementia: How to Find Hope While Coping With
Stress and Grief.
Selected Publications
Caregiving and Ambiguous Loss: Fact Sheet
This fact sheet was prepared by Family Caregiver Alliance in cooperation with California's Caregiver Resource Centers. Written by Pauline Boss for Family Caregiver Alliance. Go to Fact Sheet.
Boss, P., Roos, S., Harris, D. L. (2011). Grief in the Midst of Uncertainty and Ambiguity. In R. A. Neimeyer, D. L. Harris, H. R. Winokuer, & G. F. Thornton (Eds.), Grief and Bereavement in Contemporary Society: Bridging Research and Practice (pp. 163-175). New York: Taylor and Francis. Click here for more information.
Boss, P. (2010). The Trauma and Complicated Grief of Ambiguous Loss. Pastoral Psychology. doi: 10.1007/s11089-009-0264-0. Go to: http://www.springerlink.com/content/y161224247v4712w/
Dunn, S. (2009, January). When the Roof Falls In. O, The Oprah Magazine.
Go to http://www.oprah.com/article/omagazine/200901_omag_change_happens
Boss, P. (2008, September). Family focus on . . . Adoption: Rethinking adoptions that dissolve: What we need to know about research, practice, policies--and attitudes. National Council on Family Relations Report, FF39, F5-F7, F19. For more information, go to http://www.ncfr.org/.
The Measurement of Boundary Ambiguity in Families (Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1990) manual by Pauline Boss, Jan. R. Greenberg, and Debra Pearce-McCall is now available online. Go to http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/familydevelopment/DE3763.html.
Sourcebook of Family Theories and Methods by Pauline Boss, William J. Doherty, Ralph LaRossa, Walter R. Schumm, and Suzanne K. Steinmetz is now available in softcover (Springer, 2009). For more information, go to http://www.springer.com/psychology/counseling/book/978-0-387-85763.
Boss, P. (2007). Guest Editor, Ambiguous Loss and Boundary Ambiguity [Special Issue]. Family Relations, 56(2). Ambiguous Loss Theory: Challenges for Scholars and Practitioners. Family Relations, 56(2), pages 105-11 For more information, go to http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/117997763/issue
The Boss MN-NY Ambiguous Loss Endowment was initiated at the University of Minnesota after the tragic events of 9/11. While there is a generous amount in this endowment, our vision now is to increase this fund to create a permanent faculty position--an endowed chair--in ambiguous loss. To accomplish this goal will require fundraising in the amount of at least $1 million.
This chair will assure that the work of Dr. Boss will go forward in the training of new scholars in this critical area. The College of Education and Human Development and the Department of Family Social Science support this project as a high priority.
For more information on this project, or to make a gift, please contact Lynn Slifer, Director of External Relations at the College of Education and Human Development, 612-625-5511, slife001@umn.edu, or click on www.giving.umn.edu and follow the link to online giving. Your may also mail a check (made out to the UM Foundation--Boss Endowment) directly to the following address: University of Minnesota Foundation, CM-3854, PO Box 70870, St. Paul, MN 55170-3854.