Two losses at once
Medical discharge involves two simultaneous losses: a change in health and a change in role. Either alone is significant. Together they can overwhelm the systems that normally hold a person together.
What helps
AURIS supports people through medically-driven transition by separating what is medical from what is identity-related, and giving structure to both.
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About the author
Gemma Gardner
Founder and Research Lead, AURIS Institute
Gemma Gardner leads the AURIS research programme on identity and occupational transition. Her work builds the evidence base behind the AURIS Framework and the Identity System, drawing on interviews with service leavers, families and the organisations that support them.
- Lead author, Identity Performance Psychology white paper series
- Principal investigator, AURIS identity adaptation interview programme
- Author of AURIS submissions on identity in occupational transition
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