Abstract ♦ The poor health status of homeless individuals and the personal experiences of social workers both confirm that supportive work with this population increasingly ends with the death of the client. In Hungary, no comprehensive research has yet been conducted on how social workers in homeless services experience the death of their clients or accompany them through end-of-life stages, what roles are expected of them by the institutional system, and what their own needs and professional responsibilities are in these situations. This study aims to partly fill this gap by exploring the experiences of a caseworker social worker from the moment a resident was hospitalized, through their death, and up to the funeral, also incorporating the perspectives of peers. The case study highlights the urgent need to address this topic and to develop institutional responses – not only within homeless care services but also across other fields of social service provision.

Abstract ♦ The liquidation of a deceased person's tangible estate is an undertaking that affects almost everyone. This short study cannot address every issue related to the mental impact of estate liquidation; rather, its aim is to identify as many relevant areas and fields as possible. Its most important finding is that the omission of grief cleaning can have diagnostic value from a mental perspective, and the process itself – even with the involvement of a mental health professional – can support the "restorative activities" of grief (Shut & Stroebe, 2018).

Abstract ♦ Our research aims to explore the losses experienced by children raised in families with substance dependency and to gain a deeper understanding of their grief processes.
In our study, we conducted 16 semi-structured interviews with individuals whose one or both parents struggled with problematic alcohol use and where at least two years had passed since the death of one parent. After transcribing the interviews verbatim, we analyzed the written accounts using thematic analysis. Due to space constraints, the objective of this study to highlight the unique characteristics of loss processing among the interviewees.

Abstract ♦ Involuntary childlessness, prolonged infertility treatments, and their associated somatic and psychological burdens can precipitate an existential crisis for affected couples. This study introduces and theoretically grounds a new concept, the dyadic potential for meaningful action, which integrates logotherapy, hope theory, and dyadic coping within a couple-focused search for meaning. The framework rests on three pillars: Frankl’s logotherapy and attitudinal values, Snyder’s cognitive-motivational model of hope, and Bodenmann’s theory of dyadic coping. We construe couples’ existential responsiveness in crisis as the shared, value-anchored activation of agency and pathways. Empirical grounding is provided by 14 in-depth interviews supplemented by questionnaire data, examining diverse patterns of experiencing fertility-related crisis. The study offers implications for logotherapy-informed individual and couple consultation working through grief and loss in the context of fertility difficulties.