<P> Anticipatory grief occurs before bereavement, mourning after death occurs, and upon realizing that death may be imminent for a loved one, anticipatory grief sets in . This type of grief is common among families who have a loved one living with Alzheimer's disease . The grief becomes anticipatory due to the knowledge that the loved one's mental state will only become worse, so the grieving process can start very early . </P> <P> The second type of grief that can develop from an ambiguous loss is disenfranchised grief . It is also known as unrecognized grief because it often occurs in the loss of a beloved pet and the grief is not taken seriously . </P> <P> Frozen grief is the third type of grief, it is a result of the ambiguity of death because of the physical or psychological disappearance and therefore one's grief is frozen since they do not get a chance to let grief run a normal course . </P> <P> The term "ambiguous loss" was first used in the 1970s by Pauline Boss, a researcher who studied families of soldiers who went missing in action and coined the term in the late 1970s . During her research, Boss, had previously used the term boundary ambiguity from 1973 up until 1977, and that term was later replaced with ambiguous loss in 1977 . </P>

Which of the following is the best example of someone experiencing ambiguous loss