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Advance care planning / Decision making

Caregiver and caregiving

Children - About

Children - For

Communication

Complementary therapies

Culture

Death and dying

Decision making - see Advance care planning

Diseases

Education

Emotions

Ethics

Family

Financial considerations

Finding health information

Funerals and memorials

Government/group reports

Grief and bereavement

Books

DVDs/Video

Online Resources

Manual for Grief Support Groups for People with Intellectual Disabilities This manual outlines the basic principles and guidelines for a 7-week grief support group, based on L'Arche's experience.

Marie Curie: Care and Support Through Terminal Illness This website offers helpful information and guidance to patients and families living with terminal illness. This website...

My Grief Support Group Journal This Journal is one of three documents of a Grief Support Group package prepared by Jane Powell, a member of L’Arche Toronto.

MyGrief.ca MyGrief. ca is an online resource to help people work through their grief from the comfort of their own home, at their own...

National Widowers Organization This American based website focuses on the needs on men who have lost a close loved one. The National Widowers Organization...

No One Told Me About Vacations (after death of child) Articles on the Compassionate Friends website come from people with first-hand experiences of facing grief. This article...

The Pandemic Grief Project We are a research team that is studying how bereavement during COVID-19 affects the mental health and well-being of people...

Parenting Through Illness & Grief This one page handout provides an overview of the findings from a research study of parent caregivers. The study was conducted...

Perinatal Hospice & Palliative Care Website created to share information and resources with parents who may be experiencing the death of a newborn.

Preparing Children for Funeral and Memorials Family rituals following a death are significant events in an individual’s life, and children are no exception. Families...