Caring Community - Grief and Loss

AARP Final Details

Sun, 24 Oct 2004 18:57:37 -0700

The death of a spouse, parent, child, or loved one is a very difficult experience. Yet during this period of grief and emotional readjustments, you may be called upon to make many important financial decisions. There are many papers you will need, and steps that must be taken. Here's a list of the basic actions you will need to take during the first few months after the death of your loved one.

AARP Grief and Loss Resources

Sun, 24 Oct 2004 18:58:49 -0700

Acerca de la Tristeza

Fri, 10 Sep 2004 11:37:52 -0700

[Grieving]

Booklet addressing grief in simple Spanish with appropriate illustrations. There are other booklets available that deal with a variety of end-of-life issues. All are excellent resources.

Obtain from: National Hospice Organization – 1901 North Moore St, Ste 901 Arlington, Virginia 22209 (703) 243-5900 (1995) Fee.

Caring Connections - It's About How You LIVE

Sat, 3 Jan 2009 11:23:23 -0800

Caring Connections, a program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), is a national consumer engagement initiative to improve care at the end of life, supported by a grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Caring Connections
-Provides free resources, information and motivation for actively learning about end-of-life resources.
-Promotes awareness of and engagement in efforts to increase access to quality end-of-life care.
-Helps people connect with the resources they need, when they need them.
-Brings together community, state and national partners working to improve end-of-life care.

Christel Lukoff, MSW, Ph.D. (Storyteller)

Wed, 27 Oct 2004 07:10:30 -0700

Christel Lukoff, MSW, Ph.D.
707- 763-3504
Petaluma, CA

Psychotherapist and hospice social worker Christel Lukoff
shares traditional folktales that metaphorically express
many of the feelings and issues encountered in grief. The
stories remind us of the healing power of memories and of
ways to find an ongoing relationship with a loved one who
has died. Christel’s commentaries deepen and transform our
understanding of grief and remind us how love and loss are
interwoven. To order CDs from Christel or to schedule a
storytelling presentation, contact Christel.

Consumer Help Site - National Association of Social Workers

Sat, 3 Jan 2009 11:25:34 -0800

In thousands of ways, social workers help people help themselves. People of every age. From every background. In every corner of the country - wherever we’re needed - starting here and now. Welcome to your source for professional advice, inspiring stories - even a social worker directory. Social workers. Help starts here. This website is provided by the National Association of Social Workers and includes sections on Seniors and Aging, Issues and Answers, Mind and Spirit. The Senior section includes in-depth look issues of import, real life stories shared, resources of value, current trends, helpful tip, options and other information helpful for finding one’s way through the senior years. The Health and Well Being section includes information related to death and dying, living with illness, pain management, etc. The Mind and Spirit section includes orientation to various mental illnesses, grief & loss and other helpful information.

Decisiones Difíciles para los Seres Queridos

Sun, 5 Sep 2004 16:55:20 -0700

[Difficult Decisions for Those Close to Us]

Hank Dunn 2002
Hard Choices for Loving People: CPR, Artificial Feeding, Comfort Care, and the Patient with a Life-Threatening Illness. Good resource with information to address end of life decisions such as the use of respirators, dialysis, antibiotics, hydration and nutrition and more.

Obtain from: A & A Publishers, Inc. P.O. Box 1098, Herndon, VA 20172-1098. (703) 707-0169 or www.hardchoices.com

GriefNet

Fri, 10 Sep 2004 11:46:32 -0700

GriefNet.org is an Internet community of persons dealing with grief, death, and major loss. Their integrated approach to on-line grief support provides help to people working through loss and grief issues of many kinds.

Healing Resources

Wed, 22 Dec 2004 10:29:36 -0800

Healing Resources offers a virtual community of resources to help people dealing with loss or planning for life's end hoping to minimize the suffering that results.

Hospice By The Bay

Tue, 9 Jan 2007 20:51:54 -0800

Hospice By The Bay, formerly known as Hospice of Marin, is an independent, Medicare and Medi-Cal certified not-for-profit healthcare provider diligently attending to essential physical, spiritual and psychological needs of adults and children who are coping with various stages of progressive and incurable illness in Marin and Sonoma counties.

For nearly three decades, Hospice By The Bay’s goal has been to help terminally ill patients and their loved ones make the most of every remaining moment of life, and to provide education and advocacy for the communities we serve. To that end, we have established the Hospice of Marin Foundation to ensure the availability of hospice and palliative care programs and services for all those in need.

Hospice of Petaluma

Sat, 3 Jan 2009 11:26:12 -0800

Rooted in community, Hospice of Petaluma has been providing quality, compassionate hospice care and grief services to individuals and families facing life-threatening illness or the death of a loved one since 1977. Hospice of Petaluma and our sister program, Memorial Hospice, are a service of the St. Joseph Health System, a Ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange. Patients and families receive interdisciplinary patient care with individualized attention to nursing, psychosocial, spiritual and practical needs that may arise at the end of life. Hospice services are provided by professional staff and specially trained caregiver and grief support volunteers. Volunteer trainings are held in the spring and fall with both daytime and evening classes.

Memorial Hospice

Sat, 3 Jan 2009 11:26:33 -0800

Rooted in community, Memorial Hospice has been providing quality, compassionate hospice care and grief services to individuals and families facing life-threatening illness or the death of a loved one since 1997. Memorial Hospice and our sister program, Hospice of Petaluma, are a service of the St. Joseph Health System, a Ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange.

Patients and families receive interdisciplinary patient care with individualized attention to nursing, psychosocial, spiritual and practical needs that may arise at the end of life. Memorial Hospice is proud of serving the Spanish-speaking community with our Latino Grief Services program and bi-lingual patient care staff. Hospice services are provided by professional staff and specially trained caregiver and grief support volunteers. Volunteer trainings are held in the spring and fall with both daytime and evening classes.

Soledad: una guía para los que han enviudado recientemente.

Wed, 1 Sep 2004 20:40:02 -0700

[On Being Alone: A Guide for the Newly Widowed]

Provides a comprehensive guide for recently widowed men and women, including the experiences of other widows and widowers. Excellent discussion about life alone. Also includes a bibliography and list of other resources.

The AARP Grief and Loss Program offers many different resources in Spanish. AARP, 601 E St. NW, Washington, DC 20049.

Order online from AARP

Sutter Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice

Mon, 31 Oct 2005 15:23:42 -0800

Sutter Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) & Hospice (formerly Home Hospice of Sonoma County) , the oldest hospice in Sonoma County) extends the continuum of health care from hospitals and doctors' offfices directly into patients' homes, where they receive medical attention, education, and compassionate care needed to recover or live with illness to the fullest extent possible. Our focus is to keep families together during a stressful time, and we care for the whole family with social services and emotional support. For many patients, we are all that stands between them and the "revolving door" of repeated hospitalizations, emergency room visits, or nursing facilities .