Resources
Grief Resources for Adults
Below are resources that you can use to help understand and address your own grief process. All material is written by Rainbow Hospice and Palliative Care staff.
- Begin Where You Are… (pdf)
- Grief is the Process of Healing (pdf)
- Helping Someone in Need (pdf)
- Live Fully (pdf)
- Grief and Physical Health (pdf)
- Coping with the Holidays (pdf)
- Grief and the Holidays How To Packet (for Professionals) (pdf)
- Sleeping Alone (pdf)
- What Matters Most…Is the Rest of Your Life (pdf)
Grief Resources for Parents and Guardians
Below are a few short resources that you can use to help understand and address your child’s grief process. For additional resources or to join the Good Mourning Program, please call 847-653-3140.
- A Child’s Goodbye (pdf)
- When Your Child Faces Grief: Information for Concerned Parents (pdf)
- Talking to Children About Cremation (pdf)
- It’s Normal To… (pdf)
Online Resources
- AARP Grief and Loss
- Compassionate Friends (Supporting Family After a Child Dies)
- LOSS (Loving Outreach to Survivors of Suicide)
- The Jewish Healing Network
- StoryCorp Legacy
- Open to Hope
Book
- The Road to Good Mourning: Growing Resilient Children Through the Grief Experience
By Vicki Scalzitti. The Road to Good Mourning helps parents, professionals, and anyone interacting with children understand the grief process of the developing mind, and offers tips on how to act and interact with children who have experienced the loss of a loved one. Copies of The Road to Good Mourning are available on Amazon.
To learn more about specific services, please call 847-653-3141.