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Advance care planning / Decision making

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Grief and bereavement

Books

Finding Your Way: Grieving the Death of Your Child To obtain a copy, contact Canuck Place Children's Hospice, Vancouver, BC. For further information and contact details visit:...

Good Grief, Supporting the Bereaved Student Developed by Hospice Calgary staff with the assistance of a Calgary Board of Education Specialist, a high school guidance...

A Grief Observed C. S. Lewis accounts for his personal loss of his wife, with a selection of his journal recordings during her passing. An...

Grief Works: Stories of Life, Death, and Surviving This book features a compilation of stories from those who have experienced great love and great loss - and survived. Stories...

Grief, Loss, and Dementia workbook This workbook discusses ways for caregivers to understand and manage their feelings of grief and loss, to care for themselves...

The Group: Seven Widowed Fathers Reimagine Life On a mid-October evening, a group of fathers gathered around a conference table and met each other for the first time. None...

The Handbook for Companioning the Mourner This inspiring handbook explores Dr. Wolfelt's "companioning" model of grief care and contrasts with the traditional "treatment"...

Healing a Parent's Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After Your Child Dies Presenting simple yet highly effective methods for coping and healing, this book provides answers and relief to parents trying...

Healing A Teen's Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas for Families, Friends and Caregivers Addresses what to expect from grieving young people, and how to provide safe outlets for teens to express emotion.

Healing the Bereaved Child: Grief Gardening, Growth Through Grief and Other Touchstones for Caregivers This book written by Alan D. Wolfelt, PhD, Grief Counsellor, will help anyone who is working with children and teens who...