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BEREAVEMENT CARE
Resources
Each person grieves in their own way and in their own time. To extend our support to everyone, we have compiled a list of helpful and accessible resources.
For questions regarding Bereavement Support Groups, please call (616) 235-5122 or download our brochure of scheduled support groups.
Call for Urgent Care
If you have an immediate need, please contact one of the resources below:
CALL 988 or chat online.
Text HOME to 741741.
Free, confidential assistance from people qualified to support Veterans. Call 988 and press 1 or text 838255. Online chat is also available.
Grieving Well
Written by Terri DeBoer and our very own, Janet Jaymin, this book aims to help those on their own grief journey, offering comfort, hope, and encouragement during times of loss. It serves as a reminder that while grief cannot be cured, peace can be found.
Proceeds from book sales will support the Faith Hospice Bereavement Department.
WEBINARS
In our webinar series, Hearts of Hospice, we discuss a wide range of hospice and palliative care-related topics, including bereavement.
PODCAST RESOURCES
READING RESOURCES
centerforloss.com
When Your Soulmate Dies By Alan D. Wolfelt
Healing a Spouse’s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After Your Husband or Wife Dies By Alan D. Wolfelt
Comfort for the Grieving Spouse’s Heart: Hope and Healing After Losing Your Partner By Gary Roe
Heart Broken: Healing from the Loss of a Spouse By Gary Roe
The Widower’s Notebook By Jonathan Santlofer
Getting to the Other Side of Grief, rev. and updated ed,:
Overcoming the Loss of Spouse By Susan J. Zonnebelt-Smeenge, R.N,. Ed.D. Robert C. De Vries, D.Min., PHD.
Always too Soon By Allison Gilbert
Death of A Parent: Transitions to a New Adult Identity By Debra Umberson, 2006
Healing the Adult Child’s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After Your Parent Dies By Alan D. Wolfelt, 2002.
Always too Soon By Allison Gilbert
Death of A Parent: Transitions to a New Adult Identity By Debra Umberson, 2006
Healing the Adult Child’s Grieving Heart: 100 Practical Ideas After Your Parent Dies By Alan D. Wolfelt, 2002.
Motherless Daughters: The Legacy of Loss By Hope Edelman, 1994
Longing for Dad: Father Loss and its Impact By Beth M. Erickson, PH.D.
Surviving the Death of a Sibling By T.J. Wray
Living When a Loved One Has Died By Earl A. Grollman
Living With Loss, Healing With Hope By Earl A. Grollman
Grieving the Death of a Friend By Harold Ivan Smith
Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief By David Kessler
Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief By Joanne Cacciatore
After a Death: An Activity Book for Children By The Dougy Center
The Invisible String By Patrice Karst
Something Very Sad Happened: A Toddler’s Guide to Understanding Death By Bonnie Zucker
Water Bugs and Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Young Children By Doris Stickney
When Grey Came to Stay By Amber Kuipers
The Memory Box By Joanna Rowland
When Dinosaurs Die By Laurie Krasky Brown and Marc Brown
Forever with Jesus By Ann Mancin
Anna’s Heaven By Stian Hole
Heaven God’s Promise for Me By Anne Graham Lotz
Someday Heaven By Larry Libby
dougy.org/grief-resources/help-for-teens/
kidshealth.org/en/teens/someone-died.html
griefspeaks.com/id33.html
Momma, You Don’t Heal: For all the mothers struggling to rebuild their life and find purpose after child loss by June K. Collins
The Unspeakable Loss: How Do You Live After a Child Dies? By Nisha Zenoff
When a Child Dies: A Hopeful Healing Guide for Surviving the Loss of a Child by Claire Aagaard
Letters to Bereaved Parents from Bereaved Parents By Joy Johnson
Shattered: Surviving the Loss Of A Child By Gary Roe
The Unspeakable Loss: How Do You Live After a Child Dies? By Nisha Zenoff, PH.D
The Voice of an Angel: A Mother’s Guide to Grief and How to Thrive After the Loss of a Child By Mary Stone
Holding On to Hope: A Pathway Through Suffering to the Heart of God By Nancy Guthrie
Always a Sibling: The Forgotten Mourner’s Guide to Grief by Annie Sklaver Orenstein
Bearing the Unbearable: Love, Loss, and the Heartbreaking Path of Grief by Joanne Cacciatore, PhD
Conscious Grieving: A Transformative Approach to Healing from Loss by Claire Bidwell Smith, LCPC
Grief Day by Day: Simple, Everyday Practices to Help Yourself Survive… and Thrive by Dr. Alan Wolfet
The Grieving Brain: The Surprising Science of How We Learn from Love and Loss by Mary-Frances O’Connor
It’s OK That You’re Not OK by Megan Devine
Moving On Doesn’t Mean Letting Go: A Modern Guide to Navigating Loss by Gina Moffa, LCSW
On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss by Elisabeth Kubler Ross, M.D. & David Kessler
Your Grief, Your Way: A Year of Practical Guidance and Comfort After Loss by Shelby Forsythia
When a Friend Dies: A Book for Teens About Grieving & Healing by Marilyn E. Gootman, Ed.D.
Deconstruction Reconstruction Grief Journal for Teens By The Dougy Center Bookstore
Weird Is Normal When Teenagers Grief By Jenny Lee Wheeler
Healing Your Grieving Heart for Teens: 100 Practical Ideas By Alan D Wolfelt
You Are Not Alone: Teens Talk About Life After The Loss of a Parent By Lynn B. Hughes
Teenagers and Grief By Doris Zagdansk
Giving Hope: Conversations with Children about Illness, Death, and Loss by Elena Listerm, MD and Michael Schwartzman, PHD
Helping People with Developmental Disabilities Mourn: Practical Rituals for Caregivers by Marc A. Markell, Ph.D.
A Parent’s Guide to Managing Childhood Grief: 100 Activities for Coping, Comforting, & Overcoming Sadness, Fear, & Loss by Katie Lear
