Articles About Grief

1. The Stages of Grief

   Article - Learn how to deal with grief, find grief counseling, and about the stages of grief at Caring.com

2. 5 Simple Ways to Help Someone Who's Grieving

   Article - When you want to help a friend or relative who's grieving, but you're not sure what to do, these five simple comments and actions will show you care.

3. 6 Reasons a Parent's Death Is a Special Kind of Loss

   Article - The death of a parent can hit an adult child hard. Experts say there are six common factors that affect how adults grieve the loss of a parent.

4. How to Grieve: 5 Myths That Hurt

   Article - Everyone has a different way of handling grief after a loss. Know the myths about grief that can hurt the process and cause misunderstandings.

5. 3 Resources for Severe-Stage Dementia Caregivers

   Article - Severe-stage dementia caregiving is hard. Whether you've managed solo until now or have tapped into help all along, here are three resources not to overlook at this stage of the process:

6. Caregiver Confessions: When You're Grieving . . . but Your Loved One Is Still Alive

   Article - Feeling grief is common during caregiving, even when your loved one is still alive. Learn why, and how to cope with anticipatory grief.

7. 8 Ways to Prepare Your Young Child for a Grandparent's Death

   Article - 8 ways to prepare your child for a family death, like that of a grandparent. Help children by talking about death and letting them spend time with grandparents.

8. 8 Ways to Preserve Family Memories While You Can

   Article - Learn about the 8 ways to preserve family memories if your parent has Alzheimer's. Start to preserve family memories by digitizing old photos or by filling out the family tree.

9. Religious and Spiritual Guidance: Resources for the Dying and Grieving

   Article - Religious and spiritual guidance and teachings offer strength and affirmation to many facing death themselves or caring for someone who's dying.

10. The New Stages of Grief: 5 Tasks, No Timeline

    Article - Grief is different for everyone. But grieving survivors agree that it's best to recognize the common challenges that a loved one's death presents.

11. Template for Writing a Sympathy Note: When You Didn't Know the Deceased

    Article - If you need to write a sympathy note to the survivors of someone you didn't know, and you aren't sure what to say, use this template as a guideline.

12. Template for Writing a Sympathy Note: When You Knew the Deceased

    Article - When you need to write a sympathy note to the survivors of someone you knew, but you aren't sure what to say, use this template as a guideline.

13. Sample Sympathy Note: When You Didn't Know the Deceased

    Article - Use this sample of a sympathy note, to the survivors of someone you didn't know, to help write your own sympathy note if you're not sure what to say.

14. Offering Condolences: 10 Helpful Things to Say to a Grieving Person

    Article - What to say when someone is grieving: ten ways to offer kindness and compassion when someone is suffering a loss.

15. Sample Sympathy Note: When You Knew the Deceased

    Article - Use this sample of a sympathy note, to the survivors of someone you knew, to help write your own sympathy note if you're not sure what to say.

16. Offering Condolences: 10 Things Never to Say to a Grieving Person

    Article - What not to say when someone is grieving: ten phrases to avoid when you want to offer kindness and compassion to someone suffering a loss.

17. What to Write in a Sympathy Note

    Article - Writing a sympathy note can feel awkward. Try these tips for expressing your sympathy sincerely and appropriately.

18. How to Cope With the "Living Death" of Alzheimer's: Anticipatory Grief

    Article - Anticipatory grief, or mourning a person who's still alive, is a condition common to Alzheimer's and dementia caregivers facing the "long good-bye."

19. How to Say Good-bye When Someone You Love Is Dying

    Article - Most of don't know how to say good-bye when someone we love is dying. Grieving survivors offer their advice on how best to say good-bye.