Grief and Loss

Last updated: 29-Oct-2008

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

People often conceal the reality of death from young children in an effort to protect them from painful and frightening "adult" matters. In earlier times, grandparents and other relatives often passed away at home, cared for by the family, and children understood that death was part of the natural order of things...

What I Wish I'd Known About Talking to a Dying Parent: Palliative Care Doctor David Kuhl

When is the best time to have an important conversation with a dying parent or relative? "Now," says David Kuhl, a palliative care doctor who studied the most important wishes of people with terminal illnesses for his book What Dying People Want.

Talking to Your Parent About Death: What to Say and How to Say It

As frightening and painful as it can be, if you have aging parents, you should consider talking to them about death before it's too late. If your parent has been given a terminal diagnosis, is extremely frail, or is showing signs of dementia, the issue is even more urgent...

Religious and Spiritual Guidance: Resources for the Dying and Grieving

For many people, religious or spiritual guidance, practices, and resources offer both great comfort and practical help in the face of death or grief. A number of established and emerging practices are outlined here, along with information on how to locate them.

Losing a parent, spouse, or other loved one is really hard. What most of us don't know, until it happens, is that it hurts for a long time. Grief isn't just a rough patch you have to get through; it's a long, bumpy journey.