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The following resources have been identified to support those who are experiencing grief/loss be it from death, divorce or any traumatic event. In addition, regional and internet information is included on death and dying. If you are experiencing symptoms of depression, unresolved grief or anxiety, please consult your health care provider.
- Death and Dying
- Divorce
- Grief/Loss
- Loss of Child, Parent, Pet, Sibling, Spouse/Partner
- Loss of a Job
- Loss from Sexual Assault
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)/Trauma
- Suicide
- Coping with September 11
- Hospice
- National Hospice and pallative Care Organization
- Hospice by State
- Home Health and Hospice Services in Vermont
- Visiting Nurses Association and Hospice of Vermont and New Hampshire
- Resources
- Death and Dying Resources
- Death Care
- End of Life Issues and Care: Issues to Consider when Exploring End of Life Care.
- Hard Choices for Loving People: CPR, Artifical Feeding, Comfort Care and the Patient with a Life Threatening Illness: Provides a resource for professionals, patients and their families regarding end of life decisions. Written by Hank Dunn, a full time chaplain at a nursing home and hospice.
- Legal Information (includes advanced directives)
- National Funeral Directors Association
- Care Giver Support
- Burials and Funerals
- Funeral Consumers Alliance A non profit educational organization dedicated to a consumer right to choose a dignified, meaningful, affordable funeral.
- Funeral Consumers Alliance of NH 800/765-0107
- Cremation Society of NH
- Burial Assistance:
- New Hampshire: State, city and town welfare departments all
provide benefits for deceased residents who are indigent, or whose families
cannot pay for their funerals. For more information contact a
local funeral home
or Community Action Agency
- Vermont: Burial Assitance covers expenses up to $665 for professional services and related costs for a simple burial or cremation for a deceased individual. Assistance is for those without resources to pay for burial who are: -nursing home residents; -SSI, Medicaid Waiver or Reach Up participants; or -an individual who died outside of the town in which he or she lived. Besides a spouse, family member's financial resources will not be used to determine eligibility for the individual who died. However, if a family member wishes to purchase items that are more expensive than those included in the burial program, doing so may make the deceased individual ineligible for the burial program. For more information, contact a local funeral home or PATH District Office
- New Hampshire: State, city and town welfare departments all
provide benefits for deceased residents who are indigent, or whose families
cannot pay for their funerals. For more information contact a
local funeral home
or Community Action Agency
- AARP - Grief & Loss - offers information and interactive resources for people grieving a death.
- Crisis, Grief, and Healing - includes discussion forums, articles, and other resources about healing from loss.
- The Dougy Center: The National Center for Grieving Children and Families
- GriefNet - provides support groups, memorials, books, classifieds, and a newsletter.
- Grief Recovery Institute, The - provides programs and workshops for individuals dealing with loss. Also provides grief recovery training programs for healthcare professionals in North America.
- Grief Recovery Online for All Bereaved
- Men and Grief
- Willowgreen - sells books, audio and video tapes in the areas of illness and dying, loss and grief, healthy caregiving, life transition, and spirituality.
Grief/Loss For Children and Teens
- Barr-Harris Children's Grief Center - provides services to children who have lost a parent through death, divorce, or abandonment. Also sponsors educational events and offers consultations.
- KidSaid-A safe place for kids to share and help each other deal with grief about any of their losses.
- The Dougy Center: The National Center for Grieving Children and Families
Grief/Loss For Providers
- Bereavement Services - Support and Education - offers support groups, workshops, crisis intervention, and consulting services for schools, churches, funeral homes, community, and First Nations groups.
- Funeral Service Foundation - Supports funeral providers and allied professionals, public awareness and education.
- Good Grief Groups - support program designed for hospitals, churches, funeral homes, and other organizations to find healing for the bereaved.
- Grief Recovery Institute
LOSS OF CHILD, PARENT, PET, SIBLING, SPOUSE/PARTNER
- Loss of a Child
- Alive Alone - organization for education and charitable purposes to benefit bereaved parents, whose only child or all children are deceased, by providing a self-help network and publications.
- Bereaved Parents of the USA - nationwide organization designed to aid and support bereaved parents and their families who are struggling to survive their grief after the death of a child.
- Compassionate Friends
- EriChad - provides resources for bereaved parents.
- Grief Warehouse: Designed for parents who are coping with the death of their child
- MISS - Mothers In Sympathy & Support - provides a safe haven for parents to share their grief after the death of a child.
- Parents of Murdered Children (POMC) - self-help organization designed to offer emotional support and information to those surviving the loss of a loved one to murder.
- Loss of a Parent
- Barr-Harris Children's Grief Center - provides services to children who have lost a parent through death, divorce, or abandonment. Also sponsors educational events and offers consultations.
- Community of Daughters - designed to bring women and girls together who have endured the loss of a mother or father at an early age.
- I Miss My Dad
- Loss of a Pet - Pet Loss Hot line at Washington State University - veterinary student volunteers can help you cope with grief and bereavement in the pending or past loss of a companion pet.
- Loss of a Sibling
- Adult Sibling Grief - support and resource community for surviving adult siblings.
- Twinless Twins - information and support for twins who have lost their twin.
- Loss of Spouse/Partner
- Work and Career: Recovering from Job Loss
- Job Loss Support Group
- Professionals in Transition
- Managing Your Own Job-Loss Grief
POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)/TRAUMA
- American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress - multidisciplinary network of professionals who are committed to the advancement of intervention for survivors of trauma.
- American Psychological Association:Managing Traumatic Stress
- MayoClinic.com: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - provides details on the form of anxiety disorder that is triggered by memories of a traumatic event.
- Military Veterans PTSD Reference Manual - written by a combat veteran. Site includes a short overview of post-traumatic stress disorder and the disability process.
- National Center for PTSD
- National Center for Victims of Crime
- Patience Press - publisher of books and literature about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
- Police Officers in Trouble - examines post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), stress, anxiety, and depression within the law enforcement community.
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Alliance - group of professional and advocacy organizations that have joined forces to provide educational resources to individuals diagnosed with PTSD.
- PTSD in Children and Adolescents - what events cause post-traumatic stress syndrome and treatment.
- Trauma Information Pages - information resources concerning Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder for clinicians and researchers in the field.
- American Association of Suicidology
- Befrienders International: Site features the world's most comprehensive directory of emotional first aid helplines. Provides information for anyone feeling low, depressed or suicidal, or worried about a friend or relative.Information about befriending and how it can help to prevent suicide.
- Canterbury Bereaved by Suicide Support Group: The purpose of this site is to provide support and assistance to people who have been bereaved by suicide and to people that support them.
- Therapists as Survivors of Suicide