Here are some helpful resources for anyone looking for support when supporting a loved one:
- Americans for Better Care of the Dying
- Association of Death Education and Counseling
- Caregivers
- Caring Bridge: Free, personal and private websites that connect people experiencing a significant health challenge to family and friends, making each health journey easier.
- Family Caregiving
- Five Wishes
- Growth House, Inc: free access to over 4,000 pages of high-quality education materials about end-of-life care, palliative medicine, and hospice care, including the full text of several books; education both for the general public and for health care professionals.
- GriefNet: A community of persons dealing with grief, loss, and death
- Healing the Spirit
- Hospice Foundation of America
- International Work Group on Death, Dying, and Bereavement
- Make A Wish Foundation
- Medline Plus: Health Information for Caregivers
- National Cancer Institute
- National Caregivers Library
- National Family Caregivers Association: Focuses on information and education, public awareness and advocacy.
- Near-Death Experience Network: Network created for people who are interested in exploring all aspects of the near-death experience — and meeting others who share similar interests.
- Respite Care and Encouraging Family Participation
Here are some more resources with hotlines:
- AARP Grief and Loss Programs : Offers a variety of programs in which volunteers reach out to widows : 202-434-2260
- American Society of Suicidology : 202-237-2280
- Cancer Care, Inc: 800-813-HOPE (4673)
- Center for Suicide Prevention: 403-245-3900
- Compassionate Friends (help following a suicide) : 1-877-969-0019
- ElderHope, LLC : Offers online support, forums, seminars, classes and bereavement materials : 972-768-8553
- Hospice Education Institute : 1-800-331-1620
- Mothers Against Drunk Driving 1-800-438-MADD [6233]
- National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization : Provides a search for hospice and palliative care, as well as statistics, resources and information: 703-837-1500
- National Organization for Victim Assistance : 1-800-879-6682
- National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Resource Center : 1-866-866-7437
- Parents of Murdered Children: 1-888-818-POMC
- Parents Without Partners: Offers support, information and resources for single parents: 516-391-8833
- Pet Loss: 1-888-332-7738
- Samaritan Hospice (Marlton, NJ) : Offers several free grief support groups to those who have lost a spouse at a young age and to those grieving the loss of a same-sex partner : 1-800-229-8183
- SHARE Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support, Inc: 1-800-821-6819
- Society of Military Widows 1-800-842-3451
Organizations That Help Children to Cope
- Dougy Center: Through the National Center for Grieving Children and Families, the Dougy Center provides support and training locally, nationally and internationally to individuals and organizations seeking to assist children in grief.
- The Mourning Star Center, Inc: A nonprofit support center for grieving children and those who love them, providing loving support in a safe place where grieving children can share their experience as they move through their healing process.
- Amanda the Panda: Amanda the Panda provides support to grieving children and their families through a variety of services including weekend camps, support groups, home visits, fun days, school presentations, holiday cheer boxes, pen pal programs and more.
- All Kids Grieve: Access to individuals, organizations, materials, and ideas that facilitate the possibility of growing through loss and grief for kids and adults who care for them.
- Kara: Kara offers emotional support and information to adults, teenagers and children who are grieving a death or coping with a life-threatening illness.
- Kidsaid – A safe place for kids to grieve: KIDSAID is a site to kids, for kids, by kids for grief support and peer support, and for kids to express themselves through artwork, stories, and poetry. Kids can ask questions and get answers from other kids. Monitored by adults, this site is an approved safe site for all kids.