COVID-19 Pandemic Resources for Families Facing End of Life
Advice for Caregivers
We hope this information is helpful to those of you caring for the dying, the dead or those struggling with grief. We will continue to update this information as recommendations change and new resources become available.
During this time of isolation and uncertainty we understand that as life goes on, however changed, so does death. Whether you are facing the death of a loved one due to Covid-19 or other causes, this already challenging territory just got a little less clear. We have gathered resources to help you navigate this time in your life. As always, please reach out if we can be of assistance.
Resources & permission provided by the Home Funeral Alliance
During this time of isolation and uncertainty we understand that as life goes on, however changed, so does death. Whether you are facing the death of a loved one due to Covid-19 or other causes, this already challenging territory just got a little less clear. We have gathered resources to help you navigate this time in your life. As always, please reach out if we can be of assistance.
Resources & permission provided by the Home Funeral Alliance
When You Can't be with your Loved One During COVID-19
I want to honor my loved one but I feel isolated from my community. What can I do?
Creating a ritual is grief in action. You can send cards, light candles, say a prayer, send a handprint, paint a rock, share memories online or on the phone--any action you feel led to take.
Creating a ritual is grief in action. You can send cards, light candles, say a prayer, send a handprint, paint a rock, share memories online or on the phone--any action you feel led to take.
Being Prepared in Time of COVID-19
The Conversation Project and Ariadne Labs teamed up to create this new tool to help people take action and be prepared. We can’t control how this pandemic plays out. But we can control who speaks for us if we’re unable to speak for ourselves, and we can take the time to make sure they know what matters most to us. Have this conversation today.
Creating Funerals
Funerals & Dying in Absentia: Inspirations & Tips During COVID-19
How can we honor a life in the absence of funeral? What can we do to show our love when we can’t be there to hold the hand of a dying loved one? How can we cultivate social and emotional connection without the benefit of being physically present?
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2020 FCA Postponed Funerals
This video offers some ideas for having virtual and postponed funerals and memorial gatherings. |
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A Sacred Passage
Dying at Home During a Pandemic. A pocket resource for folx caring for the dying and dead at home. Updated as this current landscape changes.
Creating Rituals in Times of COVID-19
Creating tactile experiences for death during the time of COVID-19.
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Grief Support
How Do you Help a Grieving Friend?
It's so hard to know what to do when your friends are hurting. The thing is, you can't cheer someone up by telling them to look on the bright side, or by giving them advice. It just doesn't work. Watch this video to learn the one thing that will improve all of your "I'm here for you" intentions, and be that supportive friend you most want to be.
It's so hard to know what to do when your friends are hurting. The thing is, you can't cheer someone up by telling them to look on the bright side, or by giving them advice. It just doesn't work. Watch this video to learn the one thing that will improve all of your "I'm here for you" intentions, and be that supportive friend you most want to be.
General Resources
How Death care Workers are Handling COVID-19?
As the death toll from COVID-19 rises in the United States, coroners, medical examiners, autopsy personnel, funeral directors, and other death care workers are changing the way they handle victims of the pandemic.
As the death toll from COVID-19 rises in the United States, coroners, medical examiners, autopsy personnel, funeral directors, and other death care workers are changing the way they handle victims of the pandemic.
Green Burial Council
It follows that burial is safe in a conventional or natural cemetery. All reports indicate that these burials are continuing to take place, though many are now immediate burials. The difference is that these burials will necessarily take place in isolation, without families present, and with workers maintaining distance from one another. This will have significant impact on management practices and the grief process for millions of families.
It follows that burial is safe in a conventional or natural cemetery. All reports indicate that these burials are continuing to take place, though many are now immediate burials. The difference is that these burials will necessarily take place in isolation, without families present, and with workers maintaining distance from one another. This will have significant impact on management practices and the grief process for millions of families.
Situation Update: Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Direct from CDC
Live Streaming Funerals During the Pandemic
Live Streaming Funerals During the Pandemic
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