Grief Links

Our mission at the PATHways Center for Grief & Loss is to comfort and support those who are affected by serious illness or death of a loved one. One way that we can do this is to ensure that there is access to the information they need to help in the grieving process.

This section provides useful resources pertaining to end of life, as well as grief and loss. Each link will take you to a Web site not administered by PATHways Center for Grief & Loss, and thus not all of the content listed can be described as endorsed by our organization. If you have questions at any time, please feel free to e-mail us by clicking here, or call (717) 391-2413.

American Association of Retired Persons

Extensive list of grief and loss articles, and a list of local and national organizations offering bereavement support.
WEB SITE: www.aarp.org/families/grief_loss/

Beyond Indigo: Grief and Loss

With a mission to change the way you feel about grief and loss, this web site has many resources including newsletters, a bookstore, message boards and information about such topics as children and grief, finding support, funeral customs, and sudden or violent deaths. In addition, you can be matched with a friend or buddy who has had a similar loss.
WEB SITE: www.death-dying.com

Caring Connections

Among other services, Partnership for Caring operates the only national crisis and information hotline dealing with end-of-life issues.
WEB SITE: www.caringinfo.org

Center for Grieving Children

This site offers support and advocacy to grieving families who have experienced a death. Although direct services are not offered in this area, the web site has a newsletter and other materials for professionals and families to guide and support those grieving or working with grieving individuals.
WEB SITE: www.fernside.org

Center for Loss & Life Transition

The center is an educational and training center for bereavement caregivers, with resources also for those who are grieving. A bookstore, newsletter and online articles provide helpful information. The Center is directed by Dr. Alan Wolfelt, known worldwide for his compassionate messages of hope and healing in grief.
WEB SITE: www.centerforloss.com

The Centering Corporation for Grief/Loss Resources

This site features just a few of the resources available through the Centering Corporation, a family owned and operated business that is dedicated to serving the needs of those healing from loss.
WEB SITE: www.centering.org

The Compassionate Friends

The mission of The Compassionate Friends is to assist families toward the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child of any age and to provide information to help others be supportive. The Compassionate Friends is a national nonprofit, self-help support organization that offers friendship and understanding to bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings. There is no religious affiliation and there are no membership dues or fees.
WEB SITE: www.compassionatefriends.org

Crisis, Grief, & Healing

This site offers discussion boards for individuals to chat about topics related to a personal loss, or grieving in general. There also are articles of related interest and a page where you can journal in honor of someone you have lost.
WEB SITE: www.webhealing.com

The Dougy Center for Grieving Children & Families

The Dougy Center was the first center in the United States to provide peer support groups for grieving children. We’d like to share with you what we have learned from more than 13,500 children, teens and families we’ve served since 1982.
WEB SITE: www.grievingchild.org

Gift From Within

Gift From Within is a non-profit organization dedicated to those who suffer post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), those at risk for PTSD, and those who care for traumatized individuals. It develops and disseminates educational material, including videotapes, articles, books, and other resources through its website and maintains a roster of survivors who are willing to participate in an international network of peer support.
WEB SITE: www.giftfromwithin.org

Good Grief Resources

This site serves as a grief referral directory only. It will provide you with complete contact information to find the products and services that will help you on your grief journey or, if you are a caregiver, to help you discover excellent support resources for all kinds of loss.
WEB SITE: www.goodgriefresources.com

Grief Net

Grief Net is an internet community of persons dealing with death, grief or major loss, with close to 50 online support groups. A companion site, KIDSAID, offers a safe environment for children and their parents to ask questions or find information.
WEB SITE: www.griefnet.org

Grief Watch

This Web site was created to provide bereavement resources, memorial products and links to help you through your personal loss. It also serves as an education tool for all who travel down the road of grief.
WEB SITE: www.griefwatch.com

The Grieving Center

The Grieving Center is a Web-based TV channel devoted to assisting those who have lost loved ones gain strength from hearing stories from others who are also grieving.
WEB SITE: www.grievingcenter.org

Growth House

Growth House provides an international portal to resources for life-threatening illness and end-of-life care. The organization’s primary mission is to improve the quality of compassionate care for people who are dying through public education and global professional collaboration. A search engine offers access to a comprehensive collection of reviewed resources for end-of-life care.
WEB SITE: www.growthhouse.org

Hospice Foundation of America

The Hospice Foundation of America is a nonprofit organization that promotes hospice care and works to educate professionals and families on issues relating to caregiving, terminal illness, loss and bereavement.
WEB SITE: www.hospicefoundation.org

Kids Aid

Kids Aid is a safe place for kids to help each other cope with grief and loss. The Web site offers an e-mail support group, a place to share and view artwork and stories, and an opportunity for parents and kids to ask questions and find answers.
WEB SITE: www.kidsaid.com

Kids Konnected – Kids Helping Kids

The mission of this organization and web site is to provide friendship, understanding, education and support for children who have a parent with cancer, or have lost a parent to cancer. The site offers a 24-hour hotline, links to other cancer resources, information on summer camps and social events.
WEB SITE: www.kidskonnected.org

M.I.S.S. Foundation – “When a Child Dies”

The M.I.S.S. Foundation provides ongoing support to grieving families though online support groups and a discussion board for children. The site also has information for bereavement professionals. The site includes articles, a newsletter, MISSing Angels and a downloadable funeral planner.
WEB SITE: www.missfoundation.org

Mom’s Halo

Mom’s Halo offers support for those who have lost their mother. The site includes a place where you can write a memorial for your mother, online support forums, inspirational stories and articles on how to cope with the loss of a mother.
WEB SITE: www.momshalo.org

Mommy’s Light

Mommy’s Light is a nonprofit organization that recognizes the importance of traditions and celebrations for children when a mother is in a life-threatening situation or is deceased. Provides one tradition a year per child or teen between the ages of 3 and 18 years of age living in Southeastern PA, southern NJ or northern DE.
WEB SITE: www.mommyslight.org

National Catholic Ministry to the Bereaved

An organization committed to serving all people who have experienced the death of a loved one, the National Catholic Ministry is specifically dedicated to spiritual support. This web site contains articles, prayers and brochures and publications for purchase.
WEB SITE: www.griefwork.org

National HopeLine Network

The National HopeLine Network provides crisis information for those who are contemplating suicide, and counselors available at all times to listen and offer assistance with obtaining local counseling help.
WEB SITE: www.suicidehotlines.com/national.html / PHONE: 1-800-SUICIDE

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization

Committed to advancing care at end of life, this NHPCO also can assist you in finding bereavement resources and counseling services during the illness of someone close, or following the death. Information also is available in Spanish.
WEB SITE: www.nhpco.org

New Hope Grief

A support organization dedicated to encouraging, helping and bringing hope to widows and widowers.
WEB SITE: www.newhope-grief.org

Society of Military Widows

The Society of Military Widows is a nationwide organization whose purpose is to assist widows of members of all branches of U.S. uniformed services.
WEB SITE: www.militarywidows.org

Support for Widows

This web site is an information and self-help resource for and by widows and widowers. Resources on grief, bereavement, recovery and other information helpful to people of all ages religious backgrounds and sexual orientations, who have suffered the death of a spouse or life partner, as well as support forums.
WEB SITE: www.widownet.org

TAPS (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, Inc.)

TAPS is a national, nonprofit organization serving the families and friends of those who have died while serving in the armed forces. Services include a military survivor peer support network, grief counseling referral, caseworker assistance and crisis information.
WEB SITE: www.taps.org

Teen Grief

This Web site provides a safe place for teens to express and share when someone close has died. There is a place for memorials as well as poetry.
WEB SITE: www.newhope-grief.org/teengrief

WidowNet

An information and support resource for, and by, widows and widowers. Topics covered include grief, bereavement, recovery and other information helpful to people of all ages, religious backgrounds and sexual orientations who have suffered the death of a spouse or life partner.
WEB SITE: www.widownet.org

Youth Crisis Hotline

PHONE: 1-800-448-4663

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