Grief & Bereavement

The GRPCC have reproduced a series of ten Grief and Bereavement Booklets with the permission of the Victoria Hospice in Canada. These are available for viewing and downloading here.

• Ten Things to Know About Grief
• Helping Children Grieve
• Grief and Coping with Challenges
• Dealing with Grief: A Guide to Understanding Your Reactions
• Understanding Your Emotions
• Grief… A Personal Journey
• Children and Grief
• Difficult Grief and Multiple Losses
• Suicide Grief
• Things to Remember When Supporting a Grieving Person

Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement

The Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement is the statewide specialist bereavement service and the largest provider of grief and bereavement education in Australia. Its mission is to build the capacity of individuals, organisations and communities in order to enhance well-being following adverse life events.

The Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement has developed nine downloadable Grief Information Sheets covering:

• • About Grief
  • How to Help Someone Who is Grieving
  • Grief, Anniversaries and Significant Occasions
  • Grief and Children (Pre-School, aged five and under)
  • Grief and Children (Primary School, aged 6-12)

• Adolescents and Grief

• Bereavement in the Workplace

• After the Loss of a Child

The Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement also offers telephone counseling, support groups and secondary consults.

Click here to be directed to the Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement website.

It’s OK to talk about Grief

Palliative Care Victoria (PCV) and the Victorian Advocacy League for Individuals with Disability (VALID) have generated a poster in Easy English to help people living with an intellectual disability understand what is grief and how to seek help when experiencing feelings of loss.

Click here to view the It’s OK to talk and Grief poster

Disclaimer: GRPCC provides these links for information purpose only and is not responsible for the content of these websites. If you notice any of the links are broken, or would like to suggest additional information resources to be added, please contact us.