Death and Grief During a Pandemic

Maureen – End stages during a pandemic

Maureen talks about the end stages of her father-in-law during the pandemic.

Jane – Preparing for another loss

Jane talks about her experience with another grandparent dying after losing two grandparents over the last few years.

Andrea – Couples versus being single

Andrea talks about becoming single when her husband died

Zoreena – Burnout and counseling

Zoreena talks about her father’s decline in a nursing home during COVID

Karyn and Aidan – Support.

Karyn and Aidan discuss how much the support they received helped

When Death Feels like a Thief

In the heart of my grief, at my frailest, all I could see was what was no more. I grieved all that was stolen from me by death; love, security and even my very self. Had I known the value of having every pocket of who I was, picked bare by grief, I would not have fought so hard to hold onto it all.

John Martin – Loss, Grief and Covid-19

John discusses loss and COVID

Jean – What grief feels like physically

Jean discusses the physical effects she has experienced in grief

Sunny- The Importance of Friends While Grieving

Karyn and Aidan – Coping with the COVID restrictions

Karyn and Aidan talk about how they dealt with not being able to visit John in hospital

Sarah K – Grieving during a pandemic

Sarah discusses how the pandemic has pulled back the curtain on grief