Death and Grief During a Pandemic

Lynda – “Resilience”

Lynda discusses what resilience is all about

Sarah K – Grieving during a pandemic

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

Zoreena – Support systems

Zoreena explains the importance of support systems

Kim – Some cry some don’t

Kim discusses how tough COVID made the hospital experience and the support she received

Marija – Feeling Disenfranchised Grief in a Pandemic

Marija talks about disenfranchised grief and Covid

Learning from Grief

Grief is weird. Odd start, I know, but that was the sentence I used a lot whenever someone asked me how I was. It was never a constant feeling; it changed day to day. And still does. It’s the full gambit of emotions from sadness to anger to guilt and, though dark, even humour found its way in.

Laura- Processing Grief

Zoreena – Tribute

Zoreena talks about tributes, family, pulling together and not being able to have a funeral

Michele – Expressive arts and healing grief

Michele defines expressive arts and how they can help healing in grief

Maureen – End stages during a pandemic

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

Zoreena – Burnout and counseling

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

Holly – Singing in the last days

Holly talks about her partner’s pancreatic cancer diagnosis, the pandemic, their decisions, faith and how singing