Death and Grief During a Pandemic

Zoreena – COVID and isolation

Zoreena discusses COVID isolation and the loss of time to spend with her Dad and her cousing

Lynda – “Zoom and the importance of connecting”

Lynda discusses why it’s important to stay connected and how you can do it.

Weathering the Intense Emotions of Grief

Grief often comes with powerful, unpredictable emotional shifts that can be painful to experience. While it’s important to find ways to sit with these feelings, to acknowledge the pain of grief and accept loss, it’s also necessary to find ways to ease and manage the pain. There are several simple activities that you can explore to help.

Nicole – Grieving as a community

Nicole discusses the power of grieving together as a community. Finding connection and trust.

Zoreena – Ask for help

Zoreena explains how important it is to ask for help

Holly – Singing in the last days

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

KIm – Planning a funeral in the pandemic

Kim explains the ups and downs of planning a funeral during the pandemic

Karyn and Aidan – The what if game and guilt

Karyn and Aidan explain how they have dealt with guilt

Corrie – Pandemic of grief

Corrie discusses how much grief there is

Kim – Support at the hospital

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

Kara – Uncertainty

Kara discusses how Covid-19 has created uncertainty and impacted grieving.The pandemic changed the way Kara continued to grieve the loss of her partner.

Joyce -The pandemics impact on drug poisonings

Joyce talks about drug poisonings during the pandemic