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.

Kim – You can get through this

Kim talks about the difference between her Dad and her Mum’s death

Jean – Traditions and grief

Jean discusses belief systems and traditions

Zoreena – Passing on kindness

Zoreena talks about wakes, funerals, COVID and the importance of kindness

Adrianna – Pandemic, funerals and celebration of life

Adrianna talks about the death of her friend during pandemic

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.

Maureen – Isolated in a nursing home

Maureen talks about her father-in-law isolated and palliative during the pandemic

Jean – Helping your children through grief

Jean discusses how helping her children through grief also helped her

Michele – Talks about being a death doula

Michele explains what death doula’s do. Doula means servant. They support people on many different levels… for instance, emotionally, spiritually and physically

Karyn and Aidan – Describing grief during the pandemic

Karyn and Aidan talk about how their grief has changed and the challenges they have faced grieving during a pandemic

Kim – Some cry some don’t

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

What I know about grief

The following are some things I know to be true about grief for me, based on my lived experience. Some of them may resonate with you as well. Grief is unique to the people experiencing it in each moment, so please take whatever makes sense to you from this share and leave whatever doesn’t.