Death and Grief During a Pandemic

Corrie – Grieving during a pandemic

Corrie discuss the grieving during a pandemic

Kate – Time to process

Kate shares about time and processing her grief especially during COVID

Jean – Grief resources and self care

Jean talks about resources that help in processing grief and self care

Andrea – Couples versus being single

Andrea talks about becoming single when her husband died

Maureen – Isolated in a nursing home

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

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.

Maureen – Palliative during the pandemic

Maureen lost her father in law during the pandemic

Kim – Support at the hospital

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

Maureen – End stages during a pandemic

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

Kim – Facebook and connecting

Kim – discussses our need to connect and how Facebook was useful after her Mum’s death

Lynda – “Zoom and the importance of connecting”

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

Jane – Grief and meditation

Jane shares how she practices daily meditation and how that helps her manage her thoughts and feelings.