Death and Grief During a Pandemic

Zoreena – Burnout and counseling

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

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

Maureen – Hospital restrictions during a pandemic

Maureen discusses hospital restrictions while her father-in-law was palliative during the pandemic

Sharron “Grieving During the Pandemic”

Sharron talks about how Covid-19 has really affected and disrupted the way people are grieving.

Karyn and Aidan – The what if game and guilt

Karyn and Aidan explain how they have dealt with guilt

Kara – Starting a grief journey again

Kara explains how Covid-19 has made her have to relearn tools to help in her grief. The pandemic changed the way Kara continued to grieve the loss of her partner.

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

Adrianna – Pandemic, funerals and celebration of life

Adrianna talks about the death of her friend during pandemic

Laura- Loss to Covid & Disconnection

Collective Grief

When the death of a person affects many members in a community, city, country, or across the world, people will experience collective grief.

These are some things that can help people through the experience of collective grief across a community.

Maureen – “Permission to mourn”

Maureen explains about grief being valid and how important it is to look after yourself.