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Resources for Dealing with Grief and Loss During COVID-19Compiled by Patrick Gibbons, Spiritual Care Coordinator with Hospice of the Western Webinar – “Providing Spiritual and Pastoral Care During COVID 19”Part Three of this webinar – topic of grief – Kenneth Doka, Ph.D., M.Div. (Senior Bereavement Consultant, Hospice Foundation of America)Current grief theoryPersonal pathways of grief vs. predictable stagesGrief is manifested physically, cognitively, behaviorally, spirituallyAcknowledges possibility pf post-traumatic growth (e.g. C.S. Lewis)COVID – 19 and griefMultiple losses (e.g. employment, schooling, income, freedom of movement, relationships)Loss of an assumptive world (e.g. Is the world safe? benevolent? predictable?; challenge to our spirituality)COVID – 19 and DeathOften relatively sudden and unexpectedMinimal visits to those dyingPhysical distancing and limits - impacts funeral ritesDisenfranchisement of non-COVID -19 deaths (“Disenfranchised grief is grief resulting from losses that currently cannot be publicly shared, openly acknowledged, or socially sanctioned. The griever has experienced a loss but lacks any socially perceived “right” to grieve.”)RitualsInvests the commonplace with uncommon meaningLiminal experiences (threshold ; in between consciousness/unconsciousness, life/death)COVID – 19 restrictions limit the benefits of rituals (e.g. sharing memories; confirming the reality of death; social support; spiritual support )Current alternatives (e.g. virtual wake, remote viewing; ZOOM funerals; remote prayers and speakers; funeral and memorial services at a later time) – not the same benefitsIndividual Therapeutic RitualsRituals provide predictability, connection, identity, and a way to enact valuesSymbols are importantFree Webinars on Hospice Foundation of America websiteMaking Funerals Meaningful in the Age of COVID – 19Disenfranchised Grief and COVID - 19nationalcouncilofchurches.usNational Council of ChurchesOnline Ecumenical Memorial ServicesCan sign up for Daily Devotionals (scriptures, prayers, meditation)Section called Daily National Association of Catholic ChaplainsSection – “Coronavirus Resources and Updates” (e.g. anointing, at-home remembrance services*, act of spiritual communion, prayers, self-care materials)Zen Caregiving ProjectReflection – A Line of Disappearances – Grief and Helplessness During Shelter in Place”*Online Resources During Shelter in PlaceMusicMindfulnessExerciseArtNatureCaregivinggood-Good Grief – an organization that “ builds resilience in children, strengthens families, and empowers communities to grow from loss and adversity”Section – COVID- 19 Resources and UpdatesOnline support groupsPodcasts – 10 part series on creating a funeral while in quarantineFunerals in the Time of a Pandemic: A Toolkit for Children and FamiliesNotes – Building Resilience in Children During a Pandemic* ................
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