When navigating end of life decisions, there often seem to be more questions than answers. This section is designed to help you get quick answers to frequently asked questions and understand where loved ones may be in their journey.
Book recommendations
Adult books
- A Child’s View of Grief: A Guide for Parents, Teachers, and Counselors by Alan Wolfelt
- Chicken Soup for the Grieving Soul by Jack Canfield
- Death Without Denial, Grief Without Apology: A Guide for Facing Death and Loss by Barbara K. Roberts
- Don’t Let Death Ruin Your Life: A Practical Guide to Reclaiming Happiness After the Death Of A Loved One by Jill Brooke
- Fatherless Women by Clea Simon
- Helping Adults with Mental Retardation Grieve a Death Loss by Charlene Luchterhand & Nancy Murphy
- How Do We Tell the Children? A Step-by-Step Guide for Helping Children Two to Teen Cope When Someone
Dies by Dan Schaefer and Christine Lyons - Living When a Loved One Has Died by Earl Grollman
- Love Does Not Die – People Do by Donna Jean Robertson
- Men and Grief by Carol Staudacher
- Surviving Holidays, Birthdays, and Anniversaries by Brook Noel
- The Empty Chair by Susan J. Zonnebelt
- The Next Place by Warren Hanson
- This Time of Caregiving James E. Miller
- Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life’s Greatest Lesson by Mitch Albom
- Wednesdays at the Fluff ‘n’ Fold by Elizabeth Calbalka
- When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Ted O’Neal
- When Parents Die: A Guide for Adults by Edward Myers
Children and teen books
- Aarvy Aardvark Finds Hope by Donna O’Toole
- Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul by Jack Canfield
- Coping with the Death of a Brother or Sister by Ruth Ann Ruiz
- Healing After the Suicide of a Loved One by Ann Smolin
- Helping Children Grieve & Grow by Donna O’Toole
- The 10th Good Thing About Barney by Judity Viorst
- The Fall of Freddie the Leaf by Leo Buscaglia
- You Are Not Alone: Teens Talk About Life After the Loss of a Parent by Lynn Hughes