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After Care Support
 Center for Loss and Life Transition
Center for Loss director
Dr. Alan Wolfelt is known around the world for his compassionate messages of hope and healing in grief.
Compassionate Friends
A national self-help organization which assists families in the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child and provides information to help others be supportive.
Coping With Loss: Bereavement and Grief
Learn about dealing with the loss of a loved one and what to expect during the healing process. Source: Healthy Place.com
Coping with Loss: Guide to Grieving and Bereavement
This Help Guide resource will aid you in the grieving process of coping with loss.
Faithful Friends
Learn more about our affiliate specializing in Pet After Care and Cremation services.
Fidelity Investments Financial Guide for Survivors
Getting a handle on the legal and financial issues surrounding the death of a loved one can contribute to your emotional healing. Source: Fidelity
Helping Grandchilden Deal with Grief
Children often have trouble accepting that a death has occurred. They miss the person who is gone. Grieving children need plenty of help from all of the adults around them, including their grandparents.
Helping Others Deal with Loss
This article will help you in helping others deal with the loss of a loved one. Source: Healthy Place.com
HospiceNet
For patients and families facing life-threatening illness.
Living With Loss Magazine
Hope and Healing for the Body, Mind, and Spirit (formerly known as Bereavement Magazine) is a support group in print offering articles, stories, poems, and resources for the bereaved by grief educators, professionals and authors.
Survivors of Suicide
Time heals all wounds is not necessarily true for survivors of suicide. Time is necessary for healing, but time is not enough. Shared feelings enrich and lead to growth and healing.
Associations
AARP
Learn more about the stages of grief that occur within the first few months after the death of a loved one.
Natonal Funeral Director Association
It's important for you to know your rights, as well as what sets NFDA member funeral homes apart. Billings is your local NFDA funeral director and is dedicated to providing compassionate, personal and ethical service and support.
Cremation
Cremation: Legal Steps
Understand the legal steps required to plan your cremation and services. Source: Cremation.com
Why Choose Cremation?
Like more and more people today, you may be considering cremation as an economical alternative to ground burial. Planning for cremation doesn't have to be a mystery. Source: Cremation.com
Funeral Service Planning
Creative Funeral Services
This website offers a resource guide for creating a unique funeral service that is personalized for you or your loved one.
Federal Trade Commission Consumer Guide on Funerals
When a loved one dies, grieving family members and friends are often confronted with dozens of decisions about the funeral, all of which must be made quickly and often under great emotional duress. Source: FTC.com
Funeral Plan.com Resource Guide
Details you need to know about funerals, products, services and grief support.
Unique Funeral Planning - Honoring the Life of Your Loved One
Healing activities you can do to honor, celebrate, and pay tribute to your loved one at a unique funeral service your family will remember.
Preplanning
Guide to Writing An Obituary
One detail that often escapes even the most thorough planning efforts is the obituary. Writing an obituary is another thing that can be taken care of in advance. Source: Cremation.com
Planning in Advance
Create a file that contains the details your survivors will need. At the end of this article there is a list of items that will help you begin to think about and discuss with your preplanner in order to cover details needed upon your death. Source:Cremati
The Decisions When Death Approaches
There are many decisions that must be made upon a death. It's a good idea to take care of as many of these details as possible in advance of the death. Source: Cremation.com |
