We have curated a list of helpful and reputable websites that offer advice and guidance for people who are experiencing grief.
Written resources
In this downloadable guide, Palliative Care Australia describes what grief feels like, answers the questions ‘how long will it take?’ and ‘how do we grieve?’. It provides practical tips for helping yourself and helping others and highlights some signs of when professional help may be needed.
Helpful websites
Grief Australia share their wisdom and knowledge about grief, exploring common grief responses and sharing how life grows around grief. They offer tips for looking after yourself and guidance on when to seek further help. They also provide information on Australian and international bereavement resources or services.
Griefline has a grief and loss resource hub with many articles featuring information, tips and tools to help you understand and manage grief and loss.
Healthdirect’s page on grief and loss looks at the different types of grief and loss and the effects of grief. It offers guidance on how to support a grieving loved one and links to other trusted information partners.
Better Health Channel provides guidance on grief in the context of end of life and palliative care. The webpages describe different grieving styles, factors that can influence a person’s experience of grief and the link between grief and ill health. They offer strategies for coping with grief, how children and adolescents experience grief and how to remember the person who died.
The Good Grief website run by the University of Bristol, offers a diverse library of grief resources. They include a ‘grief school’ answering common questions about grief and loss and the Grief Channel, with over 180 conversations around grief, death and dying.
Helpful Videos
In these brief videos shared by carerhelp Chris Hall, CEO of Grief Australia, talks about what is grief and what helps for managing grief.
Hearing about the experiences of others who are bereaved, and grieving can provide guidance, support, and solace. The following videos include stories of those who have navigated and continue to navigate grief and their changed world.
- Jason Rosenthal explores the grief associated with the loss of his wife Amy. Jason acknowledges the difficulties of grieving but also how finding joy helped him to move through grief and forward with life.
- Elaine Mansfield explores the lessons she learned from the loss of her father and husband, including the importance of facing grief. She explores the importance of drawing on supports, of rituals and the power of grieving intentionally and purposefully.
- Nora McInerny talks about the death of her father and husband within weeks of each other. Nora shares her experience of life and death, and encourages us to shift how we approach grief.
The Grief Channel offers over 180 recordings with experts in the grief and loss world coming together to normalise conversations about grief, death and dying.