Covid-19 bereavement news
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As our Covid-19 useful bereavement links and resources page gets larger we have moved Covid-19 bereavement news related articles to its own page. Dying Matters has created #BeforeTheirTime to share resources and offer support for anyone who loses a close friend or relative at this time, especially if it’s sudden or earlier than expected.
September
100 Quotes About Grief to Uplift, Inspire, and Help You Feel Less Alone | Parade, 22 September
We need to fill the uncomfortable silence around bereavement at work | People Management, 18 September
NHS announce £10m funding for mental health community initiatives | National Health Executive, 14 September
How to Help Grieving Loved Ones in a Pandemic | Elemental, 8 September
Grieving families should be allowed to form ‘bereavement bubbles’, charity says | Metro, 5 September
August
Death during coronavirus creates a double ache because humans need to share our grief | The Guardian, 25 August
Coronavirus Forced Me To Confront The Grief And Loss I’d Been Running From | HuffPost, 18 August
When someone you love is dying, your sadness is infectious. In lockdown, this grief is shared | The Guardian, 14 August
National Bereavement Service Launches Support and Counselling Helpline for Charities | Charity Today, 7 August
July
Understanding and supporting employees with grief | BDaily News, 30 July
Leeds Bereavement Forum is using Zoom to help grieving people | Yorkshire Evening Post, 22 July
CIPD calls for the right to bereavement leave and pay to be extended to all employees experiencing a close family bereavement | CIPD, 21 July
Country is facing ‘grief pandemic’ because of lockdown restrictions | Lincolnshire Live, 14 July
Unimaginable loss during unprecedented times—reflections of a bereavement midwife | The BMJ, 10 July
Grief over covid-19 deaths may be unusually severe and long-lasting | New Scientist, 8 July
UK charities face soaring demand for grief counselling due to Covid-19 | The Guardian, 6 July
June
With many Britons denied the chance to grieve, we yearn for commitment to public mourning | The Guardian, 28 June
Warning from counsellors that grief is being ‘put on hold’ by coronavirus lockdown | The Courier, 15 June
The pandemic has made it harder to grieve | Warrington Guardian, 7 June
Supporting yourself as a nurse through bereavement during Covid-19 | Nursing in Practice, 3 June
Sands launches new support package for NHS workers during COVID-19 | Charity Today, 2 June
May
Grief, lockdown and coronavirus: a looming mental health crisis | The Financial Times, 31 May (not a subscription service but you do need to answer questions to access story)
‘The same boat’: how Facebook brought together those bereaved by Covid-19 | The Guardian, 18 May
Six alternative ways for you to mark the passing of a loved one | News Post Leader, 18 May
Britons ‘avoiding coronavirus death conversations’ suggest survey | The Independent, 12 May
Hospices launch COVID-19 bereavement support lines | Ilkley Gazette, 11 May
My neighbour lost her husband to coronavirus – so I brought our street together to support her | Metro, 5 May
Funeral chief calls on Leeds Council to lift crematoria mourner ban | Yorkshire Evening Post, 5 May
National bereavement service rolled out for mourners during coronavirus lockdown | Express & Star, 5 May
April
What To Say (And Not Say) To Someone Who’s Grieving During The Coronavirus Pandemic | Huffington Post, 28 April
COVID-19 bereavement fund launched for BAME community | The Voice, 26 April
Charity calls for day of remembrance for UK coronavirus victims | The Guardian, 21 April
This is how COVID-19 is changing the nature of grief | World Economic Forum, 21 April
Covid-19 Bereavement: Tips on how to help children cope | Telegraph and Argus, 17 April
Death and dying during the pandemic | theBMJ, 15 April
Coronavirus doctor’s diary: A time when people say ‘Have you got a will?’ | BBC News, 14 April
Death cafes report surge of interest since Covid-19 outbreak | The Guardian, 13 April
We are struggling with an impossible pain: how to grieve for 10,000 people | The Guardian, 13 April
COVID-19: how nurses can facilitate advance care planning | Nursing Standard, 13 April
NHS staff to be offered mental health support for Covid-19 ‘shell shock’ | The Guardian, 8 April
Coronavirus: How to grieve a loved one when you can’t say goodbye | BBC News, 4 April
‘Tell your patients if you think they are going to die’ | ITV News, 4 April
‘We can’t say our goodbyes the way we wanted to’: Covid-19 funeral restrictions | ITV News, 3 April
Grief support systems have been wrecked by COVID-19 | The Verge, 1 April
Coronavirus: 37% more teachers seek help on bereavement | TES, 1 April
March
How health professionals need to discuss end of life situations – during coronavirus and beyond | The Conversation, 30 March
Coronavirus is changing funerals and how we deal with the dead | The Conversation, 30 March
UK hospitals tightening restrictions on visits – even to dying patients | The Guardian, 30 March
Covid-19 will make us confront how we want to die | ITV News, 30 March
End-of-life care during Covid-19: Tips for GPs | Pulse, 30 March
Please Stop Minimizing the Death of Older Adults | What’s Your Grief, 29 March
Families urged to speak to elderly relatives about end of life care | The Mirror, 27 March
Coronavirus: Coping with grief during a lockdown | BBC News, 27 March
Perspectives on dying from COVID-19: Waiting for the storm | BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care, 26 March
Coping with grief during the Coronavirus outbreak | eHospice, 25 March
Coronavirus: Britons saying final goodbyes to dying relatives by videolink | The Guardian, 24 March
Coronavirus: the conversation we should have with our loved ones now – leading medic | The Conversation, 23 March
Coronavirus: Doctors urge conversations about dying | BBC News, 21 March – Palliative care doctors are urging people to have a conversation about what they would want if they, or their loved ones, became seriously unwell with coronavirus.
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