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Grief and Loss

Understanding your grief, and preparing for loss and change in your life, and in your loved one’s lives.

Loss and Change
Resources for dealing with loss and change in your life.

Provided by Agewell, a website promoting healthy ageing throughout New Zealand . Administered by Age Concern North Shore and funded by the Ministry of Health.

Dealing with Grief
The stages you may go through, the physical symptoms, emotions you may feel, and how to help a friend in grief.

Provided by Funeral-link, a Funeral Homes Directory offering assistance when a bereavement occurs.

Coping with Caregiver Grief
Understanding grief as a caregiver – grief at the changes that have occurred in both your own, and your loved ones’, lives.

Provided by Arachnoiditis Sufferers Action and Monitoring Society (ASAMS) New Zealand, a support group for sufferers of Arachnoiditis.

Grief and Depression
A look at grief and depression, and resources to help further.

Provided by Agewell, a website promoting healthy ageing throughout New Zealand. Administered by Age Concern North Shore and funded by the Ministry of Health.

Prepaid Funerals
Why you might pre-arrange a funeral, and how to go about doing this.

Provided by Funeral-link, a Funeral Homes Directory offering assistance when a bereavement occurs.

Ideas for a time when someone you love is dying
Things to think about, and suggestions for coping.

Provided by Alternative Health, a website providing information about alternative and complementary health therapies.

Dealing with a Death (CAB brochure, PDF, 171kb)
Reporting and registering a death; arranging a funeral; burial and cremation; dealing with the deceased’s will; and support for bereaved families.

Provided by Citizens’ Advice Bureaux, a voluntary organisation providing free, confidential information and advice to anyone about any query or problem.

Things to Know When There’s a Death in the Family
Allowances and grants that may be available; death registration and certificates; and wills and estates.

Provided by www.GOVT.nz, a website helping you find information and services provided by New Zealand government organisations, your local council and some community organisations. Managed and maintained by the State Services Commission, a New Zealand government department.

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