Grief Support Publications

Information regarding death and grief...

                         

 

  

     First Funeral Trust of Kentucky Funeral Directors Association of the Falls Cities (brochure) - explains a trust fund you may set up to pre-pay a funeral. 

available for pick-up

 

      GATES OF HEAVEN: A HANDBOOK FOR UNVEILINGS AND VISITING THE CEMETERY by Rabbi Ronald H. Isaacs (booklet) - suggestions as to the actual service, readings, biblical passages, graveside meditations and several other important topics regarding unveilings.  

available for viewing at the funeral home, possible internet availability. 

 

      Goodnight, Sweet Prince YOU CAN GIVE A EULOGY by William Schmidt (booklet) - "This booklet takes only 15 to 20 minutes to read." It includes example eulogies and eight topic pages to assist in preparing a eulogy.  

available for viewing at the funeral home, possible internet availability. 

 

     Grief and Mourning by the Kentucky Department for Mental Health and Mental Retardation Services (booklet) - a brief and basic discussion of the confusion surrounding death and the stages of grief. 

available for viewing at the funeral home, possible internet availability. 

 

      The Grief Recovery Handbook THE ACTION PROGRAM FOR MOVING BEYOND DEATH, DIVORCE, AND OTHER LOSSES by John W. James and Russell Friedman (book) - "Incomplete recovery from grief can have a lifelong negative effect on your capacity for happiness.  Drawing from their own histories, as well as from others, the authors illustrate what grief is and how it is possible to recover and regain energy and spontaneity.  Based on a proven program, now extensively revised, The Grief Recovery Handbook offers grievers the specific actions needed to complete the grieving process and accept loss.  For those ready to regain a sense of aliveness, the principles outlined here make this a life-changing handbook."

available for viewing at the funeral home, possible internet availability. 

 

      HOLIDAY HELP Hope & Healing for Those Who Grieve by Sandra Graves, Ph.D., A.T.R. and Sherry L. Williams, R.N., B.A.  (booklet) - "What is 'Holiday Grief'?", "The Four Fears of Holiday Grief", "Making Memorials - Making Meaning" and numerous other subjects to help you "survive" holidays. 

available for viewing at the funeral home, possible internet availability. 

 

      Hospice - A special way of caring by National Hospice Organization (booklet) - will explain what Hospice is and what they will do for you.

available for pick-up

 

      How to Survive the Loss of a Love by Melba Colgrove, PH.D., Harold H. Bloomfield, M.D.,& Peter McWilliams (book) - "...the most directly helpful book on the subject of loss ever written.  Clear, simple, comforting, inspiring - it gives the reader what he or she needs at each step in the process of recovering from a loss."

available for viewing at the funeral home, possible internet availability. 

 

     The Jewish Funeral Guide by The Jewish Funeral Directors of America (brochure) - a very basic explanation of traditions or procedures involved in a Jewish funeral. 

available for pick-up

 

      JEWISH MOURNING by Rabbi Daniel B. Syme (booklet) - The basic answers to the questions Jews ask most about Judaism's way of mourning. 

available for viewing at the funeral home, possible internet availability. 

 

      THE JEWISH MOURNER'S COMPANION by Rabbi Zalman Goldstein (book) - "In Jewish tradition, death is not viewed as the end of life, but as a transition from a time of effort to a time of reward. "  "Still, the illness and passing of a loved one is a painful experience.  For this reason, Jewish law mandates both caring for the ill and deceased with respect and dignity, and comforting the mourner during his or her time of need."  "The present Companion provides an overview of these Jewish laws and traditions."

available for viewing at the funeral home, possible internet availability. 

 

      THE Jewish Mourner's HANDBOOK by Behrman House, Inc. (booklet) -  "Judaism embraces all of life and accepts death as a part of life.  That is when ritual shows its greatest strength.  There is comfort and security in the knowledge that centuries of tradition lie behind each of these practices, as we do what our parents did before us and their parents before them. " 

available for viewing at the funeral home, possible internet availability. 

 

      Letting Go With Love: The Grieving Process by Nancy O'Connor, Ph.D. (book) - "Most of us don't know what grief will be like until we experience it firsthand.  We expect to be sad and hurt, but we may be surprised to feel other emotions like anger and guilt.  We may discover..." 

available for viewing at the funeral home, possible internet availability. 

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