Office of Decedent Affairs

Bereavement Resources

At UMHS:

General/Adult:

AARP
Offers general bereavement resources and useful tips related to how to complete final details after the death of a loved one.

About.com
Offers links to various topics related loss and grief; also offers practical suggestions to help navigate the days and months following the loss of a loved one.

Caring Connections
A program of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization, Caring Connections is a national consumer engagement initiative to improve care at the end of life. It offers a lot of information and support about grief and loss. The program can provide you with information regarding support groups in your area.
Helpline 800-658-8898

Centering Corporation
A non-profit organization dedicated to providing education and resources for the bereaved.
866-218-010.

Crash Survivors Network
Non-profit dedicated to helping families who experienced loss due to a motor vehicle crash.

Griefnet.org
Online support group assists people with loss and grief issues, and offers many links to resources.

Growth House, Inc.
Provides you with an international gateway to resources related to loss and bereavement; a search engine helps access Internet's comprehensive collection of reviewed resources for healing.

Hospice Foundation of America
Helps those who cope personally and professionally with terminal illness, death, and the process of grief and bereavement. 800-854-3402

Children:

Compassionate Friends
Helps families toward the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child of any age and provides information to help others be supportive. 877-969-0010

Dougy Center for Grieving Children
Provides support in a safe place where children, teens and their families grieving a death can share their experiences as they move through their grief process.
Phone: 503-775-5683 or toll free: 866-775-5683

Ele's Place
Bereavement support groups for grieving children. Ann Arbor 734-929-6640

Dreams and Wings
A non-profit organization that offers motivational, inspirational, and life-changing experiences to special needs children and youth through aviation.

Perinatal/Infants:

A Heartbreaking Choice www.aheartbreakingchoice.com
For parents who have interrupted a wanted pregnancy after poor prenatal diagnosis.

Lamaze Association of Ann Arbor
Miscarriage and newborn loss support group.

March of Dimes
Pregnancy and newborn loss.

National Association of Social Workers
Grief information and support.

Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
Volunteer professional photographers take photos of family with deceased infants

Wisconsin Stillbirth Service Program
Provides peri-natal loss information and education for families and clinicians.