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| What You Can Do For
A Person Who Is Bereaved Pat Schwiebert, RN Immediate needs 1- Send a card with a list of concrete things that you are able to help with. 2- Invitations to coffee, dinner, a walk, a visit or whatever 3- Cards and letters with pictures or memories of their loved one 4- Advice to accept any and all offers of help 5- Information about and attending a grief Support Group (including times, place) 6- A place for relatives to stay 7- Transportation to/from the airport for relatives 8- Assistance in planning and organizing the funeral/memorial service 9- Non-perishable food items 10- List making and record keeping so thank you notes can be sent 11- phone card 12- your physical presence 13- Transportation to doctor’s appointments, grocery store, etc.. It is difficult to drive in the first couple of days and weeks 14- Assistance with errands, shopping, housecleaning, etc. 15- Childcare so they can rest without having to worry about the needs and safety of their surviving child or children 16 -Addressing and stamping envelopes for thank you notes. 17 Money (death and grief can be very expensive) Needs down the road 1. Continue to call and acknowledge the loss in the conversation 2. Continue to send a note (preferably in the mail) 3. Mention by name the one who died 4. Remember holidays and birthdays, death days 5. Sit with them a church 6. Go walking with them or join an exercise group together 7. Invite them out for lunch or dinner…or take dinner to them and eat at their home |
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