Death and Dying Resources
Updated: Jul 6
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments but what is woven into the lives of others
—THUCYDIDES
Advanced Death Planning
My Speak Up Plan
https://www.advancecareplanning.ca/my-plan/
Plan Well Guide
Dying with Dignity
https://www.dyingwithdignity.ca/education-resources/advance-care-planning-kit/
Understanding Wills
https://www.willful.co/learn/living-wills
Supports
End of Life Death Doula Association
https://endoflifedoulaassociation.org/
https://www.virtualhospice.ca/en_US/Main+Site+Navigation/Home.aspx
Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association (CHPCA)
Public Support 211
Hospice and Homes Supports for Hamilton/Burlington Area
Dr. Bob Kemp Hospice, Hamilton
Carpenter House Hospice, Burlington
https://www.thecarpenterhospice.com/
Stedman Hospice, Brantford
Lighthouse Grieving Support for Children, Oakville
https://lighthousegriefsupport.org
Wellwood – Live well with Cancer, Hamilton
In-Home Medical Supports for the Hamilton/Burlington Area
St Joseph Home Care
https://www.stjosephshomecare.ca/
Bayshore Home Care
Health Services for Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant
Homemaking & Home Support Services, Personal Care Services, Nursing Services
Counsellors Hamilton/Burlington Area
True Health Therapy, Allen Tedjo – Hamilton
https://www.truehealththerapy.com/
Sojourn Psychotherapy, Melissa White - Hamilton
https://sojournpsychotherapy.ca/
Empower Counselling Services – Hamilton
https://www.empowercounselling.net/
Canadian Virtual Hospice - MyGrief
After Life Planning
Green Burials
http://www.greenburialcanada.ca/
Funeral Planning
https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/office-consumer-affairs/en/modern-marketplace/funerals
How to Plan a Celebration of Life
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/celebration-of-life/how-to-plan
Help in Planning a Vigil, Celebration of Life or Funeral
https://endoflifedoulaassociation.org/
Books
Awake at the Bedside: Contemplative Teachings on Palliative and End-of-Life by Ogyen Trinley Dorje Kamapa
Caring for the Dying, Henry Fersko-Weiss
Death is but a Dream - Finding Hope and Meaning at Life’s End by Christopher Kerr, MD, PhD
Die Wise, by Stephen Jenkinson
Find Peace at the End of Life, by Henry Fersko Weiss
Grieving Mindfully, Sameet M. Kumar
Healing Through the Dark Emotions: The wisdom of grief, fear, and despair by Miriam Greenspan
It’s OK That You’re Not OK - Meeting Grief and Loss in a Culture that Doesn’t Understand by Megan Devine
The Art of Dying Well: A Practical Guide to a Good End of Life by Katy Butler
The Lost Art of Dying, L.S. Dugdale
The Five Invitations by Frank Ostaseski
The Wild Edge of Sorrow, by Francis Weller
When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalinithi
When Things Fall Apart by Pema Chodron
Podcasts
Death is Beautiful - Renee Moor and Stephanie Zuppa
Grief is a Sneaky Bitch - Lisa Keefauver
The Mindfulness & Grief - Heather Stang
Unlocking Us; Grief and Finding Meaning – Brene Brown with David Kessler
Online Supports
https://childrensgrieffoundation.org
