Tidewell Grief Education & Support Center

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/sickness-health-bronx-couple-wed-hospice-seal-undying-love-article-1.1095184

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/sickness-health-bronx-couple-wed-hospice-seal-undying-love-artic

Our annual Candlelight Ceremony was held on Dec. 5th at the Tidewell conference room in Sarasota.

http://www.amazon.com/When-You-Dont-Know-What/dp/0834127997/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_9

When You Don't Know What to Say, 2nd Edition: How to Help Your Grieving Friends An updated version and 2nd edition! For those who have a friend that has been devastated by the loss of a loved one. When others care enough to rub shoulders with grieving friends and are willing to be inconvenienced. It requires someone to care enough to put aside cliché condol...

http://www.obit-mag.com/articles/what-the-dead-once-ate-dead-menus

An interesting article and timely on this Monday after Thanksgiving.

What the Dead Once Ate - Dead Menus - Obit-Mag.com Jeff Weinstein reflects on Old menus as gravestones of pleasure.

http://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/291135/jewish/The-Basics.htm

The Basics - The shivah and other mourning observances There are five stages to the mourning process: 1) Aninut, pre-burial mourning. 2-3) Shivah, a seven day period following the burial; within the Shivah, the first three days are characterized by a more intense degree of mourning. 4) Shloshim, the 30-day mourning period. 5) The First Year (observed ...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sally-abrahms/choosing-to-die_b_1002623.html

Choosing to Die Already, boomers are rewriting the script on aging, reinventing retirement and even death. Choosing the right to die, a.k.a. euthanasia, when we're ill, frail, or no longer have quality of life, may well be the new hot button issue.

An interesting article that talks about grief and moving on.

Still Living in the Material World In 2001, when it became evident that George was not going to live, a friend said to him, "this will be the most exciting chapter of your life." After years of speculation about the moment of death, we knew the spectre of disembodiment was actually imminent.

http://www.opentohope.com/?open-to-hope-tv=positive-psychology2


This is a short and informative video presentation on "positive psychology" and its role in bereavement. Dr. Judith Stillion is a former president of the Association on Death Education & Counseling (ADEC). She has written four books and published many articles on grief and loss.

Dr. Judith Stillion: Positive Psychology

Online funeral planning with included follow-up grief support including suggestions for single cruises after the death of your spouse...the new way of death?

A Kayak.com for Crossing the River Styx - Will Funeral Planning Web Sites Find a Following? - Obit-M Sevenponds.com, FuneralWise.com and the challenges of bringing funeral planning to the web.

This is a well written book about dying, death and loss. Meghan O'Rourke's mother died at 55 of colorectal cancer. In this book she chronicles the dying process in a poetic and very readable way. She then turns her attention to the grieving process. The result is a book that anyone who has grieved should read.

Meghan O'Rourke, Author of The Long Goodbye: A Memoir and the poetry collections Halflife and Once Meghan O'Rourke is an essayist and poet whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, Slate, The Best American Poetry, and other

http://www.npr.org/2011/07/25/138678808/twelve-breaths-lessons-from-lifes-end

NPR's "Talk of The Nation" featured an excellent session on end-of-life decisions. For further information please click the above link.

'Twelve Breaths': Lessons From Life's End : NPR At the end of life, we often face difficult decisions complicated by emotion and technology. A new book of essays, Twelve Breaths a Minute, captures the experiences of doctors, caregivers, family members, 911 dispatchers and others who have learned invaluable lessons from those final moments.

Tidewell's Grief Education & Support Center has a new sign gracing its entryway.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/10/opinion/sunday/10als.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=general&src=me

The Good Short Life With A.L.S. Living with Lou Gehrig’s disease is about life, when you know there’s not much left.

GESC director Ginny Chappelear responded to the recent Sarasota Herald Tribune article on su***de with a Letter to the Editor on July 8. http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20110708/LETTERS/110709669

Su***de survivors need support I read with great interest the Herald-Tribune's recent editorials (July 3 and 6) related to the alarming increase in the rate of su***de throughout our region during the past decade. It is a trend that I've recognized from a different perspective — but one that is no less significant.

Sarasota County's high su***de rate was highlighted in a recent article of the Sarasota Herald Tribune. The Tidewell Grief Education and Support Center serves many of the survivors from these tragedies and supports efforts aimed at prevention of su***de. http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20110703/OPINION/110709948

Sarasota's su***de issue The recent su***des of three Sarasota County teenagers generated news coverage, commentary from the community and expressions of concerns about the mental health of young people.

For a full listing of the GESC group support meetings please follow this link to the GESC page at the Tidewell Hospice website.

Tidewell Services | Tidewell Hospice Tidewell is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit agency serving patients and families who are living with advanced illness in Florida's Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte and DeSoto counties. For information about programs and services, call toll free 855-Tidewell.

Memorialize loved ones with a Tidewell Teddy Bear | Gulf Coast Gives When death takes away a beloved person we need to make a connection. You are now a part of helping that connection happen for broken hearts of all ages. Words are not necessarily the best providers of comfort. As a donor to the Memory Bear project you have, with your generosity, created comfort and

Home | Tidewell Hospice Tidewell is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit agency serving patients and families who are living with advanced illness in Florida's Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte and DeSoto counties. For information about programs and services, call toll free 855-Tidewell.