Grief and loss

Etelka

Grief support at Petroc
(North Devon Campus)

Bereavement Champion

Susanne Jagow-Moore

Contact:

susanne.jagow-moore@petroc.ac.uk

Help for parents in times of grief | Families in GriefParents need to look after themselves as well as their children when dealing with bereavement. We help families cope by offering different forms of support.

It can be extremely difficult when you lose someone you knew. Whether you’ve lost a family member, a friend or a pet, you may feel a whole range of emotions. Grief is an emotional response to this loss, and is a process rather than an event. It may affect how you feel physically, mentally and socially.

You might be grieving because of:

The death of a family member, like a parent, grandparent or sibling
The death of a friend, or someone you knew at school or college
The death of someone by suicide
A change in a relationship
An illness of someone close to you, like cancer or dementia
The loss of a relationship, like someone moving away or no longer being in your life regularly
The loss or death of a pet animal
The loss of your freedom due to the lockdown

Whoever you have lost, you need time and space to grieve and come to terms with their death.

Read the information in the link below to find ways to help yourself. You can also contact your Wellbeing and Support advisor by using the ‘Accessing Support’ tab and they will give you individualised support.

How To Deal With Grief and Loss | Mental Health AdviceIt can be really hard and painful to lose someone you know. Find out how to deal with grief and loss, and what help is available.

Child Bereavement UKChild Bereavement UK supports families and educates professionals when a baby or child of any age dies or is dying, or when a child is facing bereavement.

Get support - Cruse Bereavement SupportWe're here to help you no matter how long you've been grieving. Learn more about our different bereavement support services here.

About Winston's Wish - the charity for bereaved children – Winston's WishWinston's Wish, established in 1992, was the UK's first childhood bereavement charity. We support children and their families following bereavement.

Bereavement and young peopleBereavement is one of the hardest things you can go through in life. For a young person, coping with loss and death can be even more difficult.

Pete's Dragons | Making sure those impacted by suicide are supported.As families, partners, friends and colleagues adapt to the world without their loved one, Pete’s Dragons can help in a number of meaningful ways. We offer practical, psychological and therapeutic support which is delivered by a team of suicide bereavement specialists.

WAY Widowed & Young - Bereavement support UKWAY is the only national UK charity providing bereavement support for anyone aged 50 or under when their partner died.

Anticipatory grief support from Marie Curie

What is anticipatory grief?

Anticipatory grief is when you have feelings of grief before the person dies. It’s sometimes called pre-death grief or grief before death. Many people experience anticipatory grief. This is a natural reaction when someone’s illness is having an effect on your life. And when you feel worried about what will happen in the future.

When you have anticipatory grief, you may feel:

sad about the person’s illness and its effect on your lives
worried about the illness getting worse
fear or low mood when thinking about the person’s death
anxious about how you will cope without the person
angry about why this is happening to you both
hopeless because there is nothing you can do to change the situation
guilty or ashamed about some of your thoughts or feelings.

Some people who have grief before loss feel like they're in a constant state of sadness, fear or panic. You might find your feelings get worse when there are changes in the person’s health. And you may feel better when things are more stable. At times, some people feel numb or detached from the situation or the person who is ill.

Marie Curie Bereavement SupportMarie Curie Telephone Bereavement Support is a free national telephone listening support service for people bereaved due to terminal illness.

Pet Loss support from the Blue Cross

Click here for the Blue Cross website

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