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AARP: Life After Loss view detail comment email this

This compilation of grief resources provides contacts for bereavement support organizations, financial and legal steps to take when someone dies, details about claiming government and employee benefits, and guides for the newly widowed, coping with loss, understanding grief, and ways to remember those who have died. From AARP.
http://www.aarp.org/family/lifeafterloss/
Topics: Death & Dying
Last updated Sep 17, 2009


Society of Military Widows view detail comment email this

"After the casualty officer and the caseworker have gone home and the paperwork is finished, how do you get through the lonely hours?" This organization's purpose is to "benefit widows of members of all branches of the uniformed services of the United States." The site includes a "New Widow Checklist," legislation concerning military widows, news updates, chapter contacts, and links to Web sites for support groups, veterans agencies, and grief and healing resources.
http://www.militarywidows.org/
Topics: Death & Dying, Families, Seniors, U.S. Military
Last updated Mar 1, 2005


WidowNet view detail comment email this

Designed to help widows and widowers deal with grief, bereavement, and recovery. Provides demographic data, information on support groups, e-mail and message board discussion forums, book reviews, helpful links, and true personal histories of a handful of widows and widowers.
http://www.fortnet.org/WidowNet/
Topics: Death & Dying, Families, Seniors
Last updated Mar 6, 2002


Youngwidow.org view detail comment email this

An "interactive website and nonprofit organization exclusively dedicated to young widows and widowers." The site offers a message board, information about regional support groups, reading suggestions, and links to related websites.
http://www.youngwidow.com/
Topics: Death & Dying, Families, Seniors
Last updated Jan 22, 2006




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