Resource
Materials Available for Purchase
Video
- Hard Medicine: A Journey in Adult Grief Produced by
the Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement
Book
- Lessons of Loss: A Guide to Coping by Robert A Neimeyer
The
Sympathy Pin - A symbol communicating the experience
of loss
Book
- Grief and remembering: 25 Australians tell it like it is Edited
By Allan Kellehear
Book
- Life after Death Understanding bereavement and working through
grief: 24 real life stories by Philip Bachelor
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Hard
Medicine: A Journey in Adult Grief
Produced
by the Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement with funding assistance from
the Department of Human
Services.
A sensitive
and compelling portrayal of the grief process complicated through
issues such as multiple loss, sudden death and suicide. Four
bereaved people talk about their experience,
survival and the struggle to accommodate grief into their lives.
- This
video documentary includes a detailed discussion guide for
use in education/training and clinical settings. It is forty
minutes in length.
Hard
Medicine: A Journey in Adult Grief is the graphic, yet sensitive
portrayal of the grief of four people after the devastating
loss of someone they love. Available
in both PAL-VHS and PAL-NTSC formats. |
Download
an order form here
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Lessons
of Loss: A Guide to Coping
by Robert A Neimeyer
Robert
Neimeyer, Ph.D., is a Professor at the Department of Psychology,
University of Memphis and maintains an active clinical practice.
He has conducted extensive research on the topics of death
attitudes and suicide intervention and has published 15 books
and written over 200 articles and book chapters.Lessons
of loss: A guide to coping, develops a fresh theory of
grieving as a process of "meaning reconstruction".
In this book, Dr Neimeyer considers grieving as an active
process of transformation and looks at the impacts of different
types of losses, from death to relationships to jobs. The
book helps the reader mobilise the personal and social resources
needed for healing and suggests ritualising and memorialising
the people and things we miss.Dr Neimeyer's book is published
in Australia by the Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement.
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Price: (includes
GST)
$50.00 (CGE members)
$55.00 (non CGE members)
$ 5.00 postage
Download
an order form here
The
Sympathy Pin - A symbol communicating the experience of loss
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The
Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement is proud to present The Sympathy
Pin. The Sympathy Pin is a symbolic representation of the experience
of loss and an acknowledgement of the memories of a loved one.
Karen Taylor
suffered many losses over many years. Her concept of The Sympathy
Pin arose in response to her need to acknowledge her grief
as she struggled to deal with the untimely death of an unborn
child, a mother, and then a sister and aunt, as well as the
loss of a friend and brother-in-law.
As a tangible,
but unobtrusive symbol, the very act of wearing The Sympathy
Pin reminded her that it was reasonable to need time and space
to cope with her grief, as she went about the task of every
day living, well beyond the ceremony of the funeral.
All proceeds
from the sale of the pin will go directly towards enhancing
services and programs offered by the Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement.
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Recognition
and support
With or without
the support of religion in our lives, a small physical token to "notify" strangers
of a loss facilitates immediate understanding, pre-empting the need
to explain, but at the same time eliminating any false conclusions.
A clearly recognised visual symbol generates understanding by conveying
the message without explanation.
Many other cultures
provide tangible evidence to facilitate recognition of grieving,
eg. wearing black, cutting or growing hair for example. In Victorian
times less than a century ago, "widows' weeds" were worn
along with black armbands and mourning brooches. These tangible signs
of grieving have been cast aside in today's society. Our pace no
longer allows for the "leisure" of grieving. People are
expected to bounce back and get on with life.
Wearing The Sympathy
Pin can be a personal acknowledgment of grief. The anniversary of
the death of a loved one can leave the grieving person feel vulnerable
and with a need to symbolise the grief they are experiencing. The
Sympathy Pin is a simple way for the grieving person to express their
feelings and acknowledge their grief.
A symbol that
communicates the experience of loss and acknowledges the memories
of a loved one. The Sympathy Pin can now be purchased through the
Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement either presented with a card providing
a description and explanation of the pin and its symbolism or presented
on a small (business size) card.
Price:
(includes GST)
Business size card $ 9.35
Presentation
size card $11.55
Plus postage $ 2.75
Download
an order form here
Go
to the Sympathy Pin web page
Grief
and remembering: 25 Australians tell it like it is
Edited by Allan Kellehear
Allan Kellehear,
PhD, is a Professor of Palliative Care at La Trobe University, Melbourne.
He is the author of Eternity and Me: The Everlasting Things in
Life and Death.
In this book,
25 everyday Australians describe their own unique experiences of
grief. They mourn their spouses, friends, parents, children, or siblings.
Contributors to this book are from diverse social backgrounds - they
are men, women and children of different occupations, ethnicity,
sexualityand age groups. We
hear the voices of people who are at the very centre of the experience
of grief.
"Most grief,
however complex and difficult to live with, is normal. We don't need
'therapy' or 'pills'. We just need to understand it and find
some meaning and sense in it. Sometimes we need some extra support.
But most of the time we battle on with the battle inside our hears.
Grief is like that. Much of life is like that. And finally, we have
a book that tells it like it is." Allan Kellehear
This book is now
available for purchase from the Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement.
(RRP: $24.95)
Special offer through the Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement
$19.80 (includes GST)
Plus Postage $2.75
Download
an order form here
Life
after Death: Understanding bereavement and working through grief: 24
real life stories
By Philip
Bachelor
Dr Philip Bachelor
has managed operations at Australia's largest cemetery, Fawkner Crematorium & Memorial
Park, for over twelve years. His doctoral thesis examined the role
of cemeteries within contexts of grief. He has reviewed cemetery
operations throughout Australia and internationally, and he is currently
president of the Cemeteries & Crematoria Association of Australia.
Life after
Death presents twenty-four unique and captivating case studies
of bereavement. Mourners of diverse social and cultural backgrounds
relate various personal perspectives of loss through the deaths
of children, siblings, spouses, parents and grandparents.
Mourners share
fascinating insights into family backgrounds, faiths, experiences
of death, values of funerals, subsequent adjustments, commemorative
responses, and values of personal memorials in natural control of
grief.
These intimate
accounts offer comparative understanding, encouragement and comfort
to those currently dealing with significant loss. They also challenge
the professional carers and service providers, including physicians,
psychologists, nurses, social workers, counsellors, clergy, funeral
directors, cemetery administrators, and monumental masons.
Anyone wishing
to better understand the phenomena of bereavement, mourning and commemoration,
on either a personal level or in a support role, will find these
absorbing real-life stories compelling reading.
Download
an order form here
All items can
be ordered by contacting the
Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement on:
Telephone: (03)
9545 6377
Freecall: 1800 642 066
Facsimile: (03) 9545 6399
Email: info@grief.org.au
