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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 abouttheir 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.
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 | Lessons of Loss: A Guide to Coping 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. |
$50.00 (CGE members)
$55.00 (non CGE members)
$5.00 postage
The Sympathy Pin- A symbol communicating the experience of loss
| | | 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. |
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
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 authorof 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 Deathpresents 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.
 | New standards developed for Bereavement Support Programs in Palliative Care Services in Victoria. Published by the Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement |
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Australian Centre for Grief and Bereavement on:
Telephone:(03) 9265 2100
Freecall:1800 642 066
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Email:info@grief.org.au