Grief and GrievingGrief and GrievingOther Places To Get HelpOrganizations | American Hospice Foundation | | 2120 L Street, N.W. | | Suite 200 | | Washington, DC 20037 | | Phone: | (202) 223-0204 | | Fax: | (202) 223-0208 | | TDD: | 1-800-347-1413 | | Email: | ahf@americanhospice.org | | Web Address: | www.americanhospice.org | | | The American Hospice Foundation strives to improve access to
quality hospice care through public education, professional training, and
consumer advocacy. The organization supports programs that serve the needs of
terminally ill and grieving individuals of all ages. It publicizes hospice
concepts through training, education, and outreach, promoting services, and
initiating research on consumer needs and preferences in end-of-life
care. The Web site offers information about death and dying and related
grief and grieving processes. The "Grief Zone" has links to readings grouped
into categories such as grief and kids, grief on the job, hospice information
and support, and grief and faith. |
| | Caring Connections | | Phone: | 1-800-658-8898 help line | | Phone: | 1-877-658-8896 multilingual line (toll-free) | | Phone: | (703) 837-1500 | | Email: | caringinfo@nhpco.org | | Web Address: | www.caringinfo.org | | | Caring Connections, a program of the U.S. National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), seeks to improve care at the end of life. Caring Connections provides free resources, including educational brochures, advance directives and hospice information, and a toll-free help line for people looking for quality end-of-life information. |
| | Compassionate Friends National
Headquarters | | P.O. Box 3696 | | Oak Brook, IL 60522-3696 | | Phone: | 1-877-969-0010 toll-free (630) 990-0010 | | Fax: | (630) 990-0246 | | Email: | nationaloffice@compassionatefriends.org | | Web Address: | www.compassionatefriends.org | | | Compassionate Friends is an organization that helps family members
through the grieving process when they have lost a child. |
| | KidsHealth for Parents, Children, and
Teens | | Nemours Home Office | | 10140 Centurion Parkway | | Jacksonville, FL 32256 | | Phone: | (904) 697-4100 | | Web Address: | www.kidshealth.org | | | This website is sponsored by the Nemours Foundation. It
has a wide range of information about children's health—from allergies and
diseases to normal growth and development (birth to adolescence). This website
offers separate areas for kids, teens, and parents, each providing
age-appropriate information that the child or parent can understand. You can
sign up to get weekly emails about your area of interest. |
| | Mental Health America | | 2000 North Beauregard Street, 6th Floor | | Alexandria, VA 22311 | | Phone: | 1-800-969-NMHA (1-800-969-6642) referral service for help with depression (703) 684-7722 | | Fax: | (703) 684-5968 | | Web Address: | www.mentalhealthamerica.net | | | Mental Health America (formerly known as the National
Mental Health Association) is a nonprofit agency devoted to helping people of
all ages live mentally healthier lives. Its website has information about
mental health conditions. It also addresses issues such as grief, stress,
bullying, and more. It includes a confidential depression screening test for
anyone who would like to take it. The short test may help you decide whether
your symptoms are related to depression. |
| | National Cancer Institute (NCI) | | 6116 Executive Boulevard | | Suite 300 | | Bethesda, MD 20892-8322 | | Phone: | 1-800-4-CANCER (1-800-422-6237) | | Web Address: | www.cancer.gov (or
https://livehelp.cancer.gov/app/chat/chat_launch for live help
online) | | | The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is a U.S. government
agency that provides up-to-date information about the prevention, detection,
and treatment of cancer. NCI also offers supportive care to people who have cancer
and to their families. NCI information is also available to doctors, nurses,
and other health professionals. NCI provides the latest information about
clinical trials. The Cancer Information Service, a service of NCI, has trained
staff members available to answer questions and send free publications.
Spanish-speaking staff members are also available. |
| Medical Review: Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine Sidney Zisook, MD - Psychiatry Last Updated: October 17, 2011 |
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