Tucker-Quinn Funeral Home

Aftercare

Tucker-Quinn Funeral Home care does not end with the funeral ceremony. We realize that often the most difficult times follow the funeral, once family and friends have returned to their normal activities.

Grief is a natural human response to death and loss. Its pain is real and is best dealt with naturally. The body and mind will allow us only to deal with what we can handle, often overwhelming at times, Its affects and intensity will lessen in time. But, you know your life has changed and it is that change that we now need to learn to live with. Allow time, there is no quick fix to grief recovery.

Over the years we have developed our own grief resource library and those materials as well as many donated resources to assist the funeral director and the client family in aftercare services for the grieving. Lending a confidential listening hear can be very helpful for the families served.

Your Church and minister can be a great help, a close friend, or someone who has had a similar experience, grief counseling, and grief support are all healthy places to look for support.

These thoughtful articles provide guidance and direction for anyone touched by grief.

Grief: General

These thoughtful articles provide guidance and direction for anyone touched by grief.

• The Journey Through Grief
• The Mourner's Bill of Rights
• Living Through Grief

Helping Yourself with Grief

Someone you love has died. You are now faced with the difficult, but important, need to mourn. Mourning is the open expression of your thoughts and feelings regarding the death and the person who died. It is an essential part of healing. The following articles provide many practical suggestions to help you move toward healing in your unique grief journey.

• Helping Yourself Heal When Someone Dies
• Helping Yourself Heal When Your Child Dies
• Helping Yourself Heal When Your Spouse Dies
• Helping Yourself Heal When a Parent Dies
• Helping Yourself Heal When a Baby Dies
• Helping Yourself Heal During the Holiday Season
• Helping Dispel 5 Common Myths About Grief
• Helping Yourself Live When You Are Seriously Ill
• Helping Yourself Live When You Are Dying

Helping Others with Grief

A friend has experienced the death of someone loved. How can you help? The following articles provide many practical suggestions for helping others with grief:

• Helping a Friend in Grief
• Helping a Man Who is Grieving
• Helping a Friend Who is Dying
• Helping a Friend Who is Seriously Ill
• Helping a Suicide Survivor Heal
• Helping a Homicide Survivor Heal
• Helping a Grandparent Who Is Grieving
• Helping a Grieving Friend in the Workplace
• Helping AIDS Survivors Heal
• Helping SIDS Survivors Heal
• Helping Your Family When a Member is Dying
• Helping Your Family When a Member is Seriously Ill
• Helping Your Family Cope When a Pet Dies
• Helping Your Family Decide if Organ and Tissue Donation is Right for You

For and About Grieving Children and Teenagers

Children and teenagers have special needs following the death of a friend or family member. The following articles provide wonderful insight in helping children and teens understand and express their grief.

• Helping Children Cope with Grief
• Helping Teenagers Cope with Grief
• Helping Infants and Toddlers When Someone They Love Dies
• Helping Children with Funerals
• Helping Children Understand Cremation
• Helping a Child Who is Seriously Ill
• Helping a Child Who is Dying
• Helping Grieving Children at School
• Helping Bereaved Siblings Heal

A Few excellent Grief-Related Books:

• Good Grief By Granger E. Westberg
• For the Living By Edgar N. Jackson
• Cremation By Paul Iron
• The Many Faces of Grief by Edgar N. Jackson
• Living When a Loved One has died by Earl A. Grollman
• The Dynamics of Grief by David K. Switzer

Other Resources:

• National Funeral Directors Association Grief FAQs page:
• Association For Death Education and Counseling
• Counseling for Loss and Life Changes
• Grief Resources Catalog
• Grief Net
• After Loss
• Grief Watch
• Crisis, Grief and Healing