Wendt Center for Loss & Healing

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Online Resources

The Wendt Center for Loss and Healing offers these links as a resource. To keep this list relevant and useful the Wendt Center for Loss and Healing welcomes feedback on the sites linked below, as well as recommendations of sites to be added to this list, and notification if any links are no longer working. Email info@wendtcenter.org to provide feedback.

For General Information on Grief

  • AARP’s Grief and Loss
    Offering articles, discussions, resources, and tools for coping with grief and the loss of a loved one.
  • Association of Death Education & Counseling
    ADEC is an interdisciplinary organization in the field of dying, death and bereavement. Its members include mental and medical health personnel, educators, clergy, funeral directors, and volunteers.
  • HOPE for Bereaved, Inc.
    Provides hope, support and services for the bereaved.
  • Hope for Grieving Families
    A network of support for grieving families in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area.
  • National Cancer Institute
    This patient summary on loss, grief, and bereavement is adapted from the summary written for health professionals by cancer experts.
  • National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health
    Entry from online medical encyclopedia including symptoms and treatments of grief, as well as links to support groups.
  • Haven of Northern Virginia
    A non-profit, non-sectarian community organization of trained volunteers that offer emotional support to the bereaved, the seriously ill, the dying and to their family and friends. Haven provides education to the community about the needs of those who are grieving. Offering one-to-one support, open and closed groups for widow/widowers, loss to suicide, general bereavement and children and teens who are grieving.
  • OptionB
    An online community that collects and shares stories of adversity to help people build resiliency and find joy.

For Death from AIDS

  • CDC National AIDS Clearinghouse
    The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s primary reference, referral, and publications distribution service for HIV and AIDS information. Services are aimed primarily at professionals.
    P.O. Box 6003, Rockville, MD 20849-6003.
    Phone (800) 458-5231.
    TTY (800) 243-7012. E-mail: info@cdcnpin.org.

For Death of Armed Forces or Law Enforcement Officer

For Death from Cancer

  • American Cancer Society
    Information on cancer, including coping with a long-term illness and dealing with grief and loss after death from cancer.
  • Candelighters, Childhood Cancer Foundation
    A national non-profit membership organization whose mission is to educate, support, serve, and advocate for families of children with cancer, survivors of childhood cancer, and the professionals who care for them.

For Death of a Child/Children

For Death of an Infant

  • First Candle/SIDS Alliance
    SIDS and Other Infant Death bereavement services are a critical component of the Alliance’s mission.
  • National SIDS/Infant Death Resource Center
    8201 Greensboro Drive, Suite 600, McLean, VA, 22102
    Phone (866) 866-7437
  • SIDS Network
    Web site of information about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and Other Infant Death (SIDS/OID).

For Death of a Parent(s)

For Death of a Spouse/Partner

  • AARP’s Grief and Loss
    A collection of articles and resources including “On Being Alone: A Guide for the Newly Widowed.”
  • Widow Care
    An organization dedicated to serving widowed men & women in the DC metropolitan area through a variety of free programs, including monthly peer support groups, social meetups, educational/grief seminars, one-on-one mentorship & more.
  • WidowNet
    Information and self-help resources for and by widows and widowers.

For Elderly People

  • ElderHope, LLC
    Dying, death and grief information targeted to the elderly, including an online class on grief.

Homicide Related Resources

Disclaimer: Inclusion on this list does not constitute an endorsement from the Wendt Center for Loss and Healing for the agencies or services they provide.

For Homicide Survivors

For Life-Challenging Illness

  • American Cancer Society
    Information on cancer, including coping with a long-term illness and dealing with grief and loss after death from cancer.
  • U.S. Pain Foundation
    The Foundation’s mission is to improve the quality of life of people with pain by providing practical information for patients, raising the public’s awareness and understanding of pain, and advocating against barriers to effective treatment.
  • Candelighters, Childhood Cancer Foundation
    A national non-profit membership organization whose mission is to educate, support, serve, and advocate for families of children with cancer, survivors of childhood cancer, and the professionals who care for them.
  • Hospice Foundation
    An independent, not-for-profit organization, serving members of the public and health care professionals with information and education about the many facets of caring for the dying and the bereaved.
  • The Hospice Foundation of America
    Not-for-profit organization that provides leadership in the development and application of hospice and its philosophy of care.
  • Cancer Care
    National non-profit organization providing free professional help to people with all cancers.
  • National Cancer Institute
    This patient summary on loss, grief, and bereavement is adapted from the summary written for health professionals by cancer experts.
  • The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
    National organization dedicated to advancing the art and science of end-of-life care.
  • The Living Will
    Information on how to make and/or register a living will.
  • How to Tell Someone You Have Cancer – An interactive conversation starter. 

For Service Members and Families

For Substance Abuse

  • Start Your Recovery
    Free, confidential tool that helps individuals take steps toward a healthy relationship with drugs and alcohol.

For Suicide Survivors

For Youth

  • NCTSNet.org
    Funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to raise the standard of care and improve the access to services to children, families and communities.