Principles for Managing Sudden Changes After Loss

Navigating death with dignity: The imperative for meaningful conversations about palliative careNavigating death with dignity: The imperative for meaningful conversations about palliative care

As palliative care professionals, we care for people with serious illness across all domains of their humanity — physical, emotional, cultural, social, spiritual. Our work is not to remove all difficulty, but to make the experience of dying meaningful, and dignified. We believe, as Viktor Frank...

Principles for Managing Sudden Changes After Loss

Loss arrives without permission, often catching people off guard and altering the course of everyday life in profound ways. The death of a loved one can turn everything familiar into something uncertain, and navigating that change requires patience, clarity, and care. While grief unfolds in its own time, some moments demand immediate decisions, arranging services, informing others, and managing legal affairs. These sudden changes can overwhelm, …