We’re Here for You
Grief is a normal response to loss. Community Nursing Services (CNS) helps families navigate their grief through an enhanced bereavement program. From personalized visits to support groups, the yearlong program gives the family of CNS patients tools to help process loss.
Below is a List of Resources and Programs CNS Provides:
- Personalized bereavement plans
- Support services for all ages
- Family check-in with phone calls throughout the year
- Monthly encouragement mailings
- Grief assessments throughout the year
- Grief support groups, offered in-person and online
- One-on-one chaplain and/or social work counseling available
- Information and educational resources for specific needs
- Yearly memorial remembrance program
- Bereavement buddies
- Memorial keepsakes, including a Memorial Ornament
Children's Grief Backpacks
Designed to help children navigate loss and the grief that comes with it, the Children’s Grief Backpacks are filled with many items centered around not experiencing loss alone and gaining a better understanding through tangible, age-appropriate materials and comforting tools.
Bereavement Resources by County
Salt Lake County
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- The Bradley Center
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Washington County
- Grief Share
- Compassionate Friends
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Grand County
Carbon County
Cache County
Davis County
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. - Lindquist Mortuary
- Davis Behavioral Health
- Hold on to Hope
Weber County
Utah County
Children Support Resources
- The Sharing Place
- A Center for Grieving Children
- The Bradley Center
- Share Parents
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- Sesame Street
Reading Lists for Children & Adults
General Grief Books
- In the presence of grief: Helping family members resolve death,dying and bereavement issues, Bevcar,D.S. (2001).
- Life is goodbye, Life is hello : Grieving well through all kinds of loss. Bozarth.A.R.
- The end of suffering: Finding purpose in pain. Cairns,S (2009).
Loss of A Spouse
- Here if you need me: A true story. Braestrup,K. (2007).
- Being a widow, Caine,L (1988).
- Widower: When men are left alone. Campbell,S.& Silverman,P. (1987)
For Adults To Help Grieving Children
- Guiding your child through grief. James P.& MaryAnn Emswiler
- Healing a grieving heart. Alan D. Wolfelt
- Understanding your grief: Ten essential touchstones for finding hope & healing your heart. Alan D. Wolfelt
- The grieving child. Helen Fitzgerald
For Grieving Children
- The Mountain Of Tibet. Mordicai Gerstien
- Nana Upstairs, Nana Downstairs. Omie de Paola
- Tough Boris. Mem Fox
- When Dinosaurs Die. Laurie Krasney Brown
For Grieving teens
- Fire in my heart, Ice in my veins: A journal foe teenagers experiencing loss. Enid Samuel Traisman, MSW
- Healing your grieving heart. Alan D. Wolfelt
A complete book list for children & teens can be found at here.