Sonoma  Valley  Interfaith  Ministerial  Association

Resources

Grief and Loss

Face to Face Local Counseling Support 

Hospice By The Bay (707) 935-7504 

Hospice of Petaluma (707) 778-6242

Memorial Hospice (707) 568-1094 

North County Hospice (707) 431-1135

Sutter VNA and Hospice (707) 535-5780 

Willmar Family Grief & Healing Center (707) 935-1946 

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Community Resources

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• For a list of Sonoma County resources such as Family Support, Legal Information or Emergency/Crisis Information you can view this list here https://www.scoe.org/files/patf-community-resources.pdf

• Cancer Support Sonoma offers integrative therapies and support for patients and families https://cancersupportsonoma.org/

• Support for Sonoma Valley residents caring for a loved one with memory loss https://carepartnersinitiative.org/

• For food distribution information https://svchc.org/events/produce-pantry-at-svchc/ or vistit https://refb.org/our-work/programs/get-food/​

• If you would like information on the "Hidden In Plain Sight" report you may go Here.

• If you would like to visit the Sustainable Sonoma page list https://www.sustainablesonoma.net/

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Additional Online Resources 

•  Caring Community Grief and Loss - Palliative Care and Hospice  - http://www.caringcommunity.org

•  Network of Care/Sonoma County Bereavement Support Groups - http://sonoma.networkofcare.org

•  Death of a child - Compassionate Friends provides an on-line community where you can register and participate in virtual  support groups - https://www.compassionatefriends.org,  Sonoma County Dept. of Health: Grief and Bereavement Support for  Death of Child or Pregnancy Loss - http://sonomacounty.ca.gov/Health/Services/Grief-Support/

•  The Conversation Project is dedicated to helping people talk about their wishes for end-of-life care. -

          https://theconversationproject.org

•  Five Wishes: A living will written in everyday language that helps people express their wishes in areas that matter  most, the personal and spiritual in addition to the medical and legal. It also helps you describe what good care means to you,  whether you are seriously ill or not. It allows your caregiver to know exactly what you want - https://agingwithdignity.org/five-  wishes

• Information on asbestos and the diseases it causes. This guide touches on the 5 steps of grieving and how to support others who are in the grieving process.  asbestos.com/support/mesothelioma-grief-guide/  If you are in need of legal assistance on this matter you may want to visit https://www.mesotheliomalawyercenter.org.

• The Recovery Village®, an organization with locations across the country, is dedicated to providing the best treatment possible to those struggling with substance abuse and co-occurring disorders.  - https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/mental-health/grief/

• RehabSpot is an information hub on substance abuse with a primary focus to educate people on all aspects of substance-use and the recovery process: from selection of treatment center, to what you can expect during treatment, to entering back into a healthy and fulfilling life. http://www.rehabspot.com/treatment/before-begins/determining-need-rehab/

• SleepHelp.org is a site that promotes sleep health and wellness. Recent research on how grief can affect sleep resulted in a guide that explains the causes of insomnia and tips for getting to sleep when dealing with grief. https://www.sleephelp.org/grief-and-sleep/​

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Books On Grief, Death and Dying

• The Divine Art of Dying, Herb Anderson and Karen Speerstra 

• The Denial of Death, Ernest Becker 

• Graceful Exits: How Great Beings Die (Death stories of Hindu, Tibetan Buddhist, and Zen masters), Sushila Blackman 

• Dying Well, Ira Byock, MD 

• Coming Home: A Guide to Dying at Home with Dignity, Deborah Duda 

• The Dying Time: Practical Wisdom for the Dying & Their Caregivers, Joan Furman 

• Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End , Atul Gawande, MD 

• When Your Family's Lost a Loved One, Nancy Guthrie and David Guthrie 

• Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and Soul, Stephen Jenkinson 

• Death: The Final Stage of Growth, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross 

• To Live Until We Say Good-Bye, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross 

• On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss,  Elisabeth Kubler-Ross 

• Who Dies?, Stephen Levine 

• A Grief Observed, C. S. Lewis 

• Handbook for Mortals: Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness, Joanne Lynn, MD, Joan Harrold, MD, Janice Lynch Schuster 

• The Art of Dying, Rob Moll 

• Our Greatest Gift: A Meditation on Dying and Caring, Henri J. M. Nouwen 

• Rethinking Life and Death: The Collapse of Our Traditional Ethics, Peter Singer 

• Recognizing Spiritual Needs in People Who Are Dying, Rachel Stanworth 

• Peaceful Dying: The Step-by-step Guide To Preserving Your Dignity, Your Choice, And Your Inner Peace At The End Of Life, Daniel R. Tobin 

• A Shelter in the Time of Storm, Paul Tripp 

• The Good Death: The New American Search to Reshape the End of Life, Marilyn Webb 

• The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, Bronnie Ware 

• Making Loss Matter : Creating Meaning in Difficult Times, Rabbi David J. Wolpe

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