“We couldn’t have a funeral for my dad. We just got together one day as a family.” 

Sara

WHAT IS THE CRISIS?

People aren’t allowed to spend final days/moments with dying loved ones.

The bereaved are distanced (even severed) from their support systems.

They can’t have “normal” funerals to say goodbye to loved ones.

LAUNCHING

GRIEFSHARE HAS 

NEVER BEEN EASIER

RESPONDING to the COVID-19 BEREAVEMENT CRISIS

COVID-19 has

complicated the

grieving process.

Over 50% of US adults report declining mental health from worry and stress.

75% of employees are feeling burnout. The bereaved feel it even more intensely. 

Many people experience PTSD-type symptoms or “complicated grief” after a loved one has been hospitalized. 

Added layers of

anxiety and depression

on top of grief.

Roughly 15% more total deaths than a normal year.

Over 4.5 million more people are grieving a death than normal.

More deaths.

More grieving people.

HOW YOU CAN

HELP THE BEREAVED

People need the church during this accelerating crisis. Reading this can equip you to help.

TEST POSITIVE for

COMPASSION

How to care for the bereaved during a pandemic

Offer care through

Lay-led grief recovery support groups

The #1 COVID-19 grief recovery ministry for churches

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