American Hospice Foundation

The American Hospice Foundation supports programs that serve the needs of terminally ill and grieving individuals of all ages. Hospice can provide special help to patients and families when aggressive, curative care no longer makes sense. For extensive information about hospice and helpful articles about caregiving in the face of serious, life-limiting illness, please visit the American Hospice Foundation, on the Web at www.americanhospice.org.

Helen Fitzgerald is a Certified Thanatologist, author and lecturer and was previously the director of training for the American Hospice Foundation. You can ask Helen a question about dealing with grief and loss by visiting Ask Helen on the American Hospice Foundation website.




Articles from Helen Fitzgerald and the American Hospice Foundation:
• Writing a Condolence Note
• Helping Your Bereaved Friend
• Helping a Grieving Parent
• Helping Children Through Grief
• Writing a Condolence Note to a Grieving Child or Adolescent
• The Grieving Teen
• After a Tragedy: What Kids Can Do
• Military Kids: Responding to their Grief
• The Grief of Grandparents
• You Know You’re Getting Better When...

Additional resources from Helen Fitzgerald and the American Hospice Foundation:
• Anticipating a Parent's Death
• Your Personal Journey Through Grief: A Guided Road Map Toward Learning and Healing
• When Somebody You Love Has Cancer (A Workbook for Children)
• Grief at School
• Comfort Cards