Bereavement Resources

The Resources below will help you support people with learning disabilities through bereavement and loss.

Learning Disabilities and Bereavement - including advice on: 'Clues to Unresolved Grief', 'During Bereavement and Loss', 'Practical Recommendations Before the Loss Of  a Loved One' and 'After Bereavement and Loss'.

Supporting any individual who has experienced a loss or bereavement can be a difficult task for carers.  Supporting people with a learning disability when they experience a loss or bereavement - a guide for carers, provides some ideas about how to support an individual with a learning disability who has experienced a bereavement or loss.

Coping with Loss - A guide for people with learning disabilities, and how carers can support them. 

Included in Factsheet: Loss, Bereavement & Death - 'What is Grief?', 'What can I do when a death has happened?', 'After the death', 'Will the person with a learning disability understand?'.