Welcome to Our Grief, End-of-Life & Caregiver Media Library
Featured Media
The Baker Funeral Handbook
The Baker Funeral Handbook is a practical End-of-life planning resource for families and faith leaders, with guidance for funeral planning, burial planning, planning a memorial service, and supporting a grieving family.
The Handbook of Thanatology, Third Edition: The Essential Body of Knowledge for the Study of Death, Dying, and Bereavement
A trusted resource in thanatology and death education, this handbook offers insight into death and dying, grief and bereavement, bereavement support, grief support, and hospice support and palliative care.
Lili's Caregiver's Guide
Caregiving often becomes a mix of logistics, emotions, and long-term responsibility. This guide offers practical support for managing daily needs, care coordination, and the personal toll that can accompany sustained caregiving. It helps caregivers feel more organized and less alone while advocating within healthcare systems and protecting their own well-being.
The Best Care Possible: A Physician’s Quest to Transform Care Through the End of Life
This book brings hospice support and palliative care into focus through Dr. Byock's work with patients and families navigating serious illness and end-of-life planning. Written with both clinical observation and deep compassion, it examines clear communication, comfort-focused choices, and the family communication and advocacy that allows patients to approach the end of life with dignity and relief. The book speaks to patients, family members, and caregivers seeking a practical lens on quality of life at end of life - supporting them as patient advocates and family advocates working toward meaningful connection.
On Grief and Grieving: Finding the Meaning of Grief Through the Five Stages of Loss
A compassionate guide to the stages of grief and the meaning after loss. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and David Kessler offer grief education and bereavement support for coping with loss — naming what grieving feels like, from end-of-life experiences to the love that endures
For You When I Am Gone: A Journal: A Step-by-Step Guide to WritingYour Ethical Will
This ethical will journal walks readers through legacy planning and remembrance through guided prompts, drawing on the deeply personal practice of writing letters to loved ones. Steve Leder, a rabbi and writer, shares meaningful legacy prompts that complement traditional end of life planning and estate planning by capturing values, stories, and the kind of poetry and journaling for grief that legal documents leave out. The journal supports those preparing for end of life as well as families who want to remember a loved one through their own words.
Do Not Ignore Your Mortality
A practical guide to preparing for end of life with clarity instead of avoidance. A funeral and financial insider, Greg Barnsdale demystifies death, funeral, and burial planning alongside estate and legacy decisions — offering a real-world checklist so your loved ones aren't left guessing.
Your Caregiver Relationship Contract: How to navigate the minefield of new roles and expectations
A practical guide to caregiving relationships before resentment builds. Debra L. Hallisey helps families navigate caregiving conflict, set boundaries that guard against burnout, and coordinate in-home and geriatric support - bringing clearer communication and more compassionate care through serious illness and end of life.
Breathless: The Role of Compassion in Critical Care
A compassionate look at critical care during serious illness. Ronald Kotler shares how compassionate health care steadies families navigating ICU decisions near the end of life - strengthening their role as patient and family advocates through empathy and clear communication.
On Death and Dying: What the Dying Have to Teach Doctors, Nurses, Clergy and Their Own Families
A foundational resource for grief support, hospice support and palliative care, and end-of-life planning, this book helps families and caregivers better understand the emotional realities of dying with greater honesty, compassion, and clarity.