Grief and End-of-Life Resources
Organizations we trust for support with grief, caregiving, and care at the end of life, grouped by what you may need. The Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Foundation is not a crisis or counseling service, but these organizations can help.
If you are in crisis, reach out now
United States: call or text 988 · 988lifeline.org
Deutschland: TelefonSeelsorge 0800 111 0 111 oder 0800 111 0 222 · Österreich: 142 · Schweiz: 143
España: 024 · México: Línea de la Vida 800 911 2000
Anywhere else: findahelpline.com
Partners of the Foundation
The National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation, the national voice for nonprofit, community-based hospice and advanced illness care in the United States.
The International End of Life Doula Association, training doulas to support people and families through dying, death and grief.
Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance
A global alliance of national and regional hospice and palliative care organizations, working for access to palliative care worldwide.
International Children's Palliative Care Network
The worldwide network for palliative care for children and young people with life-limiting conditions.
The National Grief Center for Children & Families, with free resources for grieving children, teens, families and schools.
Proyecto «Hospicio Humanitario en la Cárcel»
Bringing end-of-life care into prisons by training incarcerated people to care for their dying peers.
The Foundation's own programs
- Vínculos de Amor (EKR Guatemala) — support for families who have lost a baby, including a memorial butterfly garden at El Campanario. Learn more
- EKR International Chapters — local EKR programs in Guatemala, Singapore and Southeast Asia, and beyond.
- Live Community Education & Death Cafés — free online sessions, open to everyone.
Grief support
- Cruse Bereavement Support (UK) — free support for anyone grieving, by phone, online and in person.
- TAPS — Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, for families of fallen military service members.
When a child or baby has died
- The Compassionate Friends — peer support for families after the death of a child of any age.
- Share Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support — for parents after miscarriage, stillbirth or the death of a baby.
- MISS Foundation — support for families after the death of a child.
- Bereaved Parents of the USA — support groups for parents, siblings and grandparents.
After a suicide
- American Foundation for Suicide Prevention — programs and support for people who have lost someone to suicide.
- Alliance of Hope — an online community and resources for suicide loss survivors.
Children and teens
- The Dougy Center — guides for talking with children about death, and supporting grieving kids at home and at school.
- National Alliance for Children's Grief — a directory of children's grief programs across the United States.
- ICPCN — for families of children with life-limiting illness.
Caregivers
- Family Caregiver Alliance (US) — practical information and support for family caregivers.
- Carers UK — advice and support for unpaid carers.
See also our page Caring for the Caregivers.
Talking about death and planning ahead
- The Conversation Project — free guides to help families talk about their wishes for end-of-life care.
- Five Wishes — an advance care planning document covering medical, personal, emotional and spiritual wishes.
- Death Café — find a Death Café near you, where people gather to talk openly about death.
Hospice and palliative care
- NPHI — nonprofit, community-based hospice and advanced illness care providers across the United States.
- GetPalliativeCare.org — what palliative care is, and how to find it.
- WHPCA — hospice and palliative care around the world.
Auf Deutsch
- TelefonSeelsorge — rund um die Uhr erreichbar, anonym und kostenfrei.
- Bundesverband Trauerbegleitung — qualifizierte Trauerbegleiterinnen und Trauerbegleiter finden.
- Verwaiste Eltern und trauernde Geschwister — Unterstützung für Familien nach dem Tod eines Kindes.
- AGUS — Selbsthilfe für Angehörige nach einem Suizid.
- Deutscher Hospiz- und PalliativVerband — Hospiz- und Palliativangebote in Deutschland.
- Hospiz Österreich · palliative ch (Schweiz)
En español
- RedLA — Red Latinoamericana de Acompañamiento en la Muerte y el Duelo.
- SECPAL — Sociedad Española de Cuidados Paliativos.
- ALCP — Asociación Latinoamericana de Cuidados Paliativos.
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