Grief and Loss
Community Resources
Local and national organizations offering bereavement support.
Final Details: A Checklist
An overview of financial and legal action steps to take when someone dies.
Final Details: Claiming Benefits
Survivor's information on claiming Social Security, Veterans and employer benefits.
Final Details: Necessary Papers
Documents to collect when someone dies.
Final Details: Steps to Take
Basic actions to take during the first few months after the death of your loved one.
Finances -- Looking Ahead
Many important financial decisions need to be made when someone dies.
Funeral Arrangements and Memorial Services
Information on funeral arrangements, pricing and other urgent details.
Getting Legal Help
Many important legal decisions need to be made when someone dies.
Grief and Loss Publications
AARP offers a variety of publications that were developed especially for bereaved adults, their families, friends and others to help you cope with the death of a loved one.
Helping Grandchildren Deal with Grief
Grandparents can’t protect their grandchildren from events that cause pain and grief. But they can help their grandchild cope with loss.
Normal Reactions to Loss
Grief differs based on who we are, whom we have lost, and how much our day-to-day life is altered by the death.
On Being Alone: A Guide for the Newly Widowed
Specific information for surviving spouses on how to cope when a loved one has died.
Publications Order Form
Choose from a variety of AARP publications to help you cope with the death of a loved one.
Reactions to Sudden or Traumatic Loss
Grief is a normal, natural process following a loss. With a traumatic loss, the process is more complicated.
Seven Choices of Grief
Understanding the grief process and where you may be.
Urgent Details
Immediate financial and legal action steps to take when someone dies.
Ways Parents Can Cope
Specific information for surviving parents.
Ways to Remember
Ways to remember our departed loved ones.
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