Canadian Virtual Hospice
Description: About the Canadian Grief Alliance, a national strategy, Covid-19 grief counter, and grief proposal.
Tracking the number of Canadians grieving a death during COVID-19 pandemic.
Canadians have been robbed of goodbyes with dying friends and family or people they care about and forced to grieve in isolation without funeral rites. They and those working on the front lines of health care are at heightened risk for prolonged, complicated grief marked by depression, and the risk of suicide. Existing grief services are fragmented, under-funded and insufficient. Left unaddressed, significant long-term social, health and economic impacts will result.
The Canadian Grief Alliance – a coalition of national leaders in grief and bereavement - is urging the Government of Canada to bolster the country’s grief services to meet the growing demand. Existing and recently announced mental health initiatives do not include grief services.
Canadian Virtual Hospice