Resources

Library

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“I Don’t Know what to say…” How to help and support someone who is Dying

Dr. Robert Buckman

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101 Essential Tips Everyday Meditation: Breaks down the subject into 101 easy-to-grasp tips

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A Different Visit: Activities for Caregivers and their Loved Ones with Memory Impairments

Adena Joltin, M.A., Cameron J. Camp, Ph.D., Beverly H. Noble, R.N., Vincent M. Antenucci

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A Beginning: This book is intended as a beginning for parents experiencing the death of their baby

Nancy E. Malcolm and Bonnie L. Wooten

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A Caregiver’s Guide: A Handbook About End-of-Life Care

Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association

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A New Earth: Awakening to your Life’s Purpose

Eckhart Tolle

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A Not so Jolly Christmas

Dr. Bill Webster

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Recipe for a Happy Life

Cheryl Saban

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A Whole New Mind: Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future

Daniel H. Pink

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Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions

Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths

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Beat Stress with Meditation

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Being Mortal

Atul Gawande

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C.S. Lewis and Human Suffering: Light Among the Shadows

Marie A. Conn

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Chicken Soup for the Caregiver’s Soul

Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, LeeAnn Thieman, L.P.N.

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Chicken Soup for the Surviving Soul

Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen,Patty Aubery & Nancy Mitchell, R.N.

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Clinical Dimensions of Anticipatory Mourning: Theory and Practice in working with the Dying, their loved ones, and their caregivers

Therese A. Rando

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As you Grieve: Consoling Words from Around the World

Aaron Zerah

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Continuing Care Series-Book 1: Will I Survive this Pain?

Doug Manning

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Continuing Care Series-Book 2: The Grieving Reaction

Doug Manning

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Continuing Care Series-Book 3: Grief is a Family Affair

Doug Manning

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Customs & Traditions in times of death and bereavement

Kathy Cloutier

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Dying Well: Peace and Possibilities at the End of Life

Ira Byock, M.D.

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Experiencing Grief

H. Norman Wright

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Exposing Vulnerable People to Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide

Alex Schadenberg

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Family Hospice Care: Pre-planning & Care Guide

Harry Van Bommel

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Fierce Conversations: Achieving Success at Work & in Life, One Conversation at a Time

Susan Scott

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Fierce Leadership: A Bold Alternative to the worst ‘best practices’ of business today

Susan Scott

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Final Journeys: A Practical Guide for Bringing Care and Comfort at the End of Life

Maggie Callanan

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Seven Choices: Finding Daylight After Loss Shatters Your World

Elizabeth Harper Neeld, Ph.D.

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Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits

Leslie R. Crutchfield & Heather McLeod Grant

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From Chaos to Control: Build a High Performance Team Using Knowledge Management

Sharron Batsch

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Getting to Maybe: How the World is Changed

Frances Westley, Brenda Zimmerman and Michael Quinn Patton

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Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap…and Others Don’t

Jim Collins

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Good to Great and the Social Sectors: a Monograph to Accompany Good to Great

Jim Collins

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Grace for Grief: Daily Comfort for Those Who Mourn

Michael and Brenda Pink

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Grief Therapy

Karen Katafiasz

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Grieve Like a Man: Finding God’s Strength As You Walk Through Your Loss

Jonathan Fann

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Healing After Loss: Daily Meditations for Working Through Grief

Martha Whitmore Hickman

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Helping Children Cope with Death

Robert V. Dodd

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Healing the Broken-Hearted: Consoling the Grief-Stricken

Terence P. Curley, D.Min

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Heartfelt Condolences, Soothing words to help heal

Elaine Reeder

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Heavenly Ways to Heal from Grief and Loss

Molly Wigand

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Help Me Live: 20 Things People with Cancer Want You to Know

Lori Hope

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Honoring the Mystery: Uplifting Insights from the Language, Visions and Dreams of the Dying

Barbara Morningstar

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I Wasn’t Ready to Say Goodbye: Surviving, coping & healing after the sudden death of a loved one

Brook Noel & Pamela D. Blair, PHD

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If Cancer Recurs: Meeting the Challenge Again

Canadian Cancer Society

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Is there Laugh after Death?

David Naster

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Journey’s End: A Guide to Understanding the Final Stages of the Dying Process

Deborah Sigrist, B.S.N., R.N.

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Knocking on Heaven’s Door: The Path to a Better Way of Death

Katy Butler

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Letter to a Grieving Heart: Comfort and Hope for Those Who Hurt

Billy Sprague

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Life after Loss: Finding your way again

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A Guide for Caregivers: Living Lessons: About quality of Life for the Last Signs of Life

Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association

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Living with Cancer: A Guide for people with cancer and their caregivers

Canadian Cancer Society

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Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change

William Bridges

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Margie’s Gentle Journey

Andrea Nathanson, R.N.

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Mending

Dorothy Hsu

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Moonlight Serenade: Embracing Aging Mindfully

Gordon Wallace, Ph.D.

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Mourning Has Broken: Love, Loss and Reclaiming Joy

Erin Davis

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My Son…My Son…:
A Guide to Healing After Death, Loss, or Suicide

Iris Bolton with Curtis Michell

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No One Has to Die Alone: Preparing for a Meaningful Death

Lani Leary, PHD

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Now What

Bill Webster

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One you love has died: Ideas for how your grief can help you heal

James E. Miller

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Our Greatest Gift: A Meditation on Dying and Caring

Henri J.M. Nouwen

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People Skills: How to Assert Yourself, Listen to Others, and Resolve Conflicts

Robert Bolton, Ph.D.

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Rediscovering the Art of Dying: How Jesus’ Experience and our Stories Reveal a New Vision of Compassionate Care

Nuala Kenny SC, OC, MD, FRCP (C)

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Trusting God Again: Regaining Hope After Disappointment or Loss

Glandion Carney & William Long

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Caring for Loved Ones at Home: An Illustrated, Easy To Follow Guide to Short or Long Term Care

Harry Van Bommel

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Switch: How to Change Things When Change is Hard

Chip Heath & Dan Heath

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The Appraisal Interview: Three Basic Approaches

Norman R.F. Maier

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The Brain Fog Fix: Reclaim Your Focus, Memory, and Joy in Just 3 Weeks

Dr. Mike Dow

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The Dying Time: Practical Wisdom for the Dying & Their Caregivers

John Furman, M.S.N., R.N.

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The Four Year Career: How to Make your Dreams of Fun and Financial Freedom Come True or Not

Richard Bliss Brooke

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The Grace in Dying: A Message of Hope, Comfort, and Spiritual Transformation

Kathleen Dowling Singh

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The Grieving Child: A Parent’s Guide

Helen Fitzgerald

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The Mourning Handbook: The Most Comprehensive Resource Offering Practical and Compassionate Advice on Coping with all aspects of Death and Dying

Helen Fitzgerald

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Braving the Wilderness: The Quest for True Belonging and the Courage to Stand Alone

Berne Brown

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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

Malcolm Gladwell

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The Tunnel and the Light: Essential Insights on Living and Dying

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, M.D.

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The Weekend Effect: The Life-Changing Benefits of Taking Time Off and Challenging the Cult of Overwork

Katrina Onstad

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Water Bugs & Dragonflies: Explaining Death to Young Children

Doris Stickney

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What Dying People Want: Practical Wisdom for the End of Life

David Kuhl, M.D.

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When Autumn Comes: Creating Compassionate Care for the Dying

Mary Jo Bennett

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What Will Help Me? 12 Things to Remember When You Have Suffered a Loss

James E. Miller

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When Bad Things Happen To Good People

Harold S. Kushner

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When Breath Becomes Air

Paul Kalanithi

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When Mourning Breaks

Arlene Hansen

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When People Grieve: The Power of Love in the Midst of Pain

Paula D’Arcy

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When the Dying Speak: How to listen to and learn from those facing death

Ron Wooten-Green

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When Your Baby Dies: Through Miscarriage or Stillbirth

Louise A. Gamino and Ann Taylor Cooney

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Work the Pond! Use the Power of Positive Networking to Leap Forward in Work and Life

Darcy Rezac

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Yours, Mine and Our Children’s Grief: A Parent’s Guide

Elva Mertick MSW, RSW

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Yours, Mine and Our Children’s Grief: A Parent’s Guide

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Gregorian Chant for Meditation

Naxos

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A Sky of Diamonds: A story for children about loss, grief and hope

Children’s Book

Camille Gibbs

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Being Sad When Someone Dies: A Book about Grief

Children’s Book

Linus Mundy

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Carry You with Me

Children’s Book

Alanna Knobben

 

Saying Goodbye

Children’s Book

John Kennedy Saynor

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The Next Place

Children’s Book

Warren Hanson

 

The Rainbow Rocket

Children’s Book

Fiona Tinwei Lam

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When Gran Got Sick

Children’s Book

Cindy Palin

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Hospice Stories

2 disk set

DVD

Olds & District Hospice Society

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The Euthanasia Deception We are all Vulnerable

DVD

Euthenasia Prevention Coalition