Strong Winds Consulting

No person's grief experience is EXACTLY the same as someone else's.

Our grief responses can be significantly different because they are shaped by our relationship with the person who died, the way they died, the way the loss is recognized by society, and the support we get from society in our grief. It is also shaped by our personal/recent loss history, our age, personality, resilience, and coping skills, our mental health and stability at the time of their death, our religious belief system, and our cultural background, etc.

Too often, when someone is at the end of their life and receiving palliative or hospice care, people around them (loved ones included) start to become fearful or uncomfortable with touching them, which leaves them deprived of physical human contact. As long as you have their person to do so, touching some who is near death can bring them great comfort.