Exploring the use of virtual funerals during the COVID-19 pandemic: a scoping review

A MacNeil, B Findlay, R Bimman… - OMEGA-Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The COVID-19 pandemic and physical distancing limitations have had a profound impact on
funeral practices and associated grieving processes. The purpose of the present scoping …

How do funeral practices impact bereaved relatives' mental health, grief and bereavement? A mixed methods review with implications for COVID-19

A Burrell, LE Selman - OMEGA-Journal of Death and Dying, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Those who are bereaved during the current COVID-19 pandemic are subject to restrictions
on funeral sizes and practices. We conducted a rapid review synthesising the quantitative …

Physically distant but socially connected: Streaming funerals, memorials and ritual design during COVID-19

S Pitsillides, J Wallace - Death, grief and loss in the context of …, 2021 - api.taylorfrancis.com
• Digital memorials continue to be key in supporting people's bereavement following a
death.• A range of simple technologies is being used and appropriated sensitively and …

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on funerals: Experiences of participants in the 2020 dying2learn massive open online course

D Rawlings, L Miller-Lewis… - OMEGA-journal of Death …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
A Massive-Open-Online-Course (MOOC) on death and dying (Dying2Learn) was offered in
2020, designed to build conversations about death as a natural part of life. In week 1, the …

Grieving during the COVID-19 pandemic: In-person and virtual “goodbye”

CYC Chen - OMEGA-Journal of Death and Dying, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
This study examined the relationship between having an opportunity to say goodbye to a
dying family member or friend in person or virtually, as well as attending their funeral …

[PDF][PDF] Commentsvirtual funerals: A feasible and safer option during the COVID‐19 pandemic

I Muturi, S Freeman, D Banner - Journal of the American Geriatrics …, 2020 - researchgate.net
To the Editor: Globally, the number of deaths due to COVID-19 continues to rise, with over
12 million confirmed cases and over 566,000 deaths. 1 Normally at a time of loss, a funeral …

Harnessing new and existing virtual platforms to meet the demand for increased inpatient palliative care services during the COVID-19 pandemic: a 5 key themes …

HR Cherniwchan - American Journal of Hospice and …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the demand for end-of-life services and
bereavement support, and in many areas of the world, in-person palliative care is struggling …

The StoryListening Project: Feasibility and Acceptability of a Remotely Delivered Intervention to Alleviate Grief during the COVID-19 Pandemic

M Reblin, A Wong, F Arnoldy, S Pratt… - Journal of Palliative …, 2023 - liebertpub.com
Background: The events surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic have created heightened
challenges to coping with loss and grief for family and friends of deceased individuals, as …

[HTML][HTML] Restricted mourning: impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on funeral services, grief rituals, and prolonged grief symptoms

HB Mitima-Verloop, TTM Mooren, ME Kritikou… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Background The COVID-19 pandemic has put various restrictions on grief rituals. Literature
suggests that the restrictions on funerals and grief rituals may increase the chance of …

[PDF][PDF] Grief and mourning during the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal

A Aguiar, M Pinto, R Duarte - Acta Med Port. 2020 Sep 1; 33 …, 2020 - repositorio-aberto.up.pt
The current epidemiological situation caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
has forced us to adjust our lifestyle and most of our behaviors as no other recent health …