Grief affects everyone – and you can impact your patients

As a health professional, you have an opportunity to support your patients who are coping with grief and loss. Hospice and grief counselors play a key role. However, they aren’t the only providers who can make a difference. Many patients look to other caregivers and members of the medical community to help them navigate the grieving process.

No matter what your area of medical expertise, you can broaden your knowledge and use evidence-based practices to provide impactful grief support.

Building a bereavement support network is a vital need in South Florida and beyond. This begins with grief awareness, research, education, and training. Together, we can make a difference for your patients and the community.

Grief certification

Explore grief webinars and pathways to certification.

Evidence-based bereavement care

Learn about the latest grief research and best practices for patient care.

Grief insights and toolkits

Find hands-on guidance you can use to start supporting your patients today.

Grief Affiliates initiative

Learn about our initiative to develop Grief Affiliates within the bereavement community.

Why Choose Sylvester?

Advancing professional training opportunities for medical professionals. We’re working to improve community access to vital grief services through training and education. This begins by training bereavement specialists and healthcare professionals who support and counsel patients every day. This helps build a more informed, robust bereavement support network.

Conducting and sharing grief research. Understanding the grieving process is the first step in providing meaningful support. This is the heart of our approach, which uses research and science to guide the services we provide. Grief studies are a key component. These studies provide valuable insights and help us develop evidence-based practices that improve lives.

Providing resources for grievers and the community. Coping with grief can be overwhelming. Our team provides resources to help light the way for grievers and their loved ones. For example, what are the different ways people grieve? How can friends and family members comfort a loved one who is grieving? Sometimes, just a small insight or gesture can make a big difference.