Grandparents

Alliace of Grandparents A Support in Tragedy

http://www.agast.org:80/about/index.html
In 1993 a group of seven bereaved grandparents, understanding their own unique grief - not just for the grandchild, but also for the childthat has suffered this unspeakable loss - and their own need of peer support, decided to reach out to other grieving grandparents across the nation and around the world. The Alliance of Grandparents, A Support in Tragedy was organized, and in its ten year history has grown from that small group into an internationally recognized non- profit (501(c)3) organization with peer contacts throughout the United States, and active grandparents in ten countries. Staffed entirely by volunteer grandparents, AGAST responds to "new" bereaved grandparents with information packets, personal contact, and remembrance cards. Our quarterly newsletter has over 1200 recipients.

Articles for grandparents
http://www.agast.org/resources/articles.html

Compassionate Friends also includes in their mission reaching out to grandparents
http://www.compassionatefriends.org/About_Us/Our_Mission.aspx

On Grief Net there is a listing of a few books specific to grandpreant
Grandparents Grief
http://griefnet.org/library/biblio/grandparents.html

Last update Jan. 25, 2009