Coronavirus Resources

COVID-19 Informational Resources

Coping with COVID-19

Self-Care & Staying Connected

Coping Strategies for Families with Teens

Chesapeake Life Center Bereavement Manager, Amy Stapleton MS, LCPC, NCC talks about the emotional needs of teens and strategies to help families during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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How to Help Teens by Letting Them Help

Keeping Teens Connected by Making a New Digital Agreement

Below is a listing of resources mentioned during the course of this video:

ChildrensMentalHealthMatters.org
Anne Arundel County Public Schools
Prince George’s County Public Schools
HealthyChildren.org
Child Mind Institute
Anne Arundel County CRISIS WARMLINE (410-768-5522) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
The Prince George’s County Community Crisis Hotline (1-800-422-0009) and the Crisis Response System (301-429-2185) are both 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
Maryland Youth Crisis Hotline (1-800-422-0009) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
2-1-1 Maryland (Dial 2-1-1) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

Coping Strategies for Families with Young Children

Chesapeake Life Center Bereavement Manager Amy Stapleton MS, LCPC, NCC talks about the emotional needs of young children and strategies to help families during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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5 Strategies to Help Children Cope with COVID-19 Fears

Below is a listing of resources mentioned during the course of this video:

Additional resources can be found at these sites:

Guided Meditation & Breathing Exercise

Types of Grief in the News Explained

What are ambiguous and collective grief? Learn about these and other types of loss people may be experiencing during the pandemic in this Coping with COVID-19 video. Susan Coale, Director of the Chesapeake Life Center at Hospice of the Chesapeake talks about how you can experience loss without a death and explains some of the grief terms that have been in the news since COVID-19 health emergency began.

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Some of the resources mentioned during this video include:

Emotional and Spiritual Aspects of Experiencing a Death during COVID-19

In this Coping with COVID-19 video, the Rev. Brian Madison, a chaplain with Hospice of the Chesapeake, and Amy Stapleton, the Manager of Bereavement Services for Chesapeake Life Center at Hospice of the Chesapeake, talk about the difficulties of mourning the loss of a loved one during the Coronavirus Pandemic.

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Some of the resources mentioned during this video include:

Grief and the impact of COVID 19
10 Ideas for Funerals and Memorials When You Can’t Be Together
Spiritual & Communal Responses to COVID-19 (private Facebook group for clergy & spiritual leaders)

COVID-19 Healthcare Advice

Caring for an Elderly or Ill Loved One during the Pandemic

Advance Care Planning

Do you have an advance directive? What’s a MOLST? Dr. Eric Bush, Chief Medical Officer for Hospice of the Chesapeake and Chesapeake Supportive Care, talks with Community Education Manager Tammy Turner to answer these questions and more on National Healthcare Decisions Day (April 16, 2020). He talks about why, in these uncertain times, it’s more important than ever to have a plan regarding our healthcare decisions.

Below are some of the resources mentioned during this video.

To understand options:

How to discuss your preferences with family:

The Conversation Project

How to document your decisions: