Support Sisters

Abstract

Those who lost loved ones to illness other than COVID-19 during the pandemic may have experienced feelings of confusion, isolation, and loneliness. Losing a spouse during the COVID-19 pandemic was a phenomenon. As society feared the coronavirus, some individuals fought deadly cancer diseases. Victims of cancer may not have received the proper and due medical care during the pandemic due to limited hospital beds, priority of care given to COVID-19 patients, or there may have been reduced medical staff. The author shares her personal story about her connection to group of women who met each other after the loss of their husbands to cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic. This chapter reviews the benefits of creating support groups after the COVID-19 pandemic, and counseling implications of how grief support counseling groups are proven to be compassionate, encouraging, resourceful, comforting, and life changing.