Looking for support groups after Dad's death

Commanded2bwell

Hello, a few weeks ago I posted about how I was in despair after my Dad died. He was in hospital for five weeks, and we were never properly told what was wrong or how he should be treated, and because of miscommunication we were robbed of the chance to get him into a hospice, to make him comfortable and to have some time with him.

We now face the first year without him. All the anniversaries, the small daily reminders, even the changes in the seasons and remembering what he did at those times.

But we continue to pursue the truth of what happened to him. I went on a Loss Foundation group chat for people who'd lost a parent, and met several other people whose stories were disturbingly similar to Dad's. In a couple of cases, almost identical! I realised this wasn't a one-off situation, it must be country-wide and systemic.

We're not going to fix the system, however… we just have to try to survive it.

But perhaps we don't have to do that, alone. I'm wondering if there are any groups that anyone here knows of, where people with stories like ours get together for mutual support and information sharing. People who've had a relative go into hospital for a few weeks, were not told everything, were therefore denied the ability to have some last time with their relative in a hospice or palliative care setting… who understand that feeling of being robbed. People who understand this situation.

So that's why I'm here, to ask if anyone knows of any such groups with that kind of focus.

Thanks

Bluebell21

Hi @Commanded2bwell

https://www.cruse.org.uk

Might be of interest to you. Or they might know of any groups that could help you.

Please take care of yourself.