COVID-19 Resources in Illinois
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Advocate Aurora Health Resources
The Advocate Aurora Health LiveWell app offers virtual appointments and virtual visits with physicians 24-hours a day.
The Advocate Aurora Health COVID-19 Resource Center in English and Spanish provides the most up-to-date information, tools and resources, including the policies for visiting patients in our hospitals, a COVID-19 Symptom Checker, CDC resources, ways you can donate, volunteer and help—and more.
Flyers and Graphics to Share
- Flu Myths vs. Flu Facts in English and Spanish
- Protect Yourself in English
- 5 Tips for Choosing Your Primary Care Provider inEnglish and Spanish
- 5 Tips to Manage Your Child’s Fear of Needles inEnglish and Spanish
- Show Love. Stay Home.
- Tips for Remote Education Success in English and Spanish
- How to Stay Safe Dining at a Restaurant English version
- How to Stay Safe at Gatherings and Cookouts English version
- How to Stay Safe at the Gym in English and Spanish
- How to be Safe at Home in Spanish
- How to Stay Safe at Work in Spanish
- How to Stay Safe on Public Transportation in Spanish
- Phase 4 Reminders English version and Spanish version
- How to Protect Yourself and Others While Traveling in English
- Mask Educational Flyer in English and Spanish
- Correct and Incorrect Ways to Wear a Mask in Spanish.
- How to Prevent Foggy Glasses While Safely Masking in English
- What Activities are the Safest? in English and Spanish
- For Your Health Shopping List in English and Spanish
- The Power of Social Distancing Flyer: English version and Spanish version
- COVID-19 Symptom Checker Information English version and Spanish version
- COVID-19 Handout English version and Spanish version
- COVID-19 Handout #2 English version and Spanish version
- Learn the Difference Between Coronavirus, Flu and Allergies English version and Spanish version
Resiliency Resources
Resources to help me, my family and community
Recorded Webinars
Mental Health Resources
Religious and Spiritual Resources
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Funeral and Bereavement Resources
There have been questions about the safety of holding funerals. With the rapidly changing guidance about physical distancing and many communities implementing “shelter in place” orders, holding funerals will be more difficult. The National Funeral Directors Association has regularly updated information regarding funerals and burials.
The Order of the Good Death also published information based on the CDC guidelines and other official, trusted sources. Find their materials here.
A Guide to Christian Funerals and Burials during COVID-19 (WI Council of Churches, adapted from MA Council of Churches)
Best Practices for Funerals During COVID-19 (UCC)
Gathering to Mourn at a Distance video with Heather Paul, hosted by Ritualwell
Making Funerals Meaningful in an Age of COVID-19 (Hospice Foundation of America)
Virtual Memory Circle: For Those Who Cannot Gather for a Funeral or Shiva from Ritualwell
Guidance for Funeral Practices: Ministering to the Bereaved During a Public Health Crisis.
COVID-19 Resources and Updates from Good Grief. Includes information about funerals in a pandemic, tips for reducing isolation, supporting the bereaved during COVID-19 and more.
Remembering a Life offers resource to help plan a funeral during the COVID-19 pandemic, attend a funeral and ways to support friends and family when a funeral isn’t possible.
Legacy offers information on how to plan a funeral during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bereavement Resources
The Dougy Center offers a wide range of grief support resources for all age groups.
Remembering a Life offers resource to help plan a funeral during the COVID-19 pandemic, attend a funeral and ways to support friends and family when a funeral isn’t possible.
Center for Loss and Life Transition. Led by grief counselor and educator Dr. Alan Wolfelt, we are an organization dedicated to helping people who are grieving and those who care for them.