One in four adults grieve alone

The research comes on National Grief Awareness Day, which recognises how grief impacts everyone differently and there is no prescribed timeline for grief. MetLife UK's research also showed that those who did have someone to grieve with turned to a partner (39%); a friend or neighbour (23%); parents (17%); or to children (13%). More than half (53%) of UK adults haven't spoken to anyone about planning a funeral when they are no longer around, according to the research. Of those who have planned funerals, 31% said planning a funeral added stress to what was already a difficult time. E...