Unemployed Not Working

How long do you think someone can be unemployed after grief or trauma? For example husband passing away or some trauma where the person cannot be in a work environment where there is stress medically the person might have headaches if around too much noise, might have fatigue and mild depression, lethargic.

How long until they should go back to work? How about if they go to live with relative's are supporting them for example a Widow comes live with the Parents in law how long should they support her when can she get on her own feet. She has gone through the stages of grief it's just like she's so tired physically, mentally doesn't feel like she has the strength to deal with work with a bunch of people a lot of noise and she gets headaches and feels faint when she's overwhelmed with too many people like a crowded mall and some businesses get like that like grocery stores and she mostly avoid it but what can we do to bring healing and get her to work financially take care of herself get herself her own living place and to support herself what does she need?

How can we be supportive and what do you think she needs to get her life back together go to University find a job self esteem take care of herself