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Bayada Hospice, Norwich, VT
Bayada Hospice provides ongoing support for family and friends of those whom we have served as hospice patients. This includes memorial services for individuals and special times of remembrance that include patients and the community. In addition, Bayada provides education and outreach through short-term, one-on-one counseling and occasional groups.
Contact: Constance Moser by phone at 802-526-2380 or email at cmoser@bayada.com
Compassionate Friends of the Upper Valley, West Lebanon, NH
When a child dies, at any age, the family suffers intense pain and may feel hopeless and isolated. The Compassionate Friends provides highly personal comfort, hope, and support to every family experiencing the death of a son or a daughter, a brother or a sister, or a grandchild, and helps others better assist the grieving family. This group currently meets on the fourth Wednesday of every month from 7:00 to 8:30 pm at the Kilton Public Library, 80 Main Street, West Lebanon, NH.
Contact: tcfuppervalley@gmail.com or call Denice at 413-374-4585
Connecticut Valley Homecare and Hospice, Newport, NH
Connecticut Valley Homecare and Hospice offers one-on-one bereavement services to its clients and their families. A bereavement support group is held on the first Wednesday of the month at 9:00 am and is open to the entire community.
Contact: Gary MacIntosh, 603-543-6800
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Aging Resource Center, Lebanon, NH
The Dartmouth-Hitchcock Aging Resource Center offers one-on-one bereavement support, periodic eight-week support groups, a lending library and assistance finding ongoing bereavement support in the Upper Valley.
Contact: Contact Deadra Ashton by email at Deadra.B.Ashton@hitchcock.org or by phone at 603-653-3461
Home Healthcare, Hospice & Community Services, Charlestown, NH
Home Healthcare, Hospice & Community Services offers monthly bereavement support groups in Charlestown, NH.
Contact: Bereavement Support Coordinator, 603-541-4145
Lake Sunapee Region VNA and Hospice, New London, NH
Lake Sunapee VNA provides "New Hope Journeys: Grief & Bereavement Services" for 14 months. These services include person-to-person visits, phone calls, time-sensitive mailings and literature, a lending library, support groups and referral support. Support groups are open to all people grieving a death.
Contact: Hospice Bereavement and Volunteer Coordinator by email at loconnor@lakesunapeevna.org or by phone at 603-526-4077
VA Medical Center, White River Junction, VT
The VA Medical Center provides bereavement support to those with a connection to the military, offering bimonthly support groups, one-on-one counseling and memorial services.
Contact: Mary Lewis Webb at 802-295-9363, ext. 5417
Visiting Nurse and Hospice for Vermont and New Hampshire (VNH)
In addition to the grief support offered to the families of hospice patients, VNH offers grief support through individual counseling and through grief support groups, both short-term and ongoing.
A grief support group is held every Thursday at 4:30 pm in the First Congregational Church in Springfield, Vermont, and is open to the entire community.
Contact: Heidi Smith via email at hsmith@vnhcare.org or by phone at 888-300-8853
Also, a grief support group is held the 1st and 3rd Wednesday at 12:00 pm in the East Corinth Congregational Church in East Corinth, Vermont, and is open to the entire community.
Contact: Lava Mueller via email at lmueller@vnhcare.org or by phone at 888-300-8853