Hospice LifeCare offering sudden loss, grief support group sessions

Hospice offers sudden loss bereavement workshop

WOOSTER − Pathways of Hope Grief Counseling Center at Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare is offering a bereavement workshop, Healing After Sudden Death − When You Didn’t Get to Say Goodbye, 5:30-6:45 p.m. Monday, May 8, at the Marilyn B. and Mark E. Gustafson Center for Supportive Care, 1900 Akron Road.

David Hargrave, LSW, CCTP, CGCS, bereavement counseling professional with Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare, will lead the workshop. Participants will learn about the range of sudden death causes, common reactions to a sudden death, common experiences after a sudden death and how to support those grieving a sudden death.

While the event is free and open to the public, registration is required. To register, call 330-264-4899 or email PathwaysOfHope@LifeCareHospice.org and include name, name and date of the event and phone number.

Adult grief group will meet May-July

Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare’s Pathways of Hope also is offering a seven-week grief group to support adults who are grieving the loss of a loved one. The series, Faces of Grief, will meet 5:30-6:45 p.m. Wednesdays, May 17-July 5, at the Marilyn B. and Mark E. Gustafson Center for Supportive Care, 1900 Akron Road.

Hargrave will lead the group. Topics covered include myths about grief, common and normal grief reactions, grieving styles, four tasks of mourning, acknowledging secondary losses, factors that influence grief and taking care of yourself.

Hargrave will lead participants in identifying and processing the various ways grief presents itself. It is not necessary to share openly in a group setting to receive support.

While the event is free and open to the public, registration is required. To register, email PathwaysOfHope@LifeCareHospice.org or call 330-264-4899.

This article originally appeared on The Daily Record: Bereavement workshop options available from Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare