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Adult Grief
Services |
You don't have to go
through grief
alone....we can help
make it easier.
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Grief
Recovery
Groups
Focus on
subjects
such as: |
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Understanding
Grief
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Coping
with
Stress
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Remembering
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Facing
Role
Changes
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Accepting
Your
Feelings
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Home
Visits
The
Grief
Services
Coordinator
will
call
and/or
visit
you to
talk
with you
about
your
experience.
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Remind
you
that
you
are
not
alone
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Help
you
to
understand
that
grief
is
a:
Normal,
Natural and
Necessary
process
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Adult
Grief
Services
is
designed
in
helping
you
understand
that
your
feeling,
thoughts,
behaviors. |
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Adult
Grief
Support
Services
Include:
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Home
Visits
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Volunteer
Assistance
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6-wk.
"Growing
Through
Grief"
Support
Grief
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Weekly
Support
Group
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Participation
in
Annual
Memorial
Services
to
remember
your
loved
one
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Monthly
Social
Group
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Normal
Grief
will
affect
your:
Thinking,
Feeling
and
Behavior.
Examples
might
include:
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Feelings
of: |
Thoughts
of: |
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Shock
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Sadness
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Being
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Overwhelmed
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Nervousness
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Anger
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Guilt
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Loneliness
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Relief
-
Emptiness
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Disbelief
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Confusion
-
Inability
to
Concentrate
Behavioral
Differences
in:
-
Sleeping
Patterns
-
Eating
Patterns
-
Degrees
of
withdrawal
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Level
of
Restlessness
-
Becoming
attached
to/or
avoiding
certain
places
or
things
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Remember...Each
Person's
Responses
Are
Unique! |
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Our
bereavement
services
are
supported
by
United
Way
and
donations
from the community.
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Children and
Adolescent Grief
Services |
Program for children
of all ages. Service
offered free of
charge.
PALS
for grieving
children
Peace -
Acceptance
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Love
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Support
Anticipatory
Grief
Children dealing
with a sense of loss
and change before a
loved one's death.
Our objectives: |
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Help children
and loved one
say goodbye
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Offer assistance
in telling
children a loved
one is dying
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Create items
with children
and family for
funerals and
memorial
services
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Prepare children
for funeral
and/or memorial
service
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Remind family -
they are still
family
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Collaborate with
school personnel
as needed
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Bereavement
Children dealing
with experience of a
loss and learning to
cope and honor the
memory of a loved
one.
Our objectives: |
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Share thoughts
and feelings
about the death
of their special
person
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Help children
understand death
is permanent and
a part of life
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Help children
understand
feelings of
grief are normal
such as sadness,
anger, confusion
or guilt
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Teach children
ways to express
grief
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Assist in
teaching
children to
preserve the
positive
memories of
their special
person while
learning to
release the
negative
memories
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