Hospice Care: Its About How You Live
Community Bereavement Services
- Adult Bereavement Support Group
- Children/Youth Bereavement Support
- Bereavement Mailings
- Bereavement Library
- Bereavement Bibliography for Children and Youth
- Brief Intervention & Referral Services
- Information Packets on Death and Dying and Bereavement
Adult Bereavement Support Group
In addition to supportive counseling by our staff and volunteers, the Bereavement Support Group is for adults who have experienced the death of a loved one. The group is open to the community and meets the second and fourth Thursday of each month from 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM and offers special support for spouses, adult children, friends and siblings who have sustained a loss through the death of a loved one. This group meets at our office at 215 Rte 31 South, Flemington.
To request more information or to speak to someone about any of or services, please contact our office.
Children/Youth Bereavement Support
A Youth Art Therapy Bereavement Program is available to help children ages 5 to 18 in dealing with grief due to a loss through the death of a loved one. This program uses art as a medium to express grief. Parents participate in their own sessions to understand grief and the grieving process for themselves and their children. This 12-week program is offered once a year in the February to March timeframe.
To request more information or to speak to someone about any of or services, please contact our office.
Bereavement Mailings
Available to families of Hospice patients and members of the community who have sustained a recent loss; these monthly informational mailings are a self-help correspondence to assist a person or family in moving through healthy mourning during the first year following a death.
To request more information or to speak to someone about any of or services, please contact our office.
Bereavement Library
As part of its service to the community, Hunterdon Hospice has developed a library of bereavement materials suitable are available for all ages. The library collection has grown over the years through grants from Hunterdon County and the State of New Jersey, and donations from employees, patient families, church congregations and volunteers.
Materials available address topics as diverse as "Funeral Planning," "Care Giving and Loss," "Children and Grief," "Grief After Sudden Loss," and many others which explore how grief enters the lives of families and individuals.
To ensure the greatest access to these materials, we have collaborated with the Hunterdon County Library to donate our materials to them so that they can be made available through their network of libraries in the county. This donation was made in memory of Janet Friend, who was connected to both Hospice and the Hunterdon County Library.
To access the bereavement materials please visit their web site for on-line access to grief and bereavement material at http://www.hclibrary.us/
To request more information, donate bereavement material to Hospice or to speak to someone about any of or services, please contact our office.
Bereavement Bibliography for Children and Youth
This is a listing of age appropriate books regarding grief.
To request more information or to speak to someone about any of or services, please contact our office.
Brief Intervention & Referral Services
We offer a listing of private therapists and other community based services as maybe useful to a family or individual needing specialized support around grief issues.
To request more information or to speak to someone about any of or services, please contact our office.