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Get Involved: Community Education and Support Programs Bereavement Therapeutic Support Groups. Community Hospice offers therapeutic support groups several times throughout the year for bereaved spouses/partners, parent loss, child loss and others. The eight-week-group series covers common grief reactions, coping strategies and staying connected to your loved one. Space is limited.
If you would like more information about Community Hospice bereavement services or to schedule an appointment with one of our bereavement specialists, call 904.407.7001 or e-mail us. Camp Healing Powers: Special Care for Bereaved Children. Recognizing the need to help children through the grieving process, Community Hospice started Camp Healing Powers in 1997. The therapeutic weekend camp is open to any child aged 7 to 17 who is grieving the death of a loved one. Licensed mental health professionals who specialize in grief and loss collaborate in the design of camp and lead camp activities that help children identify and express their feelings and learn skills to help them navigate through the grief journey. For more information, please call 904.407.6222 or e-mail us. For volunteer opportunities, please go to the Volunteer Your Time section of this web site.
Candlelight Services of Remembrance. Community Hospice of Northeast Florida holds several services throughout the year to celebrate and honor the memory of those you have lost. Please join us for a spiritual program of liturgy, music and candlelight. Anyone in Northeast Florida who has experienced a loss is invited to attend and bring a picture or memento of your loved one to display on a Memory Table. For more information, please call 904.407.5001 or e-mail us. Five Wishes Workshops. Community Hospice sponsors several events throughout the year to encourage families and their loved ones to talk about end-of-life care issues. At each event, Community Hospice professionals educate attendees about advance care planning. Our experts discuss topics including living wills; durable power of attorney; health care surrogates; do-not-resuscitate orders; and tips for starting the conversation with your physician and family members. To request a free copy of the Five Wishes living will, please call 904.407.7024 or e-mail us. For individuals who are not residents of Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau or St. Johns counties and who would like to order Five Wishes, please visit Aging with Dignity or call 888.5.WISHES. Hope for the Holidays. Created for families, friends and caregivers who have experienced the death of a loved one, "Hope for the Holidays" (November-December) helps attendees reflect on their loss, cope with grief reactions and restore a sense of hope for the upcoming season. Community Hospice bereavement specialists lead discussions and group exercises on ways to cope with holiday grief and refocus energy on positive activities and rituals to honor and to remember their loved ones. For information, call 904.407.7001 or e-mail us. Individual and Family Counseling. Community Hospice licensed mental health professionals offer individual and family grief counseling for adults and children in Northeast Florida.
New Grief: Good Grief. A specialized one-hour workshop, "New Grief: Good Grief" is designed to help participants begin to recognize common grief reactions and positive ways of coping with the loss they have recently experienced. Participants must be 18 years of age or older and the death should have occurred within the last 90 days. Request a Speaker. Community Hospice offers a free speaker for local civic, business and social organizations. Presenters include our employees, as well as volunteers and board members. They can give your group a brief presentation or a more detailed program. Topics include: A Community Hospice Overview, Death & Dying, Caring for the Caregiver, Becoming a Community Hospice Volunteer, and What You Need to Know About Advance Directives. To request a speaker, please fill out and submit our online Speakers Bureau Form or call us at 904.407.6476. --- More in this section:
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Call 904.268.5200 for general information or 904.596.6500 for referral and admissions information. |