Crater Community Hospice offers bereavement support groups throughout the year at different sites throughout the Tri-Cities, Emporia and surrounding counties. The six-week group programs offer support for those coping with loss. The groups are free and open to the public. The groups focus on self-reflection and emotional responses to loss. The goal is to help participants process grieving and begin healing.

Provides a Bereavement Support Group periodically for loved ones of patients who have died. For more information contact chaplain Julie Perry at 434.924.2477

A confidential bereavement support group open to all those who have lost a loved one. Provides understanding, support, education, and fosters the emotional health of bereaved adults.

The Journey of Hope support group brings together individuals who have lost loved ones throughout the community. This special support group is coordinated by caring hospice professionals. Groups meet at scheduled times in each of our hospice communities. They offer support, guidance and understanding to help you cope with your loss.

JSSA offers a variety of workshops and support groups for individuals struggling with social, emotional, and physical challenges. These programs include life skills workshops, social skills groups, social clubs, and bereavement support groups.

To offer support to anyone in the Danville-Pittsylvania County community who has experienced the loss of a loved one by death. The group is an open group offered at no charge as a community service.

Provides emotional support and information to any mother who has had a child die in youth (not for a mother whose child died as an adult).

Provides full range of behavioral health services including Inpatient Mental Health Unit, Partial Hospitalization Program, Outpatient Appointments for Individual, Family and Group Therapy. Also offers licensed professional counseling services for individuals, couples, and families. Outpatient services are located at the RMH Center for Behavioral Health. The goal is to help clients identify goals, think through solutions and make life changes. Other services include: psychological testing, 24 hour physical emergency services, employee assistance program, nutritional therapy and grief support services. For assistance, please call: Outpatient: (540)564-5100 Inpatient: (540)689-1000 Toll-free: (877)294-5731 Emergency: (540)689-1000 (Psychiatric Emergency Team) ER

Support patients, residents, and family members who need support throughout the journey of illness, injury and recovery.

Offers support group for children and teens who struggle to cope with grief. Also offers grief education and support for children and teens as they cope with the multitude of changes and emotions they experience after the death of a family member or close friend. The program encourages children and teens to ask questions and talk about the person who has died through a range of innovative activities. Open to families from anywhere in Hampton Roads.

Support services for bereaved individuals. Support services are free of charge.

Provides a variety of bereavement programs available to the community, staffed by social workers, chaplains, counselors, and trained volunteers. Any member of the community who has experienced a loss can use the programs. Bereavement Support Groups are offered continually throughout the year for adults, teens and children. Certain times of year support groups in may be held in other counties.

Provides a self-help support group for families who have experienced the death of a child. Gather to listen, care, and understand each other in the process of grieving, healing, and growing to recovery. Call the National Office for more information on programs for your local chapter.

Offers an open-ended group for persons having experienced the death of a loved one. Provides support and education helpful to individuals processing grief. Assists caregivers/family members in understanding personal grief and mourning and to offer time for sharing and expression.

Provides crisis and long-term support to families after the death of a child at any age, at any time, at any cause, including perinatal loss and loss due to miscarriage. The MISS Foundation also participates in legislative and advocacy issues, community engagement and volunteerism, as well as culturally competent, multidisciplinary education opportunities.

The Compassionate Friends (TCF) is a national self-help bereavement organization for families going through the natural grieving process after the death of a child. We welcome all bereaved parents (and guardians), grandparents, and adult siblings regardless of the age of the child who died or the cause of death.

Provides a licensed Medicare/Medicaid certified facility for the care and support of the terminally ill and their families. Services available include but are not limited to: in home nursing care, aide care, social work services, hospice trained volunteers, bereavement counseling, support groups and chaplain availability. For more information or assistance, please call: (540) 332-4909 (from Staunton) (540) 932-4909 (from Waynesboro)

Offers non-medical assistance for those living with a life threatening illness and for those who love them. Provides in home and out of the home services. In home services include respite for caregivers; volunteer assistance with transportation to medical appointments and other hands on help; loaning of equipment and supplies; spiritual care and support from a Chaplain; and a library. Hospice house provides a home away from home for patients and caregivers. 24 hour care provided by trained staff is also provided. Various support groups are available for patients, caregivers and members of the community.

Support group for children and teens who have experienced a death of a loved one with peers who are age appropriate. Groups meet twice a month for as long as they need where they can play, talk, take part in activities, or just be with someone who know what they are going through and help them begin the process of healing and returning to a sense of peace.

Grief support services for children (ages 3-18) and their families who are grieving a death. Peer support groups are held twice monthly for children, teens, and their families. Also offer support groups in schools. Contact your school's guidance office to join a school group or start a group in your school. Kids' Haven has a non-crisis phone line offering listening support and resources for anyone supporting a child in their grief journey.

Provides a support group for anyone who has suffered the loss of a loved one. Support group is open to the community.

Operates ongoing, facilitated support groups for widows/ widowers, suicide bereavement and a general bereavement support group. Call for times and locations.

Provides a palliative care program for care of patients and families dealing with terminal illness (usually 6 month prognosis). Interdisciplinary holistic approach with focus on home care support. Provides bereavement follow up with the family for a 13 month period. Services Provided include: * Physician provides medical direction of the patient care. * Registered nurses make regularly scheduled home visits to assess the patient condition, provide pain and symptom management, answer questions, and teach patient and families how to manage and provide care. * Hospice helpline provides a 24 hour a day, 7 days a week phone access to a registered nurse. Besides regularly scheduled home visits, by calling the helpline you can speak by phone to a nurse who is able to answer questions and assess unexpected situations. * Medications related to the hospice diagnosis and used for pain and symptom management are provided. * Medical equipment such as wheelchairs, walkers, hospital bed are provided as needed. * Home Care Aides provide personal care and light housekeeping for the patient. * Medical social workers assess the psychosocial needs of the patient/family. They provide education and support regarding interpersonal relationships, and are experts in community resources. This allows them to facilitate family communication and recommend resources for financial, legal and caregiving issues. * Chaplain provides spiritual support to patients and families of all faiths. * Support therapies Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy and dietary counseling provide expert services as needed. * Pharmacist provide expertise in pain and symptom management. * Volunteers are a specially trained group of people who are available to provide supportive services to patients, families and hospice staff. * Bereavement services provide grief follow up according to the needs of the families. This includes phone contacts, supportive literature, mailings and an invitation to the annual memorial service. Grief support groups and individual counseling are available through Sentara Grief Support Services. No person will be denied Sentara Hospice services on the basis of race, color, national origin, handicap, age or inability to pay.

support group is available at no cost to anyone in the Central Virginia area who has lost someone to suicide at any point in their life and would like to find community with other suicide loss survivors.