Highpoint Health Hospice Grief Support Group

An eight-session Grief Care Support Group will be offered this spring by Highpoint Health Home Health & Hospice.  It will meet in the Ripley/Switzerland Rooms of the hospital from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m. on eight Mondays from April 16 through May 21, plus June 4 and 11.

Offered free of charge, the program will cover numerous grief-related topics.  The facilitator of the group is Patti Kiddle, Highpoint Health’s new Hospice Bereavement Coordinator.  Ms. Kiddle has 18 years’ experience as a Bereavement Coordinator, specializing in post-traumatic stress disorder, complex grief and mental health concerns.

Each week will feature a different topic, including:

• Understanding the grief experience
• Handling the difficult emotions of grief
• Caring for the whole self
• Remembering the person who died
• Making needed adjustments
• Managing the stress of change
• Preparing for special occasions
• Finding meaning after loss

Limited to 12 participants, the support group is recommended for persons who are at least three months past the death of a loved one.  The registration deadline is Friday, April 13. For more information or to register, please contact Ms. Kiddle at 812-537-8192 or 800-676-5428, or email her at pkiddle@myhph.org