Hospice of the Calumet Area offers an extensive bereavement program.
Loss is a fact of life for everyone and can be the most challenging experience we face. Loss may affect our ability to cope with the pressures of home and work. Grief work can help us to make healthy adjustments.
Our bereavement program provides:
- A grief support group called “Healing Hearts”
- Written educational materials on grief and bereavement for all ages
- Monthly mailings
- Telephone support
- Referrals to community services
- Short term counseling and support services.
Anyone in the community is welcome to participate in our bereavement program. If you would like additional information or need help, please contact Dorothy Poma , Bereavement Facilitator.
Click here for a calendar which includes support group schedules.
Healing Hearts for Kids
Healing Hearts for Kids is a newly created bereavement group for children between 6 and 12 years of age facilitated by Susan Adrians, LPC and sponsored by Hospice of the Calumet Area.
Susan uses her years of experience as a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist in a program specifically designed to help children share opportunities of common grief experiences and learn about the grief process.
Reservations for the next upcoming five-week session can be made by calling Susan at 219-922-2732 or 708-895-8332.
Download a Healing Hearts for Kids! Brochure.
Healing Hearts for Teens (ages 13-17)
Each year thousands of teenagers experience the death of someone they love. When a parent, sibling, friend of realtive dies, teens feel the overwhelming loss of someone who helped shape thier self-identities. These feelings about death become a part of their lives forever.
At Healing Hearts for Teens we provide support while allowing the young person a chance to learn about both the joy and pain that comes from caring deeply for others.
Co-facilitators Nancy Feldman and Dorothy Poma lead this series of 6 sessions which addres the special needs and relationships of the grieving teen. The sessions are held at the Hospice of the Calumet Area office, 600 Superior Ave., Munster, IN. For more information, contact Dorothy Poma at either dpoma@hospicecalumet.org or at (219) 922-2732.
Healing Hearts
This group is open to anyone. We are here to help support you at this most difficult time of you life. Healing Hearts offers:
- Helpful information
- Practical support
- A comfortable atmosphere for sharing struggles and triumphs
Anyone in the community is welcome to participate in our bereavement program. If you would like additional information or need help, please contact Dorothy Poma, Bereavement Facilitator.
