Bereavement Services

Emotional support is perhaps the first and most obvious need that family and friends look for when someone close to them dies. St Helena Hospice Bereavement Service has counsellors, social workers. therapists, chaplains and bereavement volunteers who are available to lessen the isolation of the newly bereaved adults, families and children, including grandchildren and get them access to the help they need. Usually starting with an initial telephone contact, this may lead to home visits, individual grief counselling and consultation and advice to other professionals and organisations including schools as appropriate.

‘Link’ meetings, a support group for the newly bereaved, are held monthly at the Hospice. The opportunity to share with others experiencing similar difficulties and emotions offers support and reassurance. The person who is left may have no experience of paying the bills, setting the washing machine or is too frail to mow the lawn and it is the loss of help with the mundane aspects of life that can make the grief all the harder to bear.