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, and bereavement support groups.

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.

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.

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.

Good Sam's Hope - Series of groups for school-aged children, offered in conjunction with various school systems. Designed to help children express and understand grief. To find out more information on how to start a group at your child's school, please call Good Sam. Living With Loss - Support group for adults grieving the loss of a loved one. Weekly sessions run for 8 weeks and combine education and group activities for discussion. Class is held four times per year. Pre-registration is required. Hope & Hot Chocolate - Held throughout the holiday season to help bereaved persons cope effectively with the demands of the holidays. Women and Men's Lunch Groups - An opportunity for those who have experienced the loss of a spouse or partner to get together for casual lunch and conversation. Call for meeting places/dates/times for Roanoke and NRV locations. Puzzle Pieces - Drop-in support group for bereaved persons interested in understanding grief better and being able to talk with others dealing with loss. The group is facilitated by hospice staff who help group members identify where they are in their own grief journey and gain new insights or coping tools. Knitty Gritty Grief Group - This grief support group combines knitting and crocheting and grief support. It allows each member to share their loss in a safe and compassionate environment while providing support through therapeutic interaction. After completing a project (e.g. prayer shawl, lap blanket, etc.), each member may keep their knitting or donate it to a hospice patient.

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.

Gives grieving children and teens (ages 4-18) the opportunity to be with others their age who are also experiencing significant loss, guided by skilled staff. Offers bereavement day camps each year. Through these camps and the on-going support groups, children discover that they are not alone and their feelings are normal. Seasonal camp activities may include art therapy, horseback riding, rope challenge courses, swimming, a petting zoo, hiking, games, a closing memorial ceremony, and more. Parents and guardians are encouraged to participate in a support group and memorial ceremony at each seasonal camp.

The RTS (Resolve Through Sharing) Bereavement Services Support Group is for those who have suffered miscarriage, still birth, sudden death syndrome. Clients may request follow-up phone call services and a lending library is available.

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.

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

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 group for bereaved parents, siblings, or grandparents.

Comfort Zone Camp provides free mentorship, bereavement resources and grief counseling to traumatized and grieving children, ages 7-17, who have suffered the death of a parent or sibling. Services are offered at our free, year-round 3-day weekend camps, located in Central Virginia, Massachusetts, California and New Jersey.

Provides a support group for people who have lost a loved one.

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

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.

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.

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.

Offers companion support in the form of structured workshops, structured and unstructured forums of support group chats, educational meetings and social events.

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

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.

Compassionate Friends assist families toward the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child of any age and to provide information to help others be supportive.