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grief support

Bon Secours Hospice provides Bereavement Services to support families after the death of a loved one. These programs are free of charge and open to Bon Secours Hospice families, plus anyone in the community (as space allows).

Service of Remembrance (in person & on zoom)

  • Sunday, April 30 at 3 pm
  • A gathering of hospice families and staff including special music with an encouraging message. There will also be a time of remembrance to honor loved ones who have died, plus optional sharing in small discussion groups.
  • Attend in person (at Bon Air Presbyterian Church) or on zoom
  • Click here to register by April 26

Online grief program info is available here.

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Grief programs include:

  • Support groups (online)
  • Service of Remembrance (online)
  • Counseling (phone and video; in-person temporarily suspended during COVID; only available to Bon Secours Hospice families)
  • Referrals to other resources
  • Monthly grief workshops

To register for programs or for additional information, contact bereavement@bshsi.org or 804-433-4710.

Note: Additional grief programs in the Richmond, Virginia area are available here.

family testimonial

“My mother was in the later stages of Alzheimer’s disease, and my father had promised her nearly a decade before that he would care for her at home for as long as he could. He’d done just that, except during a brief time when she was hospitalized and then moved to a nursing facility. Hospice services made it possible for him to bring her back home and provided the support he needed.

Nurses Sherri, Pat and Lynn were consistently efficient and reassuring and ever-respectful of my parents, and social worker Julie Rayford was instrumental in scheduling the nursing assistants that became a necessity. Sherri was in the house when my mother died, and we are so grateful for her presence. I wish I’d made note of everyone’s last name, but during that 48 hours I’m not sure I could have told you my own.

A week later, I know my father takes comfort in a promise kept. My family’s relationship with Bon Secours Hospice was relatively brief, but the impression it left is considerable. My thanks to the Peace Team for your compassion and commitment.”

Pam

Support Hospice
“You matter because you are you, and you matter to the end of your life. We will do all we can not only to help you die peacefully, but also to live until you die.” – Dame Cicely Saunders, nurse, physician and writer, and founder of hospice movement (1918–2005).