Bereavement counseling care, which includes anticipating grief and providing ongoing support for the bereaved, is an essential component of our hospice care and begins on day one of the process. Interim HealthCare hospice bereavement programs focus on:
- Helping family members understand and move forward in the grief process by facilitating their expression of thoughts and feelings and helping them identify or develop and utilize healthy coping strategies
- Helping families problem-solve around adjustment issues
- Providing guidance about decision making
- Addressing social and spiritual concerns
- Assisting survivors to adapt to an environment without the deceased while experiencing a continued relationship with the deceased
- Respecting the ethnicity and cultural background of families and caregivers