Bereavement Support

Benton Hospice Service offers bereavement support to surviving family and friends. Grieving is an important and necessary part of adjusting to and coping with the loss of a loved one. This additional support can help families to better understand the grieving process, adjust to their losses more quickly, return to a productive lifestyle more quickly, and find new meaning in life.

Benton Hospice Service offers a variety of services to families whether or not they had a friend or family member who had hospice care. These services include:

  • The Grief Education Support Group meets for six weeks and provides an opportunity for sharing experiences and learning about the grieving process. This group is offered quarterly and is provided free of charge to the community.
  • A drop-in grief support group is also offered every second and fourth Friday of the month. Call or email for time and location.
  • Individual counseling services to community members who are anticipating or adjusting to death, loss, and grief.This is a free service, available Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 4:00 pm.
  • Grief Matters is a newsletter which provides insight and support for those who have experienced a loss. Grief Matters is mailed to survivors and interested members of the community quarterly for up to 13 months after a death.
  • BHS can provide age-appropriate materials for children and teenagers.
  • BHS maintains a small lending library of books and videos. These materials can be informative and helpful to those coping with loss.
  • Specially trained bereavement volunteers are available to provide emotional and practical support for those who have experienced a loss.
  • Our counseling staff is available by telephone to provide information and referrals to community resources related to terminal illnesses, the dying process, and grief.
  • Benton Hospice Service holds an annual Service of Remembrance in December for hospice families and the community to honor loved ones who have died.

Click here for our Living with Loss bereavement brochure.

Click here for a listing of grief support groups in Benton and Linn Counties.

Click here for helpful links for grieving a loss.

If you'd like more information or to talk with the Bereavement Coordinator, please call or email.