Monthly Grief & Bereavement Support Groups

*Pre-registration is required

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Hospice Renfrew staff and volunteers understand that grieving often begins with the first news of a life-threatening diagnosis and continues throughout the journey that follows. You may have to deal with an entire range of emotions and physical reactions that create pain, fear, loss, fatigue or loneliness.

It is important for you to be able to talk openly about these experiences, reactions and feelings. Grief support is an integral part of the services Hospice Renfrew offers to its Residents, their families and our community. We provide a variety of supportive services for those who are at end-of-life, for those grieving before or after the death of a loved one or dealing with other losses associated to caregiving, change in health status and other life situations.

Our peer support groups are open to residents of Renfrew County and the surrounding area. They provide a confidential, safe space to connect with other grieving people with shared types of loss or who are in similar stages of their grief journey. It can be difficult to find people in our social circles who truly understand or know how to show up for us in our grief; peer support groups provide an opportunity to combat this sense of isolation and to witness, remember and grieve in community with others who can understand better what we’re experiencing. The groups are held monthly and facilitated by our grief & bereavement counsellor and volunteers. Attendance is free but we do ask participants to complete a brief intake process to register by calling 613-433-3993 ext. 2237 or emailing jrigby@hospicerenfrew.ca