Grief is a natural process. The OSF Hospice pastoral care and bereavement services offer patients and their families companionship and true understanding of their experience.

Individual grief counseling and/or support groups can nurture courage and strength.

OSF Hospice bereavement staff:

• Provides counseling and support to patient and family members prior to death
• Provides counseling and support for up to 13 months after the death...longer if needed (phone calls, visits, mailings)
• Offers a memorial service to honor the departed loved one
• Support groups
  
  

Counseling

Professional grief counselors help assist with recognizing and expressing the many manifestations of grief:

• Physical reactions
• Mental chaos
• Emotional turmoil
• Social reactions
• Spiritual concerns