:::National Grief Support Services:::

You certainly know what you’re getting into when you come to work each day, but you also encounter a wide range of spiritual, physical and emotional needs in the hospice setting. As common as the common denominators are, you may benefit from insights from other professionals who approach the grief process from other avenues, or at other stages that may show themselves during your work.

Perhaps you sometimes wish for support of your own, to share with other professionals the questions and doubts that may occasionally arise within you. Our site brings together professionals from the clergy, medical professions, counseling, funeral services and many other communities to mix and compare their insights. It is a place to offer refreshing ideas and to take some of those ideas back with you.

From our Professional Edition of the e-zine “Grief Matters” to the classes and seminars we offer for hands-on practitioners and volunteers, GriefSupportServices.org is dedicated to strengthening the giving community as well as those who depend on us as they face loss. Grief Passages, our free book of poems and essays, is particularly beneficial for hospice professionals, who are called upon daily to provide hope and comfort in times of loss. There are many

passages to comfort not only those who are dying, but those who are left behind.

Creating dynamic web pages called Remembrances is another service you could offer through us, of particular interest to people who want to channel their grief as they look back fondly upon the person they are losing. And for those who are seeing the prospect of their own passing, a similar creation called Legacy of the Heart allows them to capture their thoughts for loved ones to know in the future, and to create peaceful closure. Both projects can employ words, pictures, sounds and even video inserted by the creator of the page, a more dynamic tribute or legacy than can be found elsewhere.

And when your families make donations to create Remembrances or Legacies on our site, we provide financial remuneration to you for assisting with our outreach.

These Remembrances or Tributes can also be offered to your families, as gifts from your hospice, that can be personalized, carrying not only your “stamp” on the Remembrance or Legacy page but a link to your services via your website, if you have one, or some other means. Inquire about how to setup an account to have these special gifts for your families tied to a donation from your hospice, through our Compassion Cooperative. Or just to provide a referral to our services, as we can to yours by listing you in our Grief Resources section.

Take advantage of our many free, handy and time-saving resources for professionals.