Coping With Anger
Anger is not a comfortable emotion to experience when you are grieving. Contrary to popular belief, it is not a stage of grief. In the world of grief professionals, Kübler-Ross’ Five Stages of Grief has long been dismissed as a…
Honor and Remember Loved Ones With Lights of Remembrance Memorial Trees
This holiday season, Ohio’s Hospice Pathways of Hope℠ invites the community to remember and honor their loved ones through its Lights of Remembrance memorial trees, now through Dec. 31, 2023. Community members are encouraged to write the names of their…
Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare Pathways of HopeSM Luminaria Event Honored and Remembered Loved Ones
Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare was touched by the presence of more than 125 members of the community who attended its Pathways of HopeSM Luminaria event on Oct. 22 at the pond at its Wooster location behind the Gault Inpatient Pavilion. Luminarias…
Muskingum County Community Foundation Grant Helps Support Grieving Children
A $1,500 grant from the Muskingum County Community Foundation is making a difference for children in Muskingum County who have experienced the loss of a loved one. Through Camp HOCO at Home, Ohio’s Hospice of Central Ohio has been able…
The Importance of Routines in Grief Recovery
Wash the dishes. Take the dog out. Pay the bills. Visit Dad in the nursing home. Cut the grass. Bowl on Thursday nights. Babysit the grandkids. Take medicine. These are the ordinary things of life. Some of them we do…
Book Review: When Your Soulmate Dies: A Guide to Healing Through Heroic Mourning
Dr. Alan Wolfelt, a grief counselor for more than 40 years and a renowned author and expert in all things related to grief and mourning, was asked by many of his clients to write about the loss of a soulmate,…
Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare Offers Aug. 14 Bereavement Workshop About Complicated Grief
For those who have experienced the death of a loved one and need grief support services, the Pathways of HopeSM Grief Counseling Center at Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare is offering a bereavement workshop, “When Healing Is Difficult: Complicated Grief,” on Monday,…
Book Review: Grieving for the Sibling You Lost: A Teen’s Guide to Coping With Grief and Finding Meaning After Loss
When author Erica Goldblatt Hyatt, DSW, LCSW, MBE, was working as a social worker at a children’s hospital caring for young terminally ill patients, she recognized the need for a book specifically for teens experiencing the loss of a sibling…
Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare Offers Bereavement Workshop About Parent Grief on July 10
For those who have experienced the death of a child and need grief support services, the Pathways of HopeSM Grief Counseling Center at Ohio’s Hospice LifeCare is offering a bereavement workshop, “Always My Child – Parent Grief,” on Monday, July…
Book Review: When Someone Dies: A Children’s Mindful How-To Guide on Grief and Loss
Andrea Dorn's book, " When Someone Dies: A Children’s Mindful How-To Guide on Grief and Loss," is designed as a process story as part of The Mindful Steps Series. The book teaches new concepts to children in a concrete way…