IDAHO BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT

Bereavement services address grief and loss related to the end of life and are a key component of supportive care. The goal of both individual and group work is to provide opportunities to understand the experience of grief and loss, to heal, and to recreate a meaningful life. (If you offer grief and loss support and would like to be included on this schedule, send your information in this format to Jill Darrington, A Better Way Coalition, )

MONTHLY OPPORTUNITIES

~ TREASURE VALLEY ~

Grief & Loss Support

Alsips Funeral Chapel Bereavement Services

Treasure Valley drop-in support group on the 3rd Thursday of each month

Contact Brenda: 466-3545

Boise Memorial Hospice

Support Group forming June 2008.
In Downtown Eagle

Contact Laurie Campbell, Executive Director
or Jenny Kendall, LMSW, Director of Social Services
(208) 938-4100

Families and Friends of Suicide Support Group
Meetings/Month: 1st Tuesday each month

Caldwell United Methodist Church

704 W. Logan St., Caldwell Idaho

Steve and Linda Henley 454-9259 or 459-6712

ffos@rmci.net

Four Rivers Hospice

Bereavement Support

Canyon County

Group class 6-8 week sessions begins Tuesday May 3

3:30 pm - 5:30 pm Peckham Community Center
715 Everett, Caldwell, Ada County

Group class six- to eight-week sessions begins Thursday May 5

6:00 pm - 7:30 pm, Four Rivers, 2070 S. Silverstone Way, Meridian

Contact Karen Hoffman or Honor Harris to register: 321-0866

Heart ‘n Home Hospice and Palliative Care
Seven week bereavement groups offered throughout the year.
Held in Fruitland, Caldwell, and Emmett.

For more information contact Camille Evans LSW or Glenn Blankenship LSW 208-452-2663

See website for more information.

Horizon Home Health and Hospice, Inc. Bereavement Services
Drop-in support groups

Meridian 3rd Thursday of each month 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm, contact Shannon: 884-5051

Mountain Home 2nd and 4th Thursdays 10:00 am - 11:30 am, contact Brooke: 587-6854

Legacy Hospice Grief Support Services

Open group for those with anticipatory grief or bereavement

Tuesdays at 7:00 pm at 680 Progress Avenue, Meridian, Idaho

Contact John Long or DeAnn Jansen at 895-8686

Life’s Doors Hospice Bereavement Services

Open group: Mondays 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm

Open men’s group: Tuesdays 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm

Mountain Home open group Wednesdays 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

Contact Connie James: 344-6500

Mercy Hospice

Bereavement Services

8-week sessions held on 1st, 2nd, and 4th Thursday of each month

No registration required

Contact Joseph Newcomer for more information: 463-5895

Mountain State Tumor Institute and St. Luke’s Hospice

Bereavement Services

8-week sessions on Monday nights offered 3 to 4 times a year

Must be three months since loss & advance registration required.

To register contact Vaughn Knapp: 381-2711 or Kennette McWilliams: 381-3133

Survivors of Suicide

Meetings 1st-2nd Friday from 7:00-9:00 pm

Please call the Jacksons’ for specific location: 398-8231

Touchstone Center for Grieving Children and Adolescents

377-3216

See website www.touchstone.org

XL Hospice

Group classes offered in Payette, Meridian & Emmett 3-4 times a year.

Contact Kelli Bermensolo 888-6200 or Dwight Olson 642-9222

~ WOOD RIVER VALLEY ~

Grief & Loss Support

Hospice of the Wood River Valley

Ketchum Idaho

726-8464

4-Week Scheduled Bereavement Support Groups March and October

Surviving Spouses with Children

2nd Tuesday of each month 4:30 pm-6:00 pm

Summer Drop-In Grief Series (10 week)

Begins June 6, Mondays 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm

F.R.O.G.S. (Finding Real Options for Grief Support)

Children 6-17

Sunday’s 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm monthly

Camp Friendship

Children 6-17

August 12-14

Individual Counseling

Scheduled anytime

Coping with the Holidays

December 16, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Pending Groups

Men’s Grief Group

Young Adult Grief Group (17-24)

~ MAGIC VALLEY ~

Grief & Loss Support

C.O.P.E.S Community of People Extending Support

First Church of the Nazarene

Call for information on when next class is to begin. Contact Kristi Fowler: 733-6610

“Everyday Living”

Reynolds Funeral Home

Meets 2nd Tuesday of the month at 6:00 pm. Contact Trent Stimpson: 733-4900

First Candle/SIDS Alliance

1-800-221-SIDS (7437)

Telephone support, counselor, educational materials, advocacy and newsletter

Friends of Bereaved Families

No longer holding support groups but people can call at anytime for personal support.

Contact Pam Bolton: 734-5216

“Grief share” Your Journey from Mourning to Joy

Twin Falls Reformed Church

13-week seminar and support group. Call for information on new class.

Contact Connie Lancaster: 733-6128

“Grief share” Lighthouse Christian Fellowship

13-week video series. Biblically based. Call for information on next class.

Contact Leita Laird: 735-1949 or 404-1838

Here and Now Growth Group

Hospice Visions

Based on demand. Support group meets weekly

Contact Tami Slatter: 735-0121

Heritage Alliance Church

Classes will be held Monday nights 7-9 at Heritage Alliance Church

Contact Joy Kicer: 734-8654

Joan Dalton Boyd, M. A.

Wellness Counselor

Individual and Private

Contact Joan Dalton Boyd: 837-4822

“Kids Reaching Out to Each Other”

Youth Bereavement Support Group

Idaho Home Health & Hospice--Gloria Misback: 734-4061

MVRMC--Bev Williams: 732-3372

1st Choice Hospice--Debra Gates: 733-8600

Maternal/Child Bereavement Volunteer Support Group

Support for grieving parents, children and other survivors

when there is a loss of a child.

Contact Julie Winter: 733-8356 or Bobby Parrott: 733-1456

Widowed Information and Consultation Services

8-week sessions on Wednesdays from 10 am –12 noon. Call for next session.

Contact Shawna Wasko: 736-2122 Ext. 307

~ NORTH IDAHO ~

Grief & Loss Support

Kootenai Medical Center (KMC)

Grief and Bereavement Support Group

Tuesdays, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm and 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Contact KMC: 666-2030

“Caring To Share”

For those who have experienced a loss through

miscarriage, stillbirth or infant death.

1st Thursday of each month, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm

Contact KMC: 666-2149

~ WEST VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER ~

Grief & Loss Support

Contact Duane Vaughn 455-4026

Open group every other Thursday 7-8:30 p.m. in Caldwell

Other groups may be available.

~ XL HOSPICE~

Grief & Loss Support

Contact Kelly Bermensolo 888-6200 or 365-6303

In Payette Dwight Olson 642-9222

Groups offered at different times throughout the year