Bereavement Services are unique to hospice care; they are not provided anywhere else within the health care delivery system. Hospice encourages the expression of grief and recognizes cultural variables in bereavement.

The hospice bereavement program offers bereavement follow-up to its families for 13 months following a death through support groups, counseling, and workshops for adults, adolescents and children.

At JACH we understand the unique concerns of those grieving. Our bereavement support programs help you:
• Share your grief journey
• Grow through listening and supporting others
• Understand normal grief reactions
• Move through the grief process
• Begin to heal

Growing Through Grief
Joliet Area Community Hospice offers bereavement support through the following services:
• Telephone and mail contact
• Grief Counseling
• “Family Journey” Workshops; Four-session grief programs for adults, teens and children who have experienced the death of a loved one
• Monthly Newsletter
• Help for the Holidays Workshop
• Annual Memorial Service
• Community Education Programs on Grief and Loss
• Puppet Play Presentation “Saying Goodbye to Grandpa”
• Children’s Grief Camp - Annual camp held in Oregon, Illinois

Community Bereavement Program
All workshops, educational presentations, counseling, and camp are open to anyone in the community struggling with the loss of a loved one. If you or someone you know is interested in being a part of the community bereavement program, please call (815) 740-4104.

Below is a list bereavement programs offered at Joliet Area Community Hospice. Please call the Bereavement Coordinator at (815) 740-4104 or e-mail Bereavement