My father and I did not have a good relationship. After my mom died when I was ten, we never talked about her, or about death, or my fears and bewilderment as a child. My mom’s mother told me he… Read More ›
Grief
End of Life Doula Certification!
This was a great class, and although I have extensive experience in the fields of aging, mental health/mental illness, and various disabilities, I still learned a lot. Although there is no state or national requirement that End of Life Doulas… Read More ›
The Horror of the Mental Illnesses
The more information that comes out about Mr. Card, the sadder I become. I was right. The man was seriously mentally ill with what seems to have been command hallucinations; and what happened was almost a foregone conclusion. Why oh… Read More ›
Resources on Response and Recovery from the Violence in Lewiston
Maine Department of Health & Human Services sent this bulletin at 10/30/2023 10:14 AM EDT Dear Child Care Provider: The mass casualty incident that occurred on Wednesday in Lewiston has deeply shaken many throughout Maine and we share in the… Read More ›
Governor Mills Launches “Healing Together” Online Resource to Help Support to Lewiston Victims and Families
Press Release from the office of the Governor of Maine. October 28, 2023. https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MEGOV/bulletins/3782d9e Governor Mills Launches “Healing Together” Online Resource to Help Support to Lewiston Victims and Families October 28, 2023 Website identifies places for financial donations to support… Read More ›
How Aid in Dying Became Medical, Not Moral – from the New York Times
The debate over aid in dying still rages in the language that medicine and the media use to describe the practice. By Rachel E. Gross Oct. 24, 2023, 3:00 a.m. ET In rural Iowa, Peg Sandeen recalls, living with AIDS meant living… Read More ›
Three Part Virtual Hospice Education Series – sponsored by Maine AARP
Learn about Hospice, Grief and more Please join AARP Maine and Hospice of Southern Maine for a three-part virtual educational series open to anyone. This free virtual series will cover topics such as introductions to hospice services, understanding grief and… Read More ›
New Directions (This Is Where We’ve Been for the Past Couple of Years)
For the first several years of Heritage Health Services’ existence, we provided back office operations to about a dozen mental health therapists. That meant we helped therapists set up their business organization, wrote policies & procedures, created forms, stayed on… Read More ›
Survivors of Suicide Loss Support Groups to Resume at The Grief Warrior Project
The following was posted on our website “The Grief Warrior Project“, and can be found at https://warrior-project.org/2021/03/04/support-groups-resuming-2/ Life was been wicked busy lately, even as I’ve struggled to find purpose in it all. But I’ve had a few surprising breakthroughs… Read More ›
Coping with Suicide – Individual & Group Sessions
The Grief Warrior Project, a division of Heritage Health Services, has announced that its Tuesday night support group for those coping with the devastation of a loved one’s suicide, will begin again on August 4. Due to the COVID 19… Read More ›
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