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People often ask me how I can bear to work with people who are going to die. “Isn’t it too sad?”, they ask. I am always taken aback by the question because I rarely think about hospice work in those terms. Mostly, like so many...
Advanced Care Directives: “It’s Really About Love” On Wednesday, January 20 at 6:30 p.m., the Rockingham Library is offering “It’s Really About Love”, an informational session on Advanced Care Directives in collaboration with Taking Steps Brattleboro. Taking Steps Brattleboro trains volunteers to support and guide people through the...
Please join us for a special time to gather with others who are grieving to talk about challenges of and strategies for grieving during the holiday season. Connie Baxter and Cheryl Richards will provide the hospitality and, if needed, gentle guidance for the conversation. Give yourself...
Death Cafés provide an experience for us to come together in a comfortable setting to discuss a wide variety of topics that surround death and dying. The format is informal, and the event is free of charge. Space may be limited. The increasingly popular Death Café is part...
Free Wellness Program Advance Care Planning: Digging Into the Details Monday November 16, 6:00 -8:00 pm Brew Barry Conference Room, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Sponsored by BMH and Brattleboro Area Hospice Presenters: Suzanne Baxtresser, RN and Joanna Rueter, LICSW Many of us know we need to complete our advance directives, but we keep putting...
Want a break from handing out candy this Halloween? Join Hospice for a film instead, part of the Brattleboro Film Festival! We are excited to once again sponsor a film in the Festival. Radiator, a moving independent British film about caring for aging family, will be...
On Friday, November 6th Brattleboro Area Hospice holds its annual Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration at Experienced Goods Thrift Shop, 5:00-7:00 p.m. The Hallowell singers will sing at the altar at 6:15pm. Dia de los Muertos is a Latin American holiday to...
On Wednesday November 4 at 6:30 p.m., the Rockingham Library will offer a night of film, fabric art and song to explore the life’s final passage. “Holding Our Own: Embracing the End of Life” takes viewers to the bedside of hospice patients where Deidre Scherer sketches,...
A new Six-Week Bereavement Support Group for adults begins on October 14th and will meet each Wednesday from 4:30-6:00 pm, ending November 18th. The group is free of charge and open to anyone in the community grieving the death loss of a loved one, no...
Presentation: Friday, October 23 6:00 – 7:30 pm Brattleboro Retreat Conference Center Workshop: Saturday, October 24 10 am – 3:00 pm Marlboro Grad Center SATURDAY ONLY: Seating is Limited: RSVP Required Both events are free and open to the public; they can be attended together or separately Each of us, regardless of our age, has...