Living & Dying: A Hospice Blog

A new Seven Week Fall Support Group for Adults will meet Mondays, from 5:30-7:00 pm at Brattleboro Area Hospice, 191 Canal St., beginning October 15th, and ending December 3rd.  This group is for adults who have experienced a death loss of any type.  We’ll use...

Lessons from the Journey of Grief by Connie Baxter, Bereavement Program Coordinator I will retire from my position as Bereavement Program Coordinator at Brattleboro Area Hospice in late October 2018.  I’ve had the privilege of serving our community for the past six years, and have found it...

[caption id="attachment_5648" align="alignleft" width="253"] Michael Fox Kennedy as Andre[/caption] Here's a wonderful opportunity to explore our feelings about illness through art: a local theatrical performance of 'The Father', playing Fridays & Saturdays, September 21 - October 13, 7:30 pm, at the Actor's Theatre Playhouse in West...

Click here to buy tickets online! Brattleboro Area Hospice is hosting a Win/Win Raffle beginning Tuesday September 4th! Proceeds of the raffle will support Brattleboro Area Hospice services which are delivered free of charge to all members of the community. When people enter, those who benefit from Brattleboro...

We're excited to collaborate with the Brattleboro Museum and Art Center to bring Instructions for Parting, a lyrical documentary about life and loss, to our communty. Instructions on Parting weaves breathtaking artistic footage with cinema verite to tell an elegiac story about transformation, grief, and the essential...

  If you had the pleasure of hearing Roz Chast speak last month in Brattleboro, you'll know her work is a beautiful combination of humor and uncomfortable truths. Join us on Monday, September 24, 5:30 p.m. to discuss her incredible graphic memoir “Can’t We Talk About Something...

Have you expressed your grief through art? Here are a few simple and useful guidelines using photography to express your feelings. Click on the image for full article  ...

Did you know our volunteers & staff were in a movie? Vermont filmmaker Camilla Rockwell's 2007 "Holding Our Own" is a beautiful exploration of the power of art on end of life. It highlights the work of Hallowell & Deidre Scherer, as well as staff...