Living & Dying: A Hospice Blog

Taking Steps Brattleboro will have a table at the upcoming Annual Health & Wellness Fair hosted by Deerfield Valley SASH on Wednesday, September 27 11am - 2pm at the Dover Town Hall. Edie Mas, MSW and Rhondi Gleason, RN, both certified Advance Care Planning Facilitators of...

Live Local, Live Healthy Wellness Fair Friday, Sept 15 at the River Garden 11:00am - 6:00pm Free and open to the public Visit the River Garden and explore the wondrous world of wellness! The Live Local, Live Healthy Wellness Fair is an all day event and will include demonstrations by...

Our New Seven Week Support Group for Adults begins Thursday October 5th, 5:00-6:30 pm and will continue on Thursdays through November 16th. This group is for adults who have experienced a death loss of any type.  We’ll use a combination of conversation, writing exercises, art materials,...

Beginning on Tuesday, September 5, 2017 Brattleboro Area Hospice will offer its hospice care volunteer training in Wilmington, VT.   This 33 hour volunteer training will run on Tuesday mornings from September 5 – November 14 from 10 am – 1 pm. Throughout Windham County hospice volunteers...

Please come to the Hospice Memorial Garden located at Living Memorial Park in Brattleboro on the 1st Thursday of each month at 5:30 for a brief, informal gathering to remember loved ones.    The garden is on Guilford Street, on the hillside adjacent to the road,...

On Thursday, July 27th, Brattleboro Area Hospice will host the Death Café!  The event will be held at St. Mary’s in the Mountains Church, 13 East Main Street, at 6:00pm. This event is free and the public is encouraged to attend. We will provide snacks,...

[caption id="attachment_3788" align="alignright" width="300"] Ramsey Creek Green Burial[/caption] The public is invited to a free presentation at 4 pm on Wednesday, October 25th at Brooks Memorial Library to learn about emerging eco-friendly funeral movements that are changing the way we do death in America. In this informative...

Free Screening of ‘Being Mortal’  Film Explores End-of-Life-Care in US Seventy percent of Americans say they would prefer to die at home, but nearly 70 percent die in hospitals and institutions. Ninety percent of Americans know they should have conversations about end-of-life care, yet only 30 percent...

[caption id="attachment_3778" align="aligncenter" width="212"] Marion and Warren Green[/caption] Brattleboro Area Hospice is honored to announce the establishment of the “Remembering Marion Fund”.  Made possible through the generosity of Warren (Pinky) Green of Brattle Street in Brattleboro, this fund is established in loving memory of his wife...

In celebration of our new project A Year Well Lived, Brattleboro Area Hospice will be in front of Zephyr Designs on Main Street during Gallery Walk.  Stop by and share with us what you want to do before you die.  Taking Steps Brattleboro will also...