Living & Dying: A Hospice Blog

A Wellness Program Sponsored by Brattleboro Area Hospice and Brattleboro Memorial Hospital  Presenters: Lisa Ahbel, RN and Joanna Rueter, LICSW       If your loved one had a serious illness or accident and couldn’t communicate: do you know what s/he would want? What if it were you? What would you want? Heart-rending decisions must...

Brattleboro Area Hospice is excited to announce that they will host a Death Café on Thursday evening, September 18th from 7:30 – 9:00 PM at the Guilford Country Store, 475 Calvin Coolidge Memorial Hwy. (Rte 5), Guilford Vermont. The event offers an opportunity for community...

  Tuesday evenings, Sept. 16th - Oct. 7, 6-8:30 PM Parks Place Community Resource Center in Bellows Falls     This free class will provide opportunities for individuals to explore awareness, attitudes and feelings about death and dying. Participants will learn how to provide emotional and practical support to individuals and...

                        It’s a wonderful way to remember a loved one who has died. It’s easy and fun—no artistic talent needed!  All materials are provided.  Everyone is welcome. Flags will hang at the Hospice Memorial Garden at Living Memorial Park during the coming year. Drop-ins welcome, but an RSVP would...

The 17th  annual Memorial Planting Service sponsored by Brattleboro Area Hospice will be June 8th , 4:00 pm (new time this year) at the Brattleboro Area Hospice Memorial Garden, Living Memorial Park,  Guilford Street in Brattleboro. Please join as we gather to plant flowers and perennials, paint...

  Death Café in downtown Bellows Falls Our next Death Café will be on Tuesday evening, June 3rd from 5:30 – 7:00 PM at the Valley Café, 7 the Square in downtown Bellows Falls.  The event offers an opportunity for community members to come together in a...

Death and Dying for Beginners Class at Parks Place Community Resource Center in Bellows Falls. Our popular Death and Dying for Beginners Class  will begin on four consecutive Wednesday evenings from 6-8:30 PM beginning May 28 thru June 18 at Park’s Place, 44 School St. Ext.,...

LET'S TALK: HOW TO TALK ABOUT THE END OF LIFE Sponsored by Brattleboro Area Hospice Monday, May 19, 6:00 – 8:00pm Brew Barry Conference Room, Brattleboro Memorial Hospital Presented by Diana Barnard, MD, Certified Palliative Care Physician, Fletcher Allen Healthcare, Burlington, VT       Talking about one’s dying is not something most...

CREATING A LEGACY FROM OUR EVERYDAY LIVES:  REFLECTIONS IN THE LATTER PART OF LIFE A workshop led by Claire Willis, author of Lasting Words: A Guide to Finding Meaning Toward the Close of Life Tuesday, April 29th, 6:00-8:00 pm, Marlboro Graduate Center Many of us have prepared legal wills...

HELPING ADOLESCENTS COPE WITH LOSS Hospice Foundation of America’s Annual National Living With Grief Program Sponsored by Brattleboro Area Hospice and The Retreat Tuesday, April 22, 1:00-4:30  Brattleboro Retreat Education Center No Charge to Attend / Refreshments will be provided / CEUs Available     This program focuses exclusively on the issues that...