Palliative Care & Hospice Services of MedWest Health offers grief support groups

From the press release:

Clyde and Sylva, N.C. – Palliative Care & Hospice Services of MedWest Health System is hosting grief support groups in April at MedWest-Haywood in Clyde and MedWest-Harris in Sylva to give community members emotional support and help them with the grief process.

The Haywood Grief Support Group will meet from 5:30 to 7 p.m. every Monday in April at the MedWest Health & Fitness Center Classroom on the MedWest-Haywood campus. These evening meetings will be April 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30.

The Harris Grief Support Group will hold brown bag lunch meetings from noon to 1 p.m. every Tuesday in April in the Chaplain’s Conference Room at MedWest-Harris. Participants should bring their own lunches if they desire. These lunchtime meetings will be April 3, 10, 17 and 24.

There is no charge to participate in these support group meetings. For more information about either group, contact MedWest Bereavement Specialist Regina Easley-Young at (828) 452-5039 or regina.young@haymed.org.

Palliative Care & Hospice Services of MedWest offers compassionate care for people who are terminally ill and their families and caregivers. Based on a family’s request, support may be provided emotionally, intellectually, spiritually and physically.

MedWest Health System provides healthcare for the people of western North Carolina at MedWest-Harris,MedWest-Haywood and MedWest-Swain hospitals, the outpatient facility MedWest-Franklin, and through the 100-member MedWest Physician Network. MedWest is affiliated with Carolinas HealthCare System.

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