Loss of a Spouse or Significant Other Support Groups

 

Centre Crossings Hospice Support Group

  • Contact Scott Davidson at  814-237-7400.

  • This group is open to individuals grieving the loss of a loved one.

  • Please join the supportive, non-judgmental and confidential atmosphere to help you reduce fear and isolation while expressing your thoughts and feelings about loss.

  • Meetings are held the third Thursday of every month from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Mount Nittany Medical Center, Conference Room #3, 1800 East Park Avenue, State College, PA 16801.

Family Hospice Support Group

  • Contact Judy Lankes or Carol Palmer at 1-800-445-6262

  • This Support Group is Currently On Hold: This is a bereavement support group for adults who have experienced a recent loss in the past year.

  • Meetings are held the last Wednesday of every month at 2 p.m. at the UPMC Home Health Office on 450 Windmere Drive in State College, PA 16801.

Koch Funeral Home Helping Grieving Hearts Heal Program

  • Contact Jackie Naginey Hook at 814-404-0546 or Jackie@JackieHook.com.

  • The Helping Grieving Hearts Heal program was designed to provide services that support individuals as they grieve. These services include Have the Talk of a Lifetime, Grief Accompanying, Memorable Ceremony Creation, Remembrance Service Facilitation, Community Outreach and End-of-Life Support. For more information, please visit the Koch Funeral Home Facebook page or their website.

Learning to Live: What’s Your Story?

  • Website: www.learningtolivewhatsyourstory.org

  • Learning to Live: What’s Your Story? is an initiative whose mission is to create educational and conversational opportunities for meaningful intergenerational exchanges on loss, grief, growth and transformation. Please visit the website to see monthly columns written by community members about how they learned to live with loss.

Life After Loss: A Group for the Bereaved

  • This is a faith based six-week program designed for individuals grieving any loss. Participants must be at least 18 years of age and at least 3 months past their immediate loss/bereavement. Programs are held at different churches throughout the year. This program is held at the following churches:

    • Howard United Methodist Church – Contact Craig Rose at CraigQR@yahoo.com or 814-933-7333.

    • St. Paul’s United Methodist Church and Wesley Foundation – Contact Renae Schunk at 814-237-2163, ext. 152.

Monday’s Moments Gatherings Presented by Koch Funeral Home

  • Contact Jackie Naginey Hook at 814-404-0546 or Jackie@JackieHook.com.

  • This group is open to individuals who have lost a loved one.

  • Please join us as we share stories of loss, learn a little bit about the grief journey and support one another. Each gathering has a specific theme and those present participate as much or as little as they want. As Rabbi Grollman said, “Grief shared is grief diminished.” These sessions help to bring some light to the darkness of grief.

  • Meetings are held online and in-person each month. For more information, please visit the Koch Funeral Home Facebook page or website.

Stories of Loss: A Grief Education and Support Group

  • Contact Jackie Naginey Hook at 814-404-0546 or Jackie@JackieHook.com.

  • This group is facilitated by Jackie Naginey Hook, MA

  • When you lose a loved one, having support helps you on your healing journey. In this Grief Education and Support Group, you will learn about grief and mourning, have opportunities to share your stories and be among others who have experienced a loss. All adults are welcome.

Tides 

  • Tides is a grief and loss peer support group for children, teens and adults after experiencing the loss of someone significant in their lives. We provide a non-judgmental, nurturing, and healing atmosphere where families learn they are not alone in their grief and can express their thoughts, feelings and experiences in a safe environment.  Our primary goal is to provide grief support services to an increasing number of children, teens and families in Centre and surrounding counties.

  • Meetings are held the first and third Thursdays of each month (Sept-May) from 6 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. at Houserville Elementary School located at 217 School Street, State College, PA 16801.  Tides is free to families but registration is required.

  • For more information about Tides, visit www.tidesprogram.org or please call Holly or Evelyn at 814-692-2233. 

 

 

Loss of a Spouse or Significant Other Support Organizations

 

AseraCare Hospice

  • Contact: Call 814-941-2900 or 1-800-598-1704 or visit www.aseracare.com for more information

  • AseraCare Hospice is one of the nation’s premier providers of hospice and palliative care services. The family-centered approach works to ensure that the needs and wishes of both patients and their family members are met throughout the hospice experience. AseraCare provides a wide range of hospice care services that include physician, nursing, therapy, social work, counseling, personal and spiritual care.

 Centre County Can Help

  • Contact: Call 1-800-643-5432.

  • Centre County Can Help is the licensed provider of Telephone/Mobile/Walk-In Crisis Intervention Services in Centre County. Services are accessible 24/7 and Crisis Counselors are available to meet individuals in their own environment. Can Help Counselors assess for potential risk of suicide/homicide, provide support counseling, crisis de-escalation, problem solving techniques and make appropriate referrals for treatment. Counselors are available to provide brief grief support, post trauma supportive counseling and debriefing.

 Centre Crossings Hospice

  • Contact: Call 814-237-7400 for more information.

  • Centre Crossings Hospice provides quality, compassionate end-of-life care to individuals of all ages, including children. Hospice is available for individuals with a variety of illnesses including cancer, heart and lung disease, AIDS, Alzheimer’s disease and other end stage diseases. Our goal is to provide care that enables patients to be comfortable, secure and close to their families. Care includes emotional, social and spiritual support for patients and their families. Centre Crossings Hospice understands that you always want the best for your loved ones….and so do we.

Family Hospice Agency

  • Contact: Call 1-800-445-6262 or visit www.homenursingagency.org for more information

  • As Pennsylvania’s first home health agency to become a Medicare-certified hospice, UPMC Home Health Agency & Family Hospice (formally Home Nursing Agency) has been integrated in the community since 1968 to meet the needs of patients coping with a life-limiting disease and their families. UPMC Home Health Agency considers the entire family, not just the patient, to provide the highest quality of hospice, palliative care and bereavement services. Counseling and grief services are provided to family members of hospice patients for 13 months after their loved one’s passing. Hospice care and bereavement services are offered throughout the Agency’s 19-county service area.

 CHOICES

  • Contact: Call 814-237-0567 or visit www.individualfamilychoices.com for more information

  • The Individual and Family CHOICES Program is an innovative group of practitioners providing services located in central Pennsylvania, aimed at the comprehensive treatment and healing for individuals and families who have been affected by trauma, depression, conflict, grief and loss and many other issues.