Parent/Child Bereavement Sessions Scheduled

TORRINGTON—Visiting Nurse Services of Connecticut’s Hospice at Home™ Program continues its mission of counseling for the community with the presentation of a parent/child grief bereavement group beginning Tuesday, April 5, at the VNS offices, 65 Commercial Boulevard, in Torrington. The program, which will be held seven consecutive Tuesdays from April 5th through May 17th from 4:00-5:30 p.m., is designed to help parents and their children deal with the loss of a loved one in a healthy and effective manner. The program will be facilitated by hospice therapist Ruthellen Griffin and hospice counselor, the Reverend Eileen Epperson, M.Div. For more information, please call Ruthellen Griffin at 860.482.6419, extension 1639, or Eileen Epperson at 860.435.0288.

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Visiting Nurse Services of Connecticut is one of the state’s largest non-profit home health care organizations, serving residents of 54 cities and towns in Fairfield, New Haven and Litchfield Counties. VNS provides a comprehensive range of services including skilled nursing care, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, medical social work and home health aide assistance. VNS Specialty Services include Hi-Tech Home IV Therapy, Wound Care, Psychiatric Nursing, Pain Management, Palliative Care, Nutritional Counseling, Elder Care Planning. The VNS Hospice at Home Program™ provides comprehensive home care for terminally ill patients and their families. VNS affiliate, Partners in Care, offers live-in and sleep-in home health aide services as well as the VoiceCare personal emergency response system. For more information, visit our website at www.vnsct.org.