Bereavement Services

Hospice care doesn’t end with the needs of the patient. The passing of a loved one brings enormous changes, and everyone tends to grieve in their own way. Bereavement care is an essential part of the experience, helping to meet the needs of the entire family. Anticipating grief reactions and providing ongoing support for the bereaved is part of the services offered at Mesilla Valley Hospice.

A very important part of Mesilla Valley Hospice is the Bereavement and Grief Support we offer to you following the death of a loved one. We provide grief support and can teach grief coping skills to all family member including children, as well as to extended family and friends.

FOR HOSPICE PATIENT FAMILIES

Grief Support Services are different from the Hospice visits that were provided to your loved one. All Grief Services and Grief Counseling sessions are scheduled by appointment.

• Individual counseling

• Family counseling

• Counseling and support for children and teens of all ages

Depending on current COVID-19 restrictions, counseling is provided with masks and social distancing

• Counseling by phone or via computer by telehealth

• Support by phone from a counselor or bereavement volunteer

• Grief Support Groups

• Supportive Emails

PROVIDED TO THE COMMUNITY BASED ON AVAILABILITY

Grief support groups for adults
Referrals to community resources
Education presentations on grief, loss, death, and dying
Employer grief support for the death of a co-worker or student
Grief support groups for children or teens by request

PROVIDED TO THE COMMUNITY BASED ON AVAILABILITY This support is provided by Telehealth or Phone, at this time.

• Grief counseling

• Grief support for children or teens are available upon request

• Education on grief coping skills

GRIEF SUPPORT GROUPS

Grief Support Groups gather at Mesilla Valley Hospice, 299 E. Montana Ave. The entrance for the groups is at the Gerald H. Deabel wing, located to the rear of the eastside parking lot. The parking lot is labeled as “Private Property” but please drive into this parking lot and park near the storage sheds. You must ring the doorbell to the Gerald H. Deabel wing to enter.

MESILLA VALLEY HOSPICE GRIEF SUPPORT GROUP

For Adults Who are Grieving the Death of a Loved One

This support group provides information about the grief process and a safe place to examine the many feelings of grief. The group offers support, compassion, understanding and reassurance, as well as the hope of learning to live with the experience of loss.

DATE: Six consecutive weeks, one hour per week (contact us for the next group dates)

TIME: To Be Determined. Could be during business hours or evenings

PLACE: Telehealth – virtually on a computer screen, in-person, or BOTH. This group is open to the public, as in those who did not have someone in Hospice

Registration is required and to register, call Susie Facio (575) 525-5752

Grief Support Group For Women Who are Grieving the Death of Their Mother

Grief Support Group for Persons Who are Grieving the Death of Their Mother

Meets 3rd Tuesday of every month (except July and December)

Telehealth – virtually on a computer screen, in-person, or BOTH

This group is open to the public, as in those who did not have someone in Hospice

For more information and registration, please call Susie Facio (575) 525-5752

There are currently no support groups for children in Las Cruces; however, staff can create one if there are enough requests and participants.

For more information and registration, please call: Susie Facio (575) 525-5752

Bereavement Services

FOR HOSPICE PATIENT FAMILIES

PROVIDED TO THE COMMUNITY BASED ON AVAILABILITY

PROVIDED TO THE COMMUNITY BASED ON AVAILABILITY This support is provided by Telehealth or Phone, at this time.

GRIEF SUPPORT GROUPS

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