NVNA and Hospice to offer workshop on coping with grief during the holidays

NORWELL, Mass. - Nov. 4, 2013 - PRLog -- NVNA and Hospice, the only independent nonprofit home healthcare agency serving Boston’s South Shore, will hold a free workshop: Coping with Grief in the Holiday Season on November 9^th.

Facilitated by NVNA and Hospice Bereavement Coordinator Karen Gore, LICSW, the November 9^th workshop is slated from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the agency’s headquarters at 120 Longwater Drive in Norwell.

Open to residents throughout the South Shore, the program will allow time for participants to discuss their feelings, find common ground and share experiences.

Pre-registration is required by calling Karen Gore at 781-659-2342, ext. 305.

“It is our hope that this workshop will serve to help and comfort those who have suffered losses and find the holidays a particularly difficult time in which to grieve,”

said Meg Doherty, Executive Director of the Norwell VNA and Hospice.

About NVNA and Hospice

Founded in 1920, NVNA and Hospice is the only independent, non-profit home health care and hospice agency serving the South Shore.  The agency’s mission of Neighbors Helping Neighbors continues as it serves nearly 600 patients a day, and offers an average of 45 free community health screenings, educational programs and support groups each month in more than 27 communities on the South Shore. NVNA and Hospice is the only Massachusetts home care agency that has been named a Home Care Elite Top Agency in the United States for seven consecutive years. For more information, call NVNA and Hospice at 781-659-2342 or visit www.nvna.org.