When individuals enter hospice, relatives and friends tend to have different reactions. Some of them are consumed with encouraging the ill individual to seize every moment or his or her life. Others are so overwhelmed with their own grief that they cannot see anything else. They know that they need to start to make preparations for the death, but they also worry about how they will feel after it. Many individuals assume that hospice care ends once the person has passed on; however, continued support services are often available for families.
Some people feel as though they need to talk to someone after their loved one has left this earth, and hospice care facilities can provide resources for Bereavement. They can help to point individuals in the right direction. For example, they can provide them with a list of resources in the community, or they can let them know about religious groups that offer groups for bereaved individuals. Even if people are too overwhelmed to ask for assistance right after the death, they can contact the hospice group later to find out if they have any resources available.
The hospice group may also host events. They may have a night in memory of loved ones who have recently passed away. The night may be filled with photos or videos showing happier times. Some people are hesitant to go because they don’t know how they should act at such an event. However, they can remember that all people respond to grief in their own ways. Chances are, every single person there is a little bit nervous, and no two people will have the same reaction. Even if they don’t speak with the other event attendants at all, they can feel a sense of community in their loss.
Hospice care is an entity that works to make people more comfortable at the end of their lives, and the workers are there to provide support. However, the support is also for the loved ones of the deceased, and people can look to these groups as a source of strength in the future too.
