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Bereavement support
Support for the bereaved has always been an important aspect of St. Anthony's Hospice continuing care. We offer bereavement support for relatives of patients who have been cared for either at home or within "our home" at the de Greeff Hospice House.
The close relationship that develops with families during this period provides Hospice staff and volunteers with a continuing opportunity to express their caring. As part of our bereavement services, we help those in mourning about the normal process of grief and provide supportive care.
Counselors are available to support patients and families as they learn to cope with loss or fear. One-on-one counselor sessions are provided at no cost to families.
Support Groups
Hospice support groups offer information about the mourning process, emotional support and an opportunity to share experiences with others who are coping with a loss. Support groups and individual counseling are offered to adults and children on a regularly scheduled basis. These groups also are open to other members of the community who are grieving, whether or not they are grieving the loss of someone who received Hospice care.
St. Anthony's support group meetings are held in a confidential setting and supportive environment.
Spiritual Care
Hospice care embraces all aspects of life — physical, emotional and spiritual. The very core of the mission statement at St. Anthony's Hospice recognizes that we carry out the healing mission of Jesus Christ.
Our staff makes spiritual care a priority and we all participate in spiritual care at some level. Issues of the meaning, relationship and peace with God — among other things — can become quite focused, to the point of struggle or crisis, during the time of terminal illness. The supportive presence, listening and appropriate intervention of a Hospice Chaplain can be a tremendous help to Hospice patients and their families.
Chaplain Services
- Care is provided to patients, families and caregivers according to their desires and beliefs. Beliefs will be honored and respected.
- Our chaplains are open, sensitive and nonjudgmental — accepting of different beliefs, cultures and values.
- Our Hospice chaplains are a resource and will assist in connecting people with clergy of their own faith group or other professionals upon request.
- Our chaplain can make arrangements for or officiate funeral/memorial services.
- For home patients, a chaplain typically calls and arranges for an initial visit within seven days of a person's admittance into Hospice. Hospice House patients also are visited promptly by one of our chaplains. From that time forward, our chaplains will continue to visit or just be available to visit and offer support.
If you would like more information about bereavement resources offered through St. Anthony's Hospice, please call our bereavement coordinators at 314-525-7346 or 314-525-7344.
For information or a physician referral, please call 800-554-9550 or visit our online physician referral.
At St. Anthony's, our vision is to be the area's premier health care organization — and your first choice for health care services.