Registration has begun for grief support group

Winneshiek Medical Center Hospice is offering a free eight-week grief support group beginning Thursday, September 18th. Registration is required to participate--call (563) 387-3024 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. to register.

The sessions will be held in the hospital's Home Health and Hospice meeting room from 3:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. on eight consecutive Thursday afternoons. The sessions are open to the public.

"Grief is a natural and healthy reaction to loss; however, due to the emotional pain of death, people may ignore grief rather than embrace this necessary process," says Winneshiek Medical Center Social Worker Karen Nielsen.  "The grief support group is safe and confidential--it is an opportunity for people to share their experience with loss and to express their feelings, reactions and thoughts with others who truly understand what they are going through."