Swim the lake, be a boater, volunteer, donate, or go the distance! For 2022 we have lots of different options for you to participate. YOU choose which is the best fit for you! Sign up to receive events updates below. GO THE DISTANCE – Between May 6 and August 13 anyone can participate by doing any…
With Dr. Lucia Jander & Edna Brown LCSW Establish your goals and overcome your fears. Death is a part of life, and planning for it can make all the difference to the emotional health of those you leave behind. Talk will cover: • The importance of advance care planning • Guidance in filling out Health…
This group is for anyone 18 years of age or older grieving a loss, regardless of when the death occurred. Held via Zoom and registration is required to attend your first session. You must reside in Tompkins or Cortland County to participate. Contact Liz Wood via email to register. Details will be conveyed to all…
With Dr. Lucia Jander & Edna Brown LCSW Establish your goals and overcome your fears. Death is a part of life, and planning for it can make all the difference to the emotional health of those you leave behind. Talk will cover: • The importance of advance care planning • Guidance in filling out Health…
This group meets the first Thursday of every month at the Finger Lakes Independence Center, 215 5th Street, Ithaca, NY, and is open to any parents, grandparents or siblings over the age of 18 who have experienced the death of a child of any age. This group is run independently from Hospicare and is the…
Monthly support group for parents who have lost a child. A warm, supportive, and confidential environment in which to meet and share with others who are grieving.
Writing Your Loss Story is a four-week writing program that provides therapeutic writing prompts for the bereaved to use to tell their story. Held via Zoom and facilitated by Jane Baker Segelken, LMSW The group allows individual living with loss to explore their unique circumstances. A goal of the program is healing with words —…
This group is for anyone 18 years of age or older grieving a loss, regardless of when the death occurred. Held via Zoom and registration is required to attend your first session. You must reside in Tompkins or Cortland County to participate. Contact Liz Wood via email to register. Details will be conveyed to all…
Writing Your Loss Story is a four-week writing program that provides therapeutic writing prompts for the bereaved to use to tell their story. Held via Zoom and facilitated by Jane Baker Segelken, LMSW The group allows individual living with loss to explore their unique circumstances. A goal of the program is healing with words —…
Brenna Fitzgerald, Hospicare’s Communications Coordinator, will facilitate an interactive discussion of the book The Wild Edge of Sorrow by Francis Weller, a psychotherapist, writer, and soul activist. In this lyrical book filled with touching stories, Weller offers a poetic handbook for the art of grieving. His insights into grief and the grieving process, including the…