Rainbow Grief Support is one of the most important services we provide. Our bereavement counselors work closely with anyone who has experienced the loss of a loved one, whether on our hospice program or not.
Their outreach takes many forms including phone calls, one-on-one visits, facilitation of regular support groups, a monthly blog, and hosting of special programs like our annual memorial service and holiday grief events.
Rainbow Bereavement Counselor Laura Wessels hosts Monday Morning Joe every Monday from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. in the Community Education Room (Lower Level) of the Rainbow Hospice Care Inpatient Center in Johnson Creek. Please park in the Lower Level- parking lot and enter through the right door of the patio.
Rainbow Bereavement Counselor Hilary Furnish hosts an Honoring Grief Six Week Support Group at the IPC. This group meets each Monday during the spring and fall from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. This group will focus on helping acknowledge, honor, and better understand grief and loss. Registration is required. Call (920) 674-6255 for more information or to register.
In 2022, we dedicated a newly designed Memorial Garden outside the Rainbow Hospice Care Inpatient Center in Johnson Creek. Among its beautiful features is a hardwood forest, many decorative plantings, granite benches, pergolas, a water feature, fire pit, and walking path adorned with 3,000 bricks of varying sizes, several inscribed with names and special messages to loved ones.
Anyone is welcome to visit this sacred outdoor space to remember and honor the important people in their lives and gather for healing, reflection and solitude.
Hilary Furnish and Laura Wessels invite conversation and response as they reflect on aspects of grief in their monthly Conversations in Grief blog. What began as a way to address COVID-19 grief has become a blog that has expanded and continues to provide additional insight and support for those who are experiencing the loss of a loved one. View their most recent blogs below, in the Conversations in Grief Support section.
February 27, 2024
Now What? The Unique Challenges of Caregiver Grief by Laura Wessels You didn’t sign up to be a caregiver. Yo…
Read MoreJanuary 30, 2024
So Far Away by Hilary Furnish The playwright Tennessee Williams once wrote, “Time is the longest distance be…
Read MoreDecember 21, 2023
by Laura Wessels I asked the grief support group that I lead what grief is like for them. We use many words to descri…
Read MoreNovember 29, 2023
By Laura Wessels Sometimes it is good to have busy hands when you are grieving. Children are often encouraged to pain…
Read MoreOctober 23, 2023
Loss of Self by Laura Wessels When your loved one dies, you lose much more than the person. You also may discover th…
Read MoreSeptember 29, 2023
Grief Goes to the Movies- Part 1
by Hilary Furnish
As far back as historians can go, storytelling has al…