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VNA holds Hospice Volunteer Training
Hospice of Visiting Nurse Association of Manchester & Southern New Hampshire Inc. in partnership with Bentley Commons at Bedford will start a free Hospice Volunteer Training Course on Saturday, April 25, from 9:00a.m to 3:00p.m, and continue every Thursday evening 6:00p.m to 8:30p.m through June 18 at Bentley Commons at Bedford, 66 Hawthorne Drive, Bedford, NH.
This comprehensive training program will equip participants with the necessary skills to provide non-medical aid and support to terminally ill individuals and their caregivers. Trained volunteers will work with the hospice team of health care professionals to provide emotional support, respite care, as well as grief and bereavement support to family members.
Any interested member of the community including homemakers, retirees, college students, professionals and couples who have the desire to provide such an important service are invited to explore Hospice Volunteering. Pre-registration is required and class size is limited. Please contact Linda Krisch, Volunteer Coordinator at 663-4008 or e-mail Lkrisch@elliot-hs.org
The Cremation Society works closely with the Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Manchester and Southern NH. We are proud to help partner with them on a number of important community efforts as well as the exemplary care they provide for their patients and families.
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Along the way...
Space still available for April 21st preplanning session
Join us on Tuesday, April 21 at 2:00pm,for an informational preplanning session at our new Boscawen location at 172 King Street. CSNH president Buddy Phaneuf as well as estate attorney, Frank Mesmer will be available for free consultation. Come and learn more about your pre-arrangment options, pricing, and answers to any questions you may have about services. This session is free and open to the public but seating is limited so call ahead to reserve your spot today, please call Michele Phaneuf-Plasz at 800-493-8001.
Union Leader to halt some Saturday obituaries
The Union Leader Newspaper recently announced that effective immediately, they will stop publishing a Saturday newspaper outside the Manchester area. With this change, families will not longer be able to run obituaries in the paper on Saturday outside the Greater Manchester area. This is of concern for those wanting to be able to notify family and friends of a death throughout the state. While this may sound like a drastic step, it is becoming commonplace throughout the country. A number of major newspapers have all but eliminated daily obituary listings in recent months and more are slated to do so. Industry experts predict that it is just a matter of time before newspapers stop publishing obituaries altogether. We have known this has been coming for quite some time which is the reason we have invested so much into our website obituaries pages. Not only are these listings less than local papers, our website obituaries are often posted within hours of an individual passing away, allowing family and friends to plan accordingly. We have also aligned ourselves with Tributes ( www.tributes.com), the country’s largest on-line obituary repository.
Pregnany and Infant Loss Support Group
SHARE of Southern New Hampshire is conducting an ongoing Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support Group. Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of every month from 7 to 8:30 PM at the Elliot Hospital, One Elliot, Way, Manchester. Registration is not required and there is no charge to attend. More information is available by calling 603-663-3396 or by emailing maternitycenter@elliothospital.org.
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