Please visit the welcome center anytime during the week or call 617-325-0186 to set up a weekend appointment.
If you want to talk, have a cold drink or coffee, we are here for you. We have some Care Notes to choose from and some literature you can take home.
We are not licensed Social Workers but we’re willing to listen. You are part of our family and we love you.
We are not going to pretend or claim we are Grief Specialists when we are not. There won’t be a lot of text to read or links to click on.
Our suggestion to you if you are having a hard time coping is to Please visit your Primary Care Physician for help referrals.
Having said that, here are two organizations that our families have said helped them in a time of need.
Seasons Hospice & Palliative Care of Massachusetts
Services Provided:
In end-of-life situations, the role of Seasons Hospice is to engender hope in the lives of its patients and their family members. We are here for you 24 hours every day by providing:
- Regular visits by registered hospice nurses with specialized training and expertise in pain and symptom management.
- Visits by hospice aides to provide additional personal care and attention.
- Psychosocial support for patients and families, as well as for the nursing home staff and care givers.
- Spiritual support, as requested, for patients and families.
- Trained volunteers who provide companionship, assistance, and support.
- Bereavement counseling and support for family members and significant others throughout the patient’s illness and for a minimum of 13 months (more, if needed) following the death.
- Consultation and emergency care 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
- Coordination of medical equipment and medications related to the terminal illness for comfort and symptom management.
- Physical, occupational, speech, music, and other therapies as indicated in the plan of care.
Tel: (866) 670-9449
The Children’s Room
Tel: 781-641-4741
Fax: 781-641-0012
Email: info@childrensroom.org
Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 9:30 am to 5:30 pm.
