Certified hospice programs are required to offer support to families as well as to dying persons, including counseling, pastoral services, and bereavement support.
Some also provide one to three sessions of bereavement support for family members after the child's death.
Its mission is to improve the quality of life of cancer patients nearing the end of their lives, including bereavement support.
Another important aspect of hospice care is bereavement support, which eases the family back into the mainstream of life after the patient has died.
In the United States of America, local hospice agencies may provide a first contact for those seeking bereavement support.
To suggest counselling to this woman, some kind of bereavement support, would be insulting.
As of 2011, there are around 1,000 volunteers for Hospiscare who do a range of different tasks including: driving, shopping and bereavement support.
They also provide bereavement support for donor families and volunteer opportunities for interested individuals.
In some regions local hospice agencies may be an important first contact for those seeking bereavement support.
This is one of the main problems of providing bereavement support.