Local Resources 

  

Hospice of Siouxland:     www.hospiceofsiouxland.org  

  

Hospice of Siouxland is a community-based program that is a partnership of Mercy Medical Center - Sioux City and St. Luke's Regional Medical Center. In 2001, Hospice of Siouxland served 729 patients and families.  Our mission is to provide comfort, support, and compassionate care to people with life-limiting illnesses and to their families in a manner that respects the dignity and uniqueness of each individual, and to foster community acceptance that dying is an integral part of living.  

 

Web Resources  

in Grief, Death and Loss
Center for Loss and Life Transition
A private organization dedicated to furthering our understanding of and compassion for the complex set of emotions we call grief. Dedicated to helping both the bereaved, by walking with them in their unique life journeys, and bereavement caregivers, by serving as their educational liaison and professional forum.

Crisis, Grief and Healing
A place where men and women can discuss, chat or browse to understand the many different paths to heal strong emotions. Resources on the site include excerpts from author Tom Golden's books on healing from loss.

GriefNet
GriefNet is an Internet community of persons dealing with grief, death, and major loss. They have many email support groups. Their integrated approach to online grief support provides help to people working through loss and grief issues of all kinds.

Willowgreen
A leading provider of information and inspiration in the areas of illness and dying, loss and grief, healthy caregiving, life transition, and spirituality.

Grief and Loss
Grief support information and resources from the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP).

in Aging / Dying / Caregiving
Growth House
An international gateway to resources for life-threatening illness and end of life issues. Hypertext topic pages link to sites around the world. Links to hospice and home care, bereavement, death with dignity, AIDS, and related topics in life-threatening illness.

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
Committed to improving end of life care and expanding access to hospice care with the goal of profoundly enhancing quality of life for people dying in America and their loved ones.