Services are available to the entire Marquette community
Hospice family care addresses the needs of the family during the patient’s illness. Bereavement support starts at the first contact with hospice and continues throughout the patient’s illness and for 13 months following the death of a loved one.
It is natural to feel grief after the loss of a loved one. Grief is an emotional experience, but it is also a physical, intellectual, social, and spiritual experience. This is all part of bereavement.
Our Bereavement program provides the following:
Common responses to the death of a loved one include:
The bereavement staff of hospice programs are trained to handle grief issues. It is often important to hospice patients to know that their family and friends will be cared for in the emotional time just after death. Providing this support is always a part of the hospice plan of care, and makes hospice unique among health care providers.
Open Grief Support Group:
Due to Covid-19, our in-person support groups are canceled until further notice. However, we are hosting grief groups via ZOOM on a monthly basis. Please visit our calendar page or call the office for more information.
The facilitator for our grief groups is Lisa Marttila, Lake Superior Life Care & Hospice Bereavement Coordinator. For more information contact her at (906) 225-7760 or email lmarttila@lakesuperiorhopsice.org
Click Here for our current Bereavement Newsletter: 2021 January Bereavement Newsletter
Visit our Grief Support Page for more information.