Supporting You in Your Time of Grief
Tabitha’s comprehensive bereavement program offers support to spouses and family members during a time of loss.
Tabitha Hospice offers bereavement services for up to 18 months following the loss of your loved one.
- Individual grief support
- Grief support groups
- Educational grief events
- Phone call check-ins/support
- Remembrance services
- Mailings, including grief support, Embrace newsletter, resources and more
We’d love to hear from you!
Tabitha Hospice Bereavement Coordinators
Our Bereavement Coordinators provide grief support following the death of your loved one.
Jason Padilla
Serving the Lincoln/Lancaster Area
402.366.6791
Dan Rogers
Serving the Grand Island, Kearney & York Areas
402.366.6791
Sue Simmons
Serving the Omaha Area
402.819.4949
Grief Support Groups & Remembrance Services
Tabitha is proud to offer Grief Support Groups throughout the year as a service to family members and friends experiencing the recent death of a loved one. The meetings promote healthy conversation between a Tabitha team member specifically trained in grief support and a small group of individuals going through a common experience.
The purpose of Tabitha’s grief support groups is to equip participants with the tools and resources needed to reinvest in life.
Grief Tip Videos
Tabitha’s Bereavement Coordinators bring you words of advice, grief education, support and more in these grief tip videos
created just for Tabitha Hospice.
Grief Note
“For when I am weak, then I am strong.”
It may be hard to understand such a statement in the midst of your grief, since grief will often sap your strength, drain your energy, and dampen your desire for the things in life.
Evidence of strength may be scarce.
Yet it is in these emotional and physically exhausting moments that you may find what you need.
Grief expert Dr. Alan Wolfelt says it this way, “Almost paradoxically, by acknowledging and allowing for temporary feelings of helplessness, you help yourself.”
Acknowledging the inability to handle and control your grief is a humbling step, but it is a step—a step toward looking outside of your own abilities.
At times, even the strongest and most emotionally intelligent individuals are no match for the storm-driven flood of grief. Yet looking outside of yourself for support and assistance is a step of strength. It takes vulnerability and humility, but since it is a step in the right direction, it is a strong step.
In addition, by allowing yourself to acknowledge your helplessness, you are opening yourself up to receive help. It is hard work trying to “be strong.” It is exhausting trying not to be “too emotional.” However, acknowledging your helplessness to a trusted friend or group can provide some relief. So take the strong step of being weak. And don’t forget the promise of the One who understands weakness.
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” – 2 Corinthians 12:9
Grief Book and Podcast Suggestions
Sometimes finding the right book, website or podcast can help you process thoughts, feelings and provide helpful insight or information. Check out suggestions by types of loss.
Tips for Caregivers
Assisting someone under hospice care can be difficult. Tabitha offers a variety of helpful articles from managing anticipatory grief, taking care of yourself, visiting with children, reminiscing, communication, spiritual health and talking to someone on hospice.
Anticipatory grief is a hard journey, and holidays make it even harder. Here are some tips to help cope with anticipatory grief.
Caretaking, in any instance, but especially during hospice care can be difficult. Try these tips to avoid caregiver burnout and support your mental health.
The best thing to do for children before visiting a loved one in a hospital or senior living community is to prepare them for the visit.
Sharing past recollections is valuable for your loved one as they near the end of their life. Use these helpful tips to talk to a loved one about their memories and experiences.
Using social media to communicate about sensitive subjects, like serious illness or impending death, requires thought and consideration.
When dealing with a serious illness and death, spiritual issues often arise. Here are some tips to keeping the faith when grieving.
Determining how to approach a loved one about their chronic illness or death in general is challenging, but can be easier when you have the facts.
Grief has many elements. Sometimes we focus on one aspect over and over, also referred to as “looping.” Here are tips to help cope with “the loop.”