Print and video resources that many have found helpful and appropriate to specific needs or situations are available through the
Hospice libraries listed below. The Abbotsford Hospice Lending Library has books, videos, audiotapes, music and items
related to grief and Hospice work. Our Lending Library is available to anyone in the community.
If you wish to make a targeted donation for library resources, please email us.
Free Services for BEREAVED ADULTS, TEENS AND CHILDREN
There is no charge for any of our support groups, but participants MUST REGISTER —
please call Kelly at 604.852.2456, or email info@abbotsfordhospice.org.
Adult Support and Share
Facilitated support group for adults who have recently lost a significant person to death.
Perinatal Loss Support Group
Facilitated by a registered counsellor, this group offers sharing and mutual support for parents who have lost a child
to miscarriage, stillbirth or within the first year of life.
One to One Support for Adults, Teens and Children
Peer support sessions with a trained Abbotsford Hospice Society volunteer.
Phone counselling
A registered clinical counsellor will provide phone counselling for children and teens.
Anticipatory Grief Group
This ongoing support group for adults is designed to address the issues associated with the expected death of
a family member or friend.
Supporting Children through Music
Three part creative music program provides a warm, friendly, nurturing atmosphere for children who are grieving a
death, anticipating the death of someone they love or for those children with complex grief issues.
TELEPHONE SUPPORT
AHS is pleased to offer bereavement phone counselling sessions with a registered clinical counsellor, beginning in early May.
She will speak with adults and adolescents who are experiencing complex grief. For more information, please contact Maryanne
Balzer, at 604.852.2456.
LENDING LIBRARY
Recommended books at our Lending Library include the following ...
FOR ADULTS ...
When Life Hurts: A three-fold path to healing.
Dr. Brian Stiller (Herald Press., PA: 2000)
The Grief Recovery Handbook.
John James, Frank Cherry. (Harper & Row Publishers Inc., New York, N.Y: 1988)
Conversations at Midnight: Coming to terms with death and dying.
Herbert Kramer, Kay Kramer. (William Morrow & Company Inc., New York: 1993)
Death: The final stage of growth.
Elizabeth Kubler Ross. (Prentice-Hall., Englewood Cliff, New Jersey: 1975)
Dying: A book of comfort.
Pat McNees. (Warner Books, New York, N.Y.: 1998)
What Dying People Want.
David Kuhl. (The Bukowski Agency, Toronto, Ontario: 2002)
For Youth ...
The Grieving Teen.
Helen Fitzgerald. (Simon & Shuster, New York, N.Y.: 2000)
Help for the Hard Times.
Earl Hipp. (Hazelden, Center City, Minnesota: 1995)
For Children ...
Love you Forever.
Robert Munsch. (Firefly Books, Willowdale, Ontario: 1986)
The Tenth Good Thing About Barney.
Judith Viorst. (Simon & Shuster., New York, N.Y.: 1971)
I Wish I Could Hold Your Hand.
Dr. Pat Palmer. (HarperCollins Publishers Inc., New York, N.Y.: 1985)
The Fall of Freddy the Leaf.
Leo Buscaglia. (SLACK Incorporated, Thorofare, New Jersey: 1982)
VOLUNTEER RESOURCE LIBRARY
The Abbotsford Hospice Resource Library has books, articles and other reference materials to develop
the personal skills of hospice volunteers and promote Hospice philosophy. Resources are available to external
bereavement support workers by special arrangement.
Popular books currently available at Abbotsford Hospice House include ...
Intimate Death: How the dying teach us how to live.
Marie de Hennezel. (Random House Inc., New York, N.Y.: 1998)
Parental Loss of a Child.
Therese Rando. (Research Press, IL.: 1998)
Echoes of Suicide.
Siobhan Foster-Ryan. (Veritas Publications, Dublin, Ireland)
Cross Cultural Caring.
Nancy Waxler-Morrison, et al.
(The University of British Columbia Press., Vancouver, B.C.: 1990)
WELLNESS LIBRARY
The Wellness Library is a growing collection of materials available to Wellness Center clients, their families and caregivers. Though
currently small, it focuses on accessible, non-academic materials helpful to those dealing with respite,
care and planning for end-of-life issues. This library also features a number of popular films.
Did you know ...
grief sometimes takes longer than you thought it would?
grief can affect you emotionally, socially, as well as physically?
grief ccan be hard work?
grief may include feelings of anger and guilt?
there is a place to seek help and understand grief?
