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Medi Home Health and Hospice 2023 Memorial Service
Please join us as we celebrate the lives of our friends and family members served by Medi Home Health and Hospice in 2020, 2021, and 2022. The service will begin live-streaming at 6 p.m. and will abe available after the service for anyone unable to attend.
Creating Meaning in Grief During the Holidays
https://youtu.be/9gPTWe6-Fmk Marcella Williams, our Peninsula Community Outreach Coordinator, has prepared this 30 minute session on "Creating Meaning During the Holiday Season." This presentation is designed to help the bereaved during the holiday season. The session...
Grieving During a Pandemic: A Conversation about Helping the Bereaved During COVID-19
https://youtu.be/LeAW1l-C23w This webinar was prepared as part of our Grief Support Alliance series by Peninsula Community Outreach Coordinator Marcella Williams. Recorded on August 11, 2020, the presentation was designed for home health, hospice, and hospital staff;...
When You Can’t Attend a Funeral: A Simple Reflection at Home
We know that this is a difficult time for those in our community who are trying to keep themselves and their neighbors safe during this pandemic. This difficulty is compounded when experiencing the loss of a neighbor, friend, or family member. In order to help you...
Funeral Services and Care During COVID-19
The past several weeks have been an extraordinarily difficult time for our community and humanity. While more is known each day about the characteristics of COVID-19 and its potential impact, much is still unclear. We at Altmeyer are sensitive to your concerns. Our...
What is Estate Administration and Why Does Everyone Want to Avoid It?
Sarah M. Saville, Associate Attorney at McDermott Ward Attorneys and Counselors at Law, explains the process of estate administration. When a person passes away, the family is faced with the daunting task of figuring out what legally happens with the person’s...
Moving Forward Sometimes Means Changing Spaces
They say you never fully get over the loss of someone you love. This is true in many respects, but you do go on. And sometimes, the best thing you can do to honor the memory of a love lost set out on a new adventure by giving yourself a change of address. Don’t Go...
Blue Christmas: Grief and the Holidays
When the wind changes temperature, snow flurries begin to fall. The leaves are changing colors from a healthy green to a deep maroon or orange. Then they begin to slowly fall from the tree and make their impressions on the ground. The light summer jackets are hung in...