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St. Joseph’s/Providence Hospital
Mission Hospital, Laguna Beach
- 10 week courses
- Tuesdays, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
- CALL to sign up: 949-499-1311, ext 7133
Saddleback Memorial Care Hospital
Hoag Hospital
For those individuals who have recently lost a loved one, these 1.5 hour groups offer heartfelt support and guidance with feelings of loneliness, loss and isolation, learning how to live with grief, and moving forward. Groups meet weekly in Irvine at Family Services OC (Tuesdays at 2:00 pm) and Laguna Woods (Wednesdays 10:00 am).
- Cally Clein, Cally@jffs.org, 949-435-3460 ext.359
- https://jewishorangecounty.org/calendar/family-services-bereavement-support-group-irvine
SoMang Society was established with the mission of promoting ‘Well-Aging, Well-Dying.’ Death is something that is part of our lives and our programs help participants to better prepare for the last stages of their lives. Support in Korean and English.
Tustin & Laguna Hills
949-463-5323
Serving Farsi, Spanish, Vietnamese, English,
Offers a support group for bereavement, grief, and separation issues
Offers workshops and classes that address the emotional and social aspects of illness, grief, abuse, and stress through the language of color and painting to provide encouragement and motivation for individuals. While the workshops are therapeutic, facilitators are not therapists. English and Spanish available.
- Laguna Hills, 949-367-1902, info@art4healing.org
- www.art4healing.org
Provides 24/7 online support for individuals and families experiencing the loss of a child. Administrators and moderators are bereaved family members who have been trained to offer support. Offers AGAST: Alliance of Grandparents - for grandparents who have experienced the death of a grandchild.
- www.missfoundation.org
- info@missfoundation.org // 888-455-6477
Downloadable Resources
- Orange County Office on Aging: How to Talk to Seniors About Grief
- How to Talk to Seniors About Grief
- This tip-sheet is for staff at senior centers and senior-serving organizations. This is not meant to be a clinical document, merely a support.
- List of Adult Grief & Bereavement Support Groups
- List of Diocese of Orange Bereavement Grief Support Groups
- List of St. Joseph Health Hospice's Grief-Related Reading for all age groups
- List of Southern California Bereavement Support Groups
- Kaiser Health News: For Seniors, COVID-19 Sets Off A Pandemic Of Despair
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