Aftercare

Losing a loved one is one of the most difficult and trying situations a person can experience. To help you cope with your loss as well as adjust to life without your loved one, Heritage Funeral Home is pleased to provide information to the following aftercare services.

"Grief Share"
GriefShare outreach ministry is available to you while recovering from the loss of a loved one. It is a video seminar/support group class which meets weekly on Thursday's at 6:30 pm for fourteen (14) weeks. The videos feature some of the nation's foremost experts on grief recovery topics. Each seminar is combined with a grief support group discussion time.
Meeting place is at "The Crossing", 7501 Standifer Gap Road. A ministry of East Ridge Church of God. For information you may contact the church office at 423-867-7287 or Ed & Nancy Zipp at 423-296-9006.

Willowgreen
A leading provider of information and inspiration in the areas of illness and dying, loss and grief, healthy care giving, life transition, and spirituality.

Growth House
An international gateway to resources for life-threatening illness and end of life issues. Hypertext topic pages link to sites around the world. Links to hospice and home care, bereavement, death with dignity, AIDS, and related topics in life-threatening illness.

GriefNet
GriefNet is an Internet community of persons dealing with grief, death, and major loss. They have many email support groups. Their integrated approach to online grief support provides help to people working through loss and grief issues.

Center for Loss and Life Transition
A private organization dedicated to furthering our understanding of and compassion for the complex set of emotions we call grief. Dedicated to helping both the bereaved, by walking with them in their unique life journeys, and bereavement caregivers, by serving as their educational liaison and professional forum.

National Hospice
The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) is the largest nonprofit membership organization representing hospice and palliative care programs and professionals in the United States. The organization is committed to improving end of life care and expanding access to hospice care with the goal of profoundly enhancing quality of life for people dying in America and their loved ones.

AARP Grief and Loss Center
A website oraganized by the AARP dedicated to helping people cope with the grief and loss of a loved one.