Hartford HealthCare at Home Hospice offers bereavement groups

Hartford HealthCare at Home Hospice Care is offering two free monthly bereavement support groups at each of five locations, including Merden. The May sessions are:

Meriden – Second and fourth Tuesdays of the month, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., MidState Medical Center, 435 Lewis Ave., with Doreen Bottone, MidState chaplain. May meetings: May 9 and 23

Glastonbury – First and third Wednesdays of the month, 2 to 3:30 p.m., Riverfront Community Center, 300 Welles St., with facilitator Bill Pilkington, supervisor for pastoral and bereavement services. May meetings: May 3 and 17

Hartford – Second and fourth Mondays of the month, 1 to 2:15 p.m., Hartford Hospital, 85 Jefferson St., Room 116, with facilitator Andrea Burr, pastoral counselor. May meetings: May 8 and 22

Mansfield – First and third Thursdays of the month, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Mansfield Center, 34 Ledgebrook Drive, with facilitator Ivan Bilyk, pastoral counselor supervisor. May meetings: May 4 and 18

Norwich – Second and fourth Wednesdays of the month, 4:30 to 6 p.m., William W. Backus Hospital, 326 Washington St., with Thomas Flynn, SC, pastoral counselor. May meetings: May 10 and 24

For more information, call 855.HHC.HERE (855.442.4373).