Hartford HealthCare offers free bereavment support groups

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

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. September meetings: Sept. 4 & 18

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. September meetings: Sept. 11 & 25

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. September meetings: Sept. 7 & 21

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. September meetings: Sept. 12 & 26

Norwich – Second and fourth Wednesdays of the month, 2 to 3:30 p.m., William W. Backus Hospital, 326 Washington St., with Thomas Flynn, SC, pastoral counselor. September meetings: Sept. 13 & 27

For more information, call 855.HHC.HERE/ 855.442.4373.