Family Support Services

A message from

Carol Reed

Coordinator of Family Support Services
& Grief Management Specialist
 

As coordinator of “FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES” of Reed Funeral Home, I have a unique privilege of companioning individuals and families on their journey through grief. As funeral professionals, we realize the funeral and committal service are only the beginning steps in acknowledging the reality of the death of a loved one. Our program of care extends the traditional concept of caring for families at the time of the death and the funeral through the first year of bereavement. “FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES” is a continuum of care designed to promote healing through understanding and education while providing support and assistance in working through the grief process and readjusting to life without our loved one. Please contact myself, Carol Reed, if you are interested in participated in any of the workshops or programs listed below, (330) 477-6721.

“FAMILY SUPPORT SERVICES" includes the following:

 Transitions Support Letter

Published and distributed quarterly for those who are grieving and those who are in support roles. Publication mailed to each family we serve through the first year of bereavement.

 Lending Library

Family Support Services maintains an extensive lending library of the most current resources on LOSS AND GRIEF. In grief, it is natural to seek information so we can better understand our grief and how it affects our lives or the lives of those we are supporting following the death of a loved one. It is through knowledge and understanding that we gain a sense of control in our lives.

 Grief Support and Education Workshops

For adults grieving the death of a loved one:
(spouse, parent, child, sibling, grandchild, and grandparent, friend or companion)
Eight week series – choice of AM or PM
January/February
April/May
September/October

 Grief Support and Education Workshops For
 Specific Losses

(Workshops scheduled as requested)
ADULTS GRIEVING THE DEATH OF PARENTS
YOUNG WIDOWED ADULTS (under age 55)
SURVIVORS OF DEATH BY SUICIDE
MEN IN GRIEF
PARENTS GRIEVING THE DEATH OF AN ADULT CHILD

 “Good Grief” Camp For Kids

(Ages 9 – 12)
Camp is one week – summer months

 H.U.G.S.S

(Help Us Grieve Someone Special)
Family Support Services offers a compassionate and supportive approach to helping young children with their first experiences with death, grief and funeral rites.
(Available prior to first visitation for children ages 4 – 8)