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The Wings
Community Education Division
of
Hospice of
Citrus County, Inc./Hospice of the Nature Coast
provides
educational programs and grief support to
anyone who
has experienced a loss.
Grief support
is provided on an individual basis or as
part of a group. Educational
programs are
offered to community groups and
organizations, schools, and businesses.
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Children
are often faced with difficult grief
issues. For
instance, the death of a
grandparent, considered to an
adult as a
“normal” culmination of a fruitful life, can
have
a major negative impact on a child.
The death of a parent, sibling, other family
member or friend can create anxiety
and fear
in children. When death is a result of
abuse,
murder, suicide, drug use or
accident, children may develop inappropriate
social behaviors if they do not receive help
for their grief. Death in the world is
instantly brought into children’s lives by
TV and the internet within seconds of an
event. When children can’t
cope they act
out and may become self-destructive. In
most cases, the adult world blames
children
for their behaviors without considering root
causes of their pain and resulting
behaviors.
Professional counselors of the Herry’s Kids
Division of Hospice of Citrus County, Inc./Hospice
of the Nature Coast view children in a
different way. They recognize the negative
impact
that grief can have on a child’s life
and they teach the child to work through
their loss.
Children are referred through
the school system, physicians, law
enforcement and community programs. Services
may be provided in a variety of settings.
  
Kamp Time
at your School,
Camp Good Hope and Teen Encounter
are all programs
that teach children about
loss and the process of healing. Camps are
solely
supported by community donations,
corporate sponsorships and grants. An array
of comprehensive activities is presented in
a relaxed camp setting. Children
participate with a licensed social worker in
various group sessions at their school or
camp site to understand
the loss they have
experienced so they can begin the process of
healing. Therapies
include art therapy,
play therapy, music therapy, drama, and
one-on-one discussion.
Weekend Camps
include sports, crafts, canoeing & horsemanship.
Life-threatening illness and death are
rarely the expected outcomes for a child and
are
devastating and life-altering events for
the affected family. Hospice of Citrus
County
Inc./Hospice of the Nature Coast provides
a continuum of care for children and their
parents when a
child is diagnosed with a
life threatening condition. Parents, not
prepared to make an
"either-or" choice
between treatments aimed at achieving
comfort and treatments aimed
at disease
management, are assured that extending the
life of the child as much as possible,
while
addressing the symptoms from the beginning,
will be the focus of care. Service and
guidance is aimed at helping families make
decisions regarding goals of care, treatment
options and settings for
care.
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 Life
WORKS provides quality, compassionate
Cardiac and Pulmonary
care in your
home. This program is for cardiac or
pulmonary disease
patients who need
the physical, emotional, and spiritual
support that
Hospice of Citrus County/Hospice
of the Nature Coast
is known for. The
Life WORKS program
is designed to educate the patient and
family on symptom and disease
management while utilizing your
specific plan of care from your
physician. |
The
Shalom Jewish Hospice Program serves
the needs of our Jewish community.
This program upholds the Jewish
values, customs, and 
Clown
Tyme are Hospice volunteers who are
trained in the art of outreach
clowning. Clown Tyme Clowns visit
patients in institutional settings to
brighten their days. The Clowns
participate in local charitable events
to spread good will and cheer. Hospice
of Citrus County
PUPS
Program features volunteers who have
dogs certified through Therapy Dog
International (TDI). These volunteers
visit patients in institutional
settings to uplift spirits. Hospice of
Citrus County
Wishes
is the end-of-life wish-granting
division 
