Living With Grief Presentation Set for Nov. 16

Brookings Health System will offer the Hospice Foundation of America’s Living with Grief: When Grief is Complicated DVD presentation for free on Thursday, Nov. 16 from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at First Lutheran Mission Coffee House.

The program is designed to assist counselors and others working with bereaved persons understand, assess and assist individuals who may be experience complicated forms of bereavement. The presentation will begin with an overview of contemporary work on complicated grief and then explore interventive strategies to support grievers experiencing complicated forms of grief.

Two-and-a-half contact hours of continuing education (CE) credit may be earned. Participants must make their own arrangements for CE credit online after the program. The CE credits fee is $21.

Registration is required by Nov. 10 at www.brookingshealth.org/LivingWithGrief. For questions, please contact Denise Larson at (605) 696-8090.

About Brookings Health System

Brookings Health System, located in Brookings, South Dakota, includes a 49-bed hospital, the 79-bed The Neighborhoods at Brookview nursing home, Brookhaven Estates senior living apartments, Yorkshire Eye Clinic, Arlington Medical Center, White Medical Clinic and Volga Medical Clinic. It is a non-profit, city-owned facility that offers the community a full range of inpatient, outpatient, surgical and extended care services. The emergency room is staffed 24 hours a day and provides around the clock patient needs ranging from minor injuries to life threatening crises. For more information about the services offered at Brookings Health System, please call (605) 696-9000 or visit us on the Web at brookingshealth.org.