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| Parmenter Community Health Care is an independent, non-profit health care agency providing home health, hospice and community services for the metrowest area. | ||
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| Parmenter's Wayside Hospice Care | ||
HEART play sm
Helping Young Hearts Heal
HEART play sm is:
- Children of hospice families saying goodbye to their loved ones
- Children meeting other kids who understand illness and death and loss
- Children celebrating the lives of deceased loved ones through the creative arts
- Families remembering deceased relatives and friends with love
- Grieving teens helping themselves by helping others
"A Moment in Heaven" by HEART play sm participant
The HEART play sm Workshops gather children ages 3-12 after a death. Through conversation, visual expression, music, writing, and storytelling the children share their feelings and experiences. This creative process invites new understanding about death and life.
Adolescents in Grades 7-12 are welcome to assist as mentors at all workshops. Grieving teens have found meaning by helping the younger participants.
Adults may attend an informal discussion, facilitated by Wayside Hospice staff, during HEART play sm workshops.
Book lists for children and teens and adults are available. Click here for an emailed copy of book lists.
Click here to Download a copy of the Book List.
For a hard copy of the book list or more information about the HEART play sm Program, please call the Children's Serives Coordinator at 508-358-3000 x244.
Click here to view Helping Young Hearts Heal, a 7 minute video about HEART play sm.
In their own words . . . |
| "HEART play sm is a good place to talk about your feelings. I really like going to HEART play sm." |
| "When someone´s died that was close to you, this would be the perfect place to go because no one is going to make fun of you. There´s nothing to be ashamed about." |
| "HEART play sm is a place for children to grow and learn from others. It´s a kind of help for themselves in dealing with such a big problem." |
| "HEART play sm helps you a lot and you can talk more easily. HEART play sm kids are special." |
| "HEART play sm makes you feel better. HEART play sm are your friends." |
| "HEART play sm was fun and it helps you understand about dying more." |
| "HEART play sm lets you know you´re not the only one who had a family member die, and you do really fun stuff there." |
| "It’s great incorporating art with grief, and art with healing. If it helps me and I’m 18, it’s got to help the little kids, too!" — teen mentor |
| "After I go to HEART play sm I'm full of energy because I got to do something really good." — teen mentor |
| "It was rewarding. You are not only helping them, but you are helping yourself emotionally." — teen mentor |
| "HEART play sm is a real gift for my family." — parent |
| "HEART play sm put a smile on my child's face." — parent |
| "HEART play sm is an extraordinary program that has helped our healing process tremendously." — parent |
Schedule of HEART play sm Workshops
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| Sat | 10/16/10 | Children's HEART play sm Workshops |
| For children grieving the death of a relative or friend. | ||
| Sat | 12/11/10 | Children's HEART play sm Workshops |
| For children grieving the death of a relative or friend. | ||