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Hospice PEI
Directory of Grief Support Resources
Disclaimer
The material contained in this directory is provided for informational purposes
only. Hospice PEI does not make any representations as to the competence or
fitness of the individuals, organizations and/or services listed in this directory to
provide services. Hospice PEI shall not be liable for any acts or omissions of
these individuals, organizations or groups.
Confidentiality
The Association is committed to protecting the privacy of the personal
information of its patients, their family members and loved ones, employees and
other stakeholders. The Association values the trust of those we with whom we
deal, and of the public, and recognizes that maintaining this trust requires that we
be transparent and accountable in how we treat the information that individuals
choose to share with us.
During the course of our various programs, projects and activities, the
Association frequently gathers and uses personal information. Anyone from
whom we collect such information should expect that it will be carefully protected
and that any use of other dealings with this information is subject to consent.
The Association’s privacy practices are designed to achieve this.
Hospice Volunteer Services
This section contains the names of those individuals who have completed the
Hospice PEI Volunteer Training Program. These individuals have made a
commitment to the Association to allow their name to be listed in this directory
and if contacted, will attempt to provide grief support to those in need.
Please be aware that these individuals have no professional training. All of our
volunteers have completed a two-hour hospice grief support training course and
are required to enrol in our hospice volunteer training program.
The Hospice Volunteer Training Course consists of nine (9) two hour sessions
offered over a four week period. The format is an education-based, open group
discussion concentrating on the different aspects of grief and to enhance each
volunteer’s ability to listen and share experiences with those who are grieving.
Note: To those using this directory, we strongly recommend that you coordinate
the use of these services through the Grief Support Coordinator within your area.
We do NOT recommend direct contact with these volunteers by the directory user
or the individual(s) and/or family experiencing loss.
Queens
Hospice Coordinator
Andrea Conway
Crapaud RR#1, PE C0A 1J0
Grief Support Coordinator
Casey McGannon
238 Pownal Street
Charlottetown C1A 3X1
902-368-4095(W)
902-658-2175(H)
902-368-4064 (W)
902-314-0001 (C)
Eleanor Davies
44 Battery Point Drive
Charlottetown, PE C1B 2K8
902-569-1670
Elaine Gaudet
9 Marjorie Crescent.
Stratford, PE C1A 7V1
902-569-4333
Linda Gowing-Burke
60 Trail’s End Road
Hampton, Crapaud RR#1, C0A 1J0
902-658-2156
Sr. Alice Long
20 Belvedere Avenue
Charlottetown PE C1A 6A8
902-894-4529
Libba Mobbs
63 Orlebar Street
Charlottetown, PE C1A 4X5
902-892-8153
Richmond Centre Community Mental Health Intake Worker - 902-368-4430
1 Rochford Street
Charlottetown, PE
East Prince
Hospice/Grief Support Coordinator
Judy MacDougall
PO Box 3000
Summerside, PE C1N 2A9
Rev. Paul Wilkie
Prince County Hospital Chaplain
PO Box 3000
Summerside, PE C1N 2A9
902-438-4231
902-438-4374
Catherine Cooke, MSW, RSW
Paulette Gaudet, RSW
Social Workers
Prince County Hospital
PO Box 3000
Summerside, PE C1N 2A9
902-438-4343
902-438-4343
Connie and Mike Daley
150 Belmont Street
Summerside, PE C1N 1J9
902-436-8185
Dr. Christopher Stewart, Psychiatrist
290 Water Street
Summerside, PE C1N 1B
902-888-3800
Cancer Support Group
Marlene Cotton
902-836-4735
Joan Thompson
902-886-2974
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Meet the 1 Thursday of the month in the Chapel of the Prince County Hospital.
Summerside Community Mental Health Centre Intake Worker – 902-888-8180
Mental Health Inpatient
Michelle Arsenault, OT
Beth MacEwen, Social Worker
902-438-4409
902-438-4411
West Prince
Hospice/Grief Support Coordinator
Pat Arsenault
PO Box 611
O’Leary, PE C0B 1V0
902-859-2870
Trudy Betts
Box 14
Bloomfield, PE C0B 1E0
902-859-3194
Richard & Elaine Shea
RR#4 Tignish, PE C0B 2B0
902-882-3344
Almeda M. Thibodeau
1117 Mill Road
RR#3 O’Leary, PE C0B 1V0
email: [email protected]
902-853-3999
Judy MacIsaac
O’Leary, PE C0B 1V0
902-859-8731 (W)
902-859-3894 (H)
Sheila McCrae MacCallum
902-853-6523
JoAnn Plummer
Alberton
902-853-3435
Alberton Community Mental Health
Alberton
902-853-8670
Island-wide, for families of Veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs offers grief support services to family members of
veterans who had received support services through the Veteran’s Independence
Program (VIP). For more information on support services available, please contact
Casey McGannon, Queens Grief support Coordinator at 902-368-4064.
Volunteer Support Groups
This section contains the names and contact information of various support
groups (professional and non-professional) that provide support to a specific
group of individuals (i.e. widows, children, etc.) who have experienced loss.
Although we have attempted to identify all available resources within each region,
this list should not be considered complete. Please contact the local Hospice
Coordinator of Volunteers and/or consult other information sources for additional
support(s).
Queens
Grief Groups/Short term
Blanche Ward/Mark Buell
Call Blanche for details 902-368-4347
Grief and Grieving Ongoing Support Group
Blanche Ward 902-368-4347
Every Third Thursday of the Month
Casey McGannon 902-368-4064
Palliative Care Centre (Old Prince Edward Home)
7-830pm
Bereaved Parents
Libba Mobbs/Heather Brown
63 Orlebar Street
Charlottetown, PE C1A 4X5
Grief Support for One on One or Group.
Linda Gowing-Burke - Facilitator
60 Trail’s End Road
Hampton, Crapaud RR#1, C0A 1J0
902-892-8153
902-658-2156 (h)
Perinatal Support Group (Infant loss)
Broken Hearts Shattered Dreams
Krista MacEachern
902-675-4047 (Queens)
As needed at the Four Neighborhood’s Community Health Centre,
St. Peters Road. (Call Krista ahead)
Grief Share (Christian based, open to everyone)
Open Support Group, Norma Gorveatt
First Baptist Church
902-894-3951
235 Prince Street
Charlottetown, PE, C1A 4S2
St. Francis of Assisi
Joan Smith, Facilitator
5 Lowther Street
Cornwall, PE, C0A 1H0
6 - 8 week sessions beginning in Fall of each year
To register, please phone
902-566-3876
Take a Break
Women’s Outreach Group (not grief specific)
Anita Matheson
Salvation Army
Meet 2nd Thursday of each month
902-892-4613
East Prince
Rev. Ian Kurylyk
Fundamental Baptist Church
200 MacEwen Road
Summerside, PE
[email protected]
902-436-6250
Rev. Arthur Davies
Trinity United Church
90 Spring Street
Summerside, PE C1N 3E4
[email protected]
[email protected]
902-436-3155
Rev. Brad Blaikie
Summerside Presbyterian Church
130 Victoria Road
Summerside, PE C1N 2G5
[email protected]
902-436-2557
Father Chris Sherren
Florence Arsenault (Pastoral Care)
St. Paul’s Parish
289 Winter Street
Summerside, PE C1N 1N4
902-436-5112 (w), 436-2447(after 4:30)
902-426-5112
Rev. Gloria Churchill
Bedeque Pastoral Charge
Bedeque, PE C0B 1C0
[email protected]
902-887-2003
Tryon Baptist Church
TCH, Albany, RR# 1, PE, C0B 1A0
[email protected]
902-658-2822(w)
Major Willis & Priscilla Drover
Salvation Army
902-436-6044
Rev. Jenny Sharp, Rector
Rev. Ned Henthorn, Assistant
St. Mary’s Anglican Church
74 Summer Street
Summerside, PE C1N 3H9
902-888-2234
902-436-1685
West Prince
Mrs. Gladys Doucette
Miminegash, PE C0B 1S0
902-882-2794
Grief Support Group
Richard & Elaine Shea - Facilitators
RR#4, Tignish, PE C0B 2B0
902-882-3344
Private (fee for service) Resources
This section contains the names and contact information of professional groups
and/or individuals that provide service for a fee. Although we have attempted to
identify all available resources within Eastern Kings, this list should not be
considered complete.
Please contact the local Hospice Coordinator of
Volunteers and/or consult other information sources for additional support(s).
Queens
Catholic Family Service Bureau
129 Pownal Street
Charlottetown, PE C1A 7L3
email: [email protected]
(Also available - Play Therapy for Children)
902-894-3515
902-892-4045(fax)
Frank Bulger, MSW
Family Mediator/Certified Elder Mediator
902-368-2030
[email protected]
John Daley
Hillsborough Hospital
902-368-5415
Carol McInnis, RSW, Certified Family Mediator/Elder Mediator
902-566-9823
Viola Evans-Murley, MSW, RSW
902-569-2804
Certified Family/Elder Mediator
161 St. Peters Road, (leave message will return within 24 hrs.)
Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8
Teresa Kinnear
27 Seaview Blvd
Charlottetown, PE
902-566-2008
(Toll free - 1-866-528-2008)
C1A 2Z9
Mollie Malone
PO Box 20019
Charlottetown, PE C1A 9E3
Professional Counselor/Life Coach
902-892-4653 (Summer number)
Ray Malone, M. Ed.
(Counseling)
902-368-8416
Mary Lou Morrison, B.A., B.Ed., Ed.M., M.Ed./ Dr David Morrison
The Counseling and Training Centre
902-628-6004 Home: 902-566-4014
Rochford Street
Charlottetown, PE C1A 7L9
Gail Ross, MSW, MEd, RSW
902-367-0721
Kelly Reagan
Family and Children Services
902-368-5386
Rachael Roy
Optimum Health Counselling Service
902-626-6929
Life Line Christian Counseling
Mr. Gerard Woods, Counselor
902-393-3182
East Prince
David Bradley
Summerside
(Psychologist)
Bill Campbell, BA, Bed, CRT, CGC, CCC
185 Greenwood Drive
Summerside, PE C1N 5X6
[email protected]
902-888-7792
902-436-3545
Jan Henry
293 Water Street
Summerside, PE C1N1C1
902-436-0098
Frank MacAulay
902-432-0277
Patricia Winchester, RSW
Miscouche, PE
C0B 1T0
902-436-3875
Dr. Neil McLure, M.Sc., M.A., Psy.D.,C. Psych.
292 Water Street, 3rd. Floor
Summerside, PE C1N 1B8
902-432-3910
West Prince
(No names or other information available)
Grief Support Resources
There are many grief support and loss resources available at the Hospice
PEI offices in the new Provincial Palliative Care Centre on Murchison Drive.
Please call ahead at 902-368-4498 and ask about free and loanable books,
CDs, DVDs on hand.
Beattie, Melody. The Lessons of Love.*
Brothers, Joyce. Widowed. Ballantine Publishing, 1992. *(regular and large print)
Colgrove, Melba and Bloomfield, Harold H. and McWilliams, Peter. How to Survive the
Loss of a Love. Prelude Press, 1977.
Crenshaw, David A. Grief support.
New York: Crossroads Publishing Co., 1995. *
Deits, Bob. Life After Loss. Fisher Books, 1999. *
Detrick, R.L. and Steele, Nicola.
Judson Press, 1996.
How to Recover From Grief. Valley Forge, PA:
Didion, Joan. The Year of Magical Thinking. Knopf Doubleday, 2007
Didion, Joan. Blue Nights. Knopf Doubleday, 2011
Furman, Erma & Freud, Anna. A Child’s Parent Dies: Studies in child Grief support.
Yale University Press. *
Genova, Lisa. Still Alice. iUniverse 2007
Grollman, Earl A. Straight Talk About Death for Teenagers. Beacon Press, 1993. *
Grollman, Earl A. Talking About Death: A Dialogue Between Parent and Child. Beacon
Press, 1991.
Grollman, Earl A. Living When A Loved One Has Died. Beacon Press, 1995
Heavilor, Marilyn Roses in December. Harvest House Publishers, 1998*
Kolf, June C., Grandma’s Tears. Baker Books, 1995
Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth, On Death and Dying. Scribner Classics, 1997. *
Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth. Death: The Final Stage. Distican Inc., 1986. *
Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth. To Live Until we Say Good-bye. 1997. *
Kubler-Ross, Elisabeth. AIDS: The Ultimate Challenge. Simon & Schuster Trade, 1997*.
Kushner, Harold. When Bad Things Happen to Good People. Avon Books, 1998. *
Lewis, C.S. A Grief Observed. New York: Bantam Books, 1976. *
Manning, Doug. Don’t Take My Grief Away. Harper Collins Canada Ltd., 1984. *
Miller, James E. What will Help Me/How Can I Help. Indiana: Willowgreen Publishing,
1994.
Rando, Theresa. How to Go on Living When Someone You Love Dies. Bantam Books,
1991. *
Rupp, Joyce, O.S.M. Praying our Goodbyes.
Ave Maria Press, 1999. *
Sanders, Catherine. Surviving Grief and Learning to Live Again. John Wiley & Sons
Canada, Ltd., 1992 *
Schiff, Harriet Sarnoff Living Through Mourning:
Finding Comfort and Hope When a Loved One Has Died. Penguin Books of Canada
Ltd., 1987 *
Siegal, Bernie S. Peace, Love & Healing. Walker & Company, 1990. *
Staudacher, Carol. Men and Grief. New Harbinger Publications, 1987.
Tatelbaum, Judy. The Courage to Grieve. Harper Collins Canada Ltd., 1984. *
Wolterstorff, Nicholas. Lament for a Son. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1987. *
Westberg, Granger. Good Grief. Augsburg Fortress Canada.
Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1971.
Whitmore Hickman, Martha. Healing After Grief and Loss: Daily Meditations for Working
Through Grief. HarperCollins Publishing, 1994.
* Available at the Confederation Centre Library.
For additional resources, check out the Web site of the Confederation Centre Library at
www.library.pe.ca . Resources at the Confederation Centre Library can be obtained at
all Provincial libraries.
Updated April, 2015