Hospice of Santa Cruz County

HSCC’S grief support services provide assistance specific to the needs of seniors, adults, teens, and young children. Grief support is offered to hospice families and to the community at large in English and Spanish and can be accessed privately, in small groups, and in schools.

The Children's Grief Program provides direct bereavement education and compassionate support that helps children and adolescents give voice to their loss. Taking into account developmental age factors and the uniqueness of each child’s grief journey, HUG offers participants multiple ways to express their thoughts, memories, and feelings in a caring environment. Whether in individual counseling, through group work or in-school groups, children learn that death is a natural part of life, that grief is a normal and healthy response, and most importantly, that they are not alone in confronting their loss. A healthy understanding of Grief goes far beyond concrete pieces of information about death to impart the techniques that will aid in future stress management and emotional wellness.

HSCC provides exceptional hospice care for our community.

Concurrent Care for Children is a newly established program within Hospice of Santa Cruz County. Concurrent care is a relatively new term and may be unfamiliar to you. The simplest way to think of our program is that we combine palliative care and hospice care across time for children with potentially life limiting illnesses. We provide home-based pain and symptom management, to assist with physical, mental and spiritual health issues, while helping optimize quality of life and the priorities or goals of the child and family. Children on our service may continue to seek life-sustaining and curative treatments, while receiving home-based comfort care.