While under our care, each guest who attends a service at one of our funeral home locations is offered a Healing Wristband .
Each month, one of the nominees submitted for that month will be selected to win a Hospice Caregiver of the Month Award. A Ballard-Durand team member will visit the winner’s hospice personally to deliver the award and take a photo of the award winner. Monthly winners will also be promoted on the Ballard-Durand Funeral & Cremation Services website and Facebook page.
No one is prepared for grief. The rush of feelings, the thoughts, anxieties, and heartache can take us by surprise and drive us to our knees. Yet, when we choose to harness that power for self-growth, amazing things can happen. Good can come from pain. Sigmund Freud first brought up the concept of grief work in 1917, and today the idea that bereavement is purpose-driven continues. Dr. James Worden chose to see the work of bereavement as task-oriented: