LEWISTON — Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice is seeking individuals who are interested in becoming bereavement volunteers for grieving loved ones. A training class will meet from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, Feb. 24 through March 10, at the agency’s office, 15 Strawberry Ave.

The bereavement volunteer training course prepares volunteers to provide grief support, including one-to-one visits and telephone support, for loved ones and family members in the year following the death of a hospice patient.

The training will be facilitated by Jim Douglas, Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice’s hospice bereavement supervisor. The course curriculum will explore grief through group discussions, readings and individual and group activities. Training topics will include hospice philosophy, understanding the issues surrounding grief, recognizing normal and complicated grief, listening skills and companioning.

“It is a sad fact that many who suffer the death of a loved one don’t want to burden others with their feelings of grief. Bereavement volunteers and grief groups make it possible for grieving family and friends of our hospice patients to comfortably share their feelings with trained volunteers who understand their needs,” said Douglas.

For more information, visit www.AHCH.org or call the Volunteer Office at 777-7740.