LEWISTON — Androscoggin Home Care and Hospice will offer several programs this spring to provide information and support to children and adults in Central and Western Maine grieving the death of a loved one.

Program sessions will help participants understand the grief process, share feelings and experiences and find hope and comfort. All programs are led by trained bereavement volunteers and/or professional grief facilitators and are offered at no cost to participants.

The following programs will be offered:

Lewiston/Auburn area

Program for Grieving Children and Teens will meet from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning April 27.

Bereavement after Suicide will meet from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Mondays, beginning May 3.

Guidance through Grief will meet from 2 to 3:30 p.m. or from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning May 4. The program is co-sponsored with Central Maine Medical Center.

Oxford Hills area

Pathways through Grief will meet from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, beginning May 5.

Farmington/Wilton area

Program for Grieving Children and Teens will meet from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays, beginning April 28.

Pathways through Grief will meet from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning May 4.

Rumford area

Program for Grieving Children and Teens will meet from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays, beginning April 28.

Pathways through Grief will meet from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, beginning May 5.

Bridgton

Pathways through Grief will meet from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays, beginning May 5.

All programs require preregistration. For more information, program locations or to preregister, call 795-9460 or 1-800-482-7412, ext. 1460.