San Diego County Coalition for Improving End-of-Life Care

San Diego County Coalition
A Not-for-Profit Corporation

UPCOMING EVENTS

The Elizabeth Hospice - Children and Illness

The Center for Compassionate Care of The Elizabeth Hospice is hosting a free three-part lecture series designed for helping children and families who are coping with a serious illness or grief.

TIME:	5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
WHEN:	January 10, 2012 -- How Children & Teens Understand Illness & Grief January 17, 2012 -- Talking with Children & Teens About Illness, Grief & Loss January 24, 2012 -- Helping Families Organize a Support System
WHERE:	Center for Compassionate Care 930 Canterbury Place Escondido, CA 92025
RSVP:	Required - to register please call the Community Education Coordinator at 760-737-2050
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Hemlock Society of San Diego - A Short Stay in Switzerland

A BBC docudrama about the true story of Dr. Anne Turner, a British doctor who develops a progressive, disabling neurological condition – the same one her husband had who died a prolonged and crippling death.

TIME:	1:30 p.m.
WHEN:	January 14, 2012
WHERE:	Joyce Beers Community Center Hillcrest - 1230 Cleveland St. San Diego, CA 92103
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Loss and Grief Support in Temecula
Sponsored by: VITAS Innovative Hospice Care

The changes can be overwhelming following a death. We feel like our world has been turned upside down. Sometimes even simple tasks can seem insurmountable.

TIME:	6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
WHEN:	January 11, 2012 -- Coping After the Holidays February 7, 2012 -- Special Holidays and Grief March 6, 2012 -- Grief 101: Coping With a Recent Death
WHERE:	Sterling Senior Communities Building B, Los Flores Room 41780 Butterfield Stage Road, Temecula, CA 92592
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While there is no cost for the seminar, pre-registration is requested. Please call Brad Devor, VITAS Bereavement Services, at 1.800.394.6774 or 909.386.6000 ext.6424

Sharp HospiceCare - "Bereavement Support Schedule • Winter 2012"

Community outreach program for people who are grieving the death of a loved one.

Our focus is to provide grief education, support and referral services; to increase community awareness and knowledge of the needs of those who are grieving; and to provide education to the community and professionals about death and dying, the grieving process and unique requirements for support.

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VITAS Innovative Hospice Care® of San Diego - Transitions Group

The Transitions Group is for anyone who has participated in a Bereavement Group and would like to meet in a social seeting with othrs who are healing their grief.

WHEN:	2nd Tuesday every month
TIME:	5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
WHERE:	A San Diego Restaurant selected by the group members in attendance the previous month.
RSVP:	Lydia Lesar, LCSW 858.503.4913
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VITAS Innovative Hospice Care® of San Diego - Writing My Grief: A Healing Journey

This is a free, ongoing group offered by VITAS Innovative Hospice Care® of San Diego for anyone who has experienced the death of an important person in their life.

Facilitators for this group will be VITAS Chaplain and published poet Trina "Poetrina" Williams and LaVon Switzer, LCSW, VITAS Bereavement Services Manager.

WHEN:	Wednesdays
TIME:	5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
WHERE:	VITAS Office 9655 Granite Ridge Drive, Suite 300 San Diego, CA 92123
RSVP:	LaVon Switzer, LCSW VITAS Bereavement Services Manager, 858-499-8901
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Hospice of the North Coast

Hospice of the North Coast is a community based, non-profit organization committed to assisting patients and their families navigate the ever-changing mosaic of healthcare choices. Available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 760.431.4100.

Patient and Family Services
Integrative Therapies - Expanding Patient Choices
The Hope Bereveament Center
Bereavement Resources

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VITAS Innovative Hospice Care® - "Men's Caregiver Support Group"

VITAS Innovative Hospice Care® invites you to join Men's Caregiver Support Group.

Designed for men who are caregivers & survivors, supporting & educating each other through their shared experiences of care giving, grief, and coping with the unique challenges related to a loved one's Alzheimer's, dementia or other terminal diagnosis.

WHEN:	1st and 3rd Thursday of each month
TIME:	10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
WHERE:	9655 Granite Ridge Drive, Suite 300, San Diego, CA 92123
RSVP:	LaVon Switzer, LCSW or Lydia Lesar, LCSW Bereavement Services Managers 858/499-8901

Community Outreach - Bereavement Support Group

"You're not alone with your grief" — Facilitated by: Stephanie Shaffer MSW

WHEN:	Meets every Tuesday
TIME:	3:00 p.m.
WHERE:	At Silvergate Residential Facility 420 Elbrook Dr. Fallbrook, CA Upstairs in the Library
	Call Fallbrook Hospice for further information: 760-731-7741