UPDATING OPT IN LIST: If you are interested in resuming in-person visits, please let us know. While COVID protocols remain with few in-person volunteer opportunities, essential respite requests have increased. In-person visits will continue to require submission of a personal health screening, COVID protocol questions regarding family and patient health, mask requirement, and appropriate distancing.
RITUALS: Rituals serve as a bridge between our outer and inner worlds, between the profane and the sacred, and between the ordinary and the extraordinary. Ritual has its roots in religion, and life's fundamental passages are often traditionally accompanied by religious ritual. But life's great passages are by nature spiritual. They affirm human mystery and mutability, our connection with the universal.
9/25 Rituals - Kim Mooney, Thanatologist
Practically Dying, LLC. Practically-Dying.com Ritual is an
approach to life, to events, to moments. Whether it passes in three
minutes or is days long, it is ceremony of passage. Some rituals are
formalized; others are spontaneous. Some are done privately, and some are
held in and for community, but all speak to our human desire to mark something
as sacred, however that is defined by each of us.
10/2 Book Club: Being Mortal by Atul Gawande Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End is a 2014 non-fiction book by American surgeon Atul Gawande. The book was published in 2014. The book addresses end-of-life care, hospice care, and also contains Gawande's reflections and personal stories. Wikipedia
10/7 RESCHEDULED TO 10/14: TRUvies Movie Night rescheduled due to Vice Presidential Debates 2020. Stay tuned for movie title.
10/9 Threshold Singers: We are a group of singers who offer our voices in service at the bedsides of people who are dying or are seriously ill. In a small group of 3 or 4, we sing soft, gentle, heartfelt songs to offer presence, comfort, and kindness. Our group is one of almost 200 Threshold Choir chapters worldwide. To learn more, go to thresholdchoir.org/boulder_county
10/14 The Conversation Project: New Volunteer
Training 1-3pm
We are looking for
volunteers! If you are interested in becoming a trained Conversation Coach for
The Conversation Project in Boulder County, please join us for our last 2020
session. You will learn about the history of The Conversation Project, advance
directive basics, and how to help people have these vital conversations with
those that matter most. AmandaMeier@trucare.org
10/15 “COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 and the Pandemic” The general public is welcome to join MIT Professors Richard Young and Facundo Batista as they discuss the science of the pandemic during this new class. Special guest speakers include: Anthony Fauci, David Baltimore, Britt Glaunsinger, Bruce Walker, Eric Lander, Michel Nussenzweig, Akiko Iwasaki, Arlene Sharpe, Kizzmekia Corbett, and others. Recorded videos through December 8, 2020.
Livestreaming Instructions
The livestream will be available to
the public, but only registered students may ask questions during the Q&A.
To view the livestream, click
on this link and
type in the password: mit-covid.
Miss a class? You’ll be able to view a video of the lecture on this page. Please note: It will take a few days
to caption and post each lecture video after the livestream has ended.
If you cannot find what you’re looking for on this page, please email covidcourse@mit.edu and we will do our best to respond to your query.
10/21 The Conversation Project: New Volunteer Training
1-4pm
We are looking for volunteers! If you are interested in becoming a trained Conversation Coach for The Conversation Project in Boulder County, please join us for our last 2020 session. You will learn about the history of The Conversation Project, advance directive basics, and how to help people have these vital conversations with those that matter most. AmandaMeier@trucare.org
10/23 Green Burials – Mary Reilly-McNellan
10/30 If these Stones
Could Talk: Tales from Columbia Cemetery, Boulder, Colorado – Mary Reilly-McNellan
Related Ask the Mortician: Girl Talk with the Dead! (Learn about the birth of Spiritualism - Don’t be scared by the ads. Proceeds will be donated to support the work of an individual: Cheyney McKnight, a performance artist and historian who creates educational programing about slavery and the African experience during the 18th and 19th Centuries. Even the out-takes are fun to watch! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPMJin0BTqE
11/5 Coping with the Holidays When You Are Grieving
1:00
PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
Brandy Queen, LPC Seniors Counselor and Resource Education Coordinator | she, her, hers - Senior Services | City of Longmont
Join Zoom Meeting:
https://zoom.us/j/95871996933
Meeting ID: 958 7199 6933 Dial by your location: 720-707-2699
11/6 Book Club: Pending title - Veteran Related
Pending:
Qualified Listeners - Greg Goettsch GregG@qualifiedlisteners.org
11/13 Veteran
Program:
11/20 Veteran
Program:
11/27 Veteran Program:
12/4 Book Club: Final Gifts by Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley "For everyone who has been or ever will be close to someone who is dying, this book is aimed at helping them to understand not only what the experience of death is like, but also how to interpret the symbolic messages by which the dying attempt to communicate their needs to us. ... Google Books
Additional Book Club Title: The Five Invitations by Frank Ostaseksi
12/11 PBS Newshour: Why African-American seniors are less likely to use hospice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dypoYEvBfs4 Black seniors are more likely than whites and Latinos to forgo hospice care. Due to deeply felt religious beliefs and a long history of discrimination in the U.S., African-American patients are often reluctant to plan for the end of their lives, and more skeptical when doctors suggest stopping treatment. Special correspondent Sarah Varney reports on efforts to change some of those beliefs. Gather with us to watch this short video and engage in some insightful discussion following.
12/18 Volunteer Holiday Celebration
12/25 NO
Meeting Today - Merry Christmas!!!
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