TRUvies Movie and Zoom Calendar

 

TRU Volunteer Connection Zoom Meeting Schedule and Opportunities

9/2 TRUvis Movie Night, 6:30pm to 8:30pm.

Zoom Code: 850 229 3682

This documentary film series features the views of a range of experts in palliative care and will highlight the experiences of people working with patients who are facing death.  Next Film: Prison Terminal:  The Last Days of Private Jack Hall – An RN from the Iowa prison featured in this moving documentary will be joining us. This documentary breaks through the walls of one of Americas oldest maximum security prisons to tell the story of the final months in the life of a terminally ill prisoner and the hospice volunteers, they themselves prisoners, who care for him.

9/4       TRU Thrift Store Update - Lynn McCullough, Manager. All of TRU services are created to support families and individuals who are coping with illness and loss in our community. TRU’s Thrift Store began with the hopes of providing an outlet for people to give and receive one-of-a-kind items that someone once held dear. The sale of these beloved and unique items goes to support families in need of TRU’s care. Check in with us during Lynn’s update to learn more about the current hours and offerings at the TRU Thrift Store during COVID-19.

9/11    Decision-making Across the Spectrum of Memory Loss: Constance Holden, RN, MSN is the chair of the Ethics Consultation Team at Boulder Community Health, a member of the Community Advisory Board of the Center for Bioethics and a co-founder of The Conversation Project in Boulder County. Utilizing The Conversation Project Starter Kit and case studies we will explore ways to support people across the spectrum of memory loss.

9/18    Bumbuli Hospice: Judi Huseby, TRU Staff and Volunteer. Seeking to embrace and support a mission beyond our local community, in 2006 TRU Community Care and Hospice formed a partnership with Bumbuli Hospice in Tanzania. This special relationship remains strong, with TRU employees making generous contributions and traveling to Tanzania to work alongside Bumbuli’s team to learn more about the challenges they face.

9/23    Volunteer Peer Support Group – Meets every 4^th Wednesday.

5:30pm - Comedy and the Healing Agent of Laughter. Zoom Code: 850 229 3682

9/25    Rituals - Kim Mooney

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

10/9    Threshold Singer 

10/16  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.

10/23  If these Stones Could Talk: Tales from Columbia Cemetery, Boulder, Colorado – Mary Reilly-McNellan

10/30  Banjo Billy pending

11/6    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

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11/27

12/4    Book Club: The Five Invitations by Frank Ostaseksi

12/11

12/18

12/25  NO Meeting Today - Merry Christmas!!!