Grief caller needed and More!

 

TRU Volunteer News and Education

Weekly Grief Outreach Caller Needed: If you have two hours a week to support our Grief group and possibly watch the front door during lunch, please let us know. Grief calls are the priority.

 

1/14/2022 Friday, 12:15pm-1:45pm  

Zoom Conversation with Dr. BJ Miller, A Beginner’s Guide to the End.  You won’t want to miss this event!

Meeting ID Code is: 448 343 968  

 

Description of A Beginner’s Guide to the End:

The first-ever practical, compassionate, and comprehensive guide to dying – and living fully until you do.

“There is nothing wrong with you for dying.” Palliative care Doctor BJ Miller and Shoshana Berger write in A Beginner’s Guide to the End. “Our ultimate purpose here isn’t so much to help you die as it is to free up as much life as possible until you do.”  We hope you join the conversation!

 

Back by Popular Demand:

TRU Year-in-Review with Michael McHale

2/9/2022 Wednesday, 6pm-8pm Meeting ID Code is: 448 343 968 

 

Join us for this remote opportunity to hear TRU CEO, Michael McHale, talk about that which is most close to his heart: Everything TRU! Learn about successes and opportunities facing the medical care industry.

 

Michael delights in answering questions, so come prepared! 

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11^th Hour Insight: Washington Post: On the Obligation to Prevent People From Dying Alone By Ken Budd  https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=https%3a%2f%2fwapo.st%2f3ypm6Sw&c=E,1,SYSXxTgmsbIUAp2s0LREYzvnMwzy6qxrbeuebDM_o4V0HBQOYHzPABfpMeVi3LuyIhpWgoroU1VXJYgvuqh3ymtxhJRXe-nnRXnkhY59MFgZVEvvCNWtK2zJdg,,&typo=1

 

The question remains when will we return to 11^th Hour support? The current plan, given stabilized COVID infection rates, is to increase personal care offerings such as Comfort Touch (one hour weekly) and, upon further decrease in COVID cases, expand to 11^th Hour support. You heard it here! 11^th Hour support is on the horizon for 2022!

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TedTalk: 3 Ways to prepare society for the next pandemic?

https://www.ted.com/talks/jennifer_b_nuzzo_3_ways_to_prepare_society_for_the_next_pandemic

What if we treated the risk of pandemics the same way we treat the risk of fires? In this eye-opening talk, infectious disease epidemiologist Jennifer B. Nuzzo unpacks how the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904 sparked a cultural shift in how we defend against fires -- and explains why pandemics demand the same sort of reaction. She breaks down the data we need to gather when facing possible danger, the drills we need to ready ourselves and the defenses that could keep future threats at bay -- so next time, we're prepared.

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