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How To Be A Friend To A Friend Who’s Sick, sponsored by Chesed Committee

Sunday, January 25, 2015 5 Sh'vat 5775

1:30 PM - 4:00 PMB'nai Havurah, 6445 East Ohio Avenue, Denver, CO 80224

Everyone knows someone who is sick or suffering. Yet when a friend or relative is under duress, many of us feel uncertain about how to cope. Some of us don’t visit our sick friends at all. Others visit, overstay, and make things worse. Our discussion will be based on Letty Cottin Pogrebin’s book How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who’s Sick. Pogrebin, author of 11 books, has distilled insights, opinions, and ideas into this wide-ranging compendium of concrete guidance and usable wisdom.

Join Debbie Reinberg and Ronnie Rosenbaum as we discuss this book and apply its lessons to our lives and to B’nai Havurah

Facilitator Bios:

As a collaborative divorce facilitator, mediator, and conflict/communications coach, Ronnie Rosenbaum assists families in the resolution of issues related to divorce, parenting, estate planning and distribution, and aging.  With degrees in psychology (undergraduate) and health administration/community health (graduate), and long-time experience providing services to multi-generational families going through transitions, Ronnie understands the dynamics and developmental needs of families in various life cycle stages. She is appreciating applying her deep listening skills to elders, particularly those with memory loss, using reminiscence therapy. 

Debbie Reinberg is a geriatric care manager, court-appointed guardian and elder mediator.  She works either as an advocate for older adults (acting like a “surrogate sister” to the family, assessing the situation, developing a care plan, and providing  information and referrals) or as an impartial,  working to resolve conflicts and ease the tough conversations between family member about issue related to older adults.She has been in the aging field since 1987, and works closely with older adults and their spouse/children caregivers, in sickness and in health.

 

 

Registration required. No cost for members, $5 for non-members. We will schedule additional sessions to accommodate interest. Sponsored by Chesed Committee.

 

 

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