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The Sun Still Rises, and the Seasons Keep Changing. Yet, Thanksgiving will feel different this year. Christmas will carry an unmailed gift, and New Year’s Eve will have an irreplaceable emptiness at the table and in our hearts.
Last year brought gratitude, but this year brings grief. After losing our loved ones, we face many “firsts.” The first night the empty side of the bed feels haunting. The first time the house feels overwhelmingly empty. The first visit to their favorite restaurant, where the food tastes bland. The first Black Friday without excitement, staring at the toolbox your father wanted and weeping over the cookware set your mother dreamed of. The first Thanksgiving filled with uncertainty...
Should we still have turkey dinner? Play her favorite CD? Leave an empty seat for her? Visit the cemetery, or donate his warm sweater to someone in need? Sometimes, you may just want to light her favorite jasmine-scented candle and remember her in peace.
If you've lost a beloved family member or friend this past year, you might feel increasingly lonely as the holidays approach. The longing can be overwhelming, but you may hesitate to share your sorrow with friends and family.
This seminar will offer gentle suggestions to help you prepare for the emotions you may encounter and find ways to cope. Together, we’ll support you through your first Thanksgiving and Christmas, guiding you as you navigate the challenges of 2024 toward healing and hope.
After the harsh challenges of the COVID pandemic, the non-profit Heart of Hope Asian American Hospice Care finally reinstated its full range of professional hospice services in October 2022.
With the coronavirus inflicted social unrest, causing ups and downs in our emotions, and the California Executive Order that mandates shelter-in-place, Heart of Hope is dedicated to continue providing the following free services to our Asian communities: consultations in caring for critically ill and end-of-life patients and their families; bereavement support and counseling; community resource referral; and spiritual care hotline. You may contact us at 408-986-8584 during our office hours from 9.00am through 5.00pm PST, Monday through Friday.
Facing Death with Love
Your love brings warmth to those facing death.
Pasted on the bulletin board in the office of Heart of Hope where thank-you letters are posted is an offering of a $50 check made payable to “x Volunteer.” This non-negotiable check tells of a moving story of friendship between a telephone care volunteer and a sick and poor single parent….
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Nationwide toll-free telephone hotline 1-888-663-8585 to provide emotional support for seriously ill patients and their family caregivers
A group of trained and supervised Mandarin- or Cantonese-speaking volunteers provide compassionate listening ears to patients with serious illness and their caregivers. This free hotline service is available during the office hours (Monday - Friday, 9 am - 5 pm).
Nationwide telephone conference in Mandarin for health-related education
A nationwide toll-free teleconference (presented in Mandarin) for Chinese patients with serious illnesses and their family caregivers is scheduled on the third Thursday of every month, 6-7 pm (Pacific Time). Registered callers can learn about elderly care, serious illnesses and related issues at the comfort of their homes. Each teleconference includes a 35-minute presentation by an expert of the subject and a 20-minute Q&A session for callers to interact with the speaker.
Purpose:
Through sharing of personal experience, video watching, practicing communication skills, discussion of cancer-related information, and other creative activities, Rainbow Support Group seeks to provide emotional and spiritual support to people with breast or gynecologic cancers, whether they are in treatment or recovery. Group members will receive mutual encouragement and comfort to face their own struggles and challenges.
Target group: Females with breast or gynecologic cancers (such as cervical, ovarian, uterine, and vaginal). All patients in treatment, in remission, or in late stage (still self-dependent) are welcome; Date: March 2018 - January 2019 (3rd Wed of the month) Time: 10:30am -12:30pm; Location: Heart of Hope Asian American Hospice Care, 1922 The Alameda, Suite 215, San Jose, CA 95126 (Parking entrance by McKendrie St, accessible by VTA bus #22)
Registration: Call 1-408-986-8584 to register in advance
Heart of Hope Asian American Hospice Care has published a bilingual Chinese/English "Waving Goodbye in Love - The Last Journey in My Life" to provide education to terminally ill patients and family members. This handbook is written by Blanche Chen, LCSW, Co-Founder, and Pauline Nee, RN, Advisor, of the hospice. The handbook uses a first person's narration of a terminally ill patient to describe the changes taking place in the body, mind, and spirit of the last 6 months in life.