The new epidemic has brought about long periods of segregation, isolation, stress, bereavement, and a sense of hopelessness with no end in sight, which has quietly created another kind of mental crisis. According to a study released by Johns Hopkins University in February 2021, several serious epidemics around the world in the past have been accompanied by an increase in suicide rates.
In July 2020, Heart of Hope began to pay attention to this possible crisis, and trained all the volunteers of the organization who are engaged in caring to provide counseling and caring skills, with the hope of assisting our Chinese-Asian friends who are struggling to cope with these feelings on their own in silence.
| Host: | Heart of Hope Asian American Hospice Care |
| Co-host: | Luke Christian Medical Mission |
| Time: | 7/11, 7/18, 7/25/2024 (Thursday) 6 pm - 8 pm (West Coast time) |
| Language: | Mandarin (English interpretation) |
| Registration: | https://forms.office.com/r/95H0Vd98dW |
Topic:
- 7/11 The Truth About Suicide - I didn't really want to die; I was just desperate
- 7/18 The Trauma and Grief of a Suicide Survivor - We haven't said goodbye yet!
- 7/25 How to be there for and care for people who have committed suicide - Finally saying goodbye
Speaker: Ms. Blanche Chen
- Licensed Psychotherapist/Hospice Social Worker in California
- Founder and CEO of Heart of Hope Asian American Hospice Care, established the National Cancer and Serious Illness Care Hotline
- She has been involved in end-of-life care for 20+ years and has worked with 1600 end-of-life patients, specializing in psychological and spiritual counseling for end-of-life patients and their family’s facing death and grief and loss
- She has served as a volunteer for the St. Louis Suicide Prevention Lifeline
- Dedicated to promoting Chinese life care knowledge, she has conducted 160 life care seminars in the Chinese American community