Partnerships

Submitted by eden on Wed, 04/14/2010 - 11:15

EDUCATION
The Bay Area Jewish Healing Center (BAJHC): This organization provides Jewish spiritual care to those living with illness, those caring for the ill, and to the bereaved. BAJHC runs a number of programs that support people through direct services, education, training, and providing referrals. BAJHC approached Zen Hospice Project in January 2004 to collaborate in creating their Kol Haneshama: Jewish End-of-Life Care Program modeled on our well-established Volunteer Caregiver Program, which they saw as an effective means of bringing spiritual practice to the bedside. Initially, we worked with BAJHC on the development, design, production, and evaluation of their program.  We now remain involved in their regular trainings as guest faculty. Visit their site»

HOSPICE CARE
Laguna Honda Hospice & Palliative Care Unit: In 1988, we began providing volunteers for the newly established hospice ward at Laguna Honda Hospital, which we continue to do today. As an integral part of the hospice care team, over 60 Zen Hospice Project Volunteer Caregivers provide support for the 25-bed hospice ward seven days a week. In this setting, we have found ways to joyfully celebrate the lives of the residents as they move, in their unique ways, towards death. More than half of the dedicated hospice beds in San Francisco at Laguna Honda Hospital, where Zen Hospice Project serves an indigent population of patients who receive the highest quality of care regardless of their financial situation. This remarkable partnership of public and private institutions has lasted more than two decades. Together, Zen Hospice Project and Laguna Honda Hospital have cared for over 2,300 hospice patients in their final days, weeks, and months of life. Visit their site»

University of California San Francisco (UCSF): We are honored to have UCSF Medical Center as a partner in care for our Guest House.  We formed this partnership to ensure financial stability for the Guest House and to create bridges between the spiritual and medical dimensions of caregiving. UCSF maintains two guaranteed bed reservations at the Guest House for their discharged hospice patients.  In turn, these people receive personalized care in the home-like setting of the Guest House. Visit their site»

Home Instead Senior Care: Certified Nursing Attendant (CNA) staff from Home Instead provide assistance with all daily living activities for our Guest House residents. Home Instead Senior Care has earned a deep level of trust among clients, their family members, and friends, and enjoys an outstanding national reputation for caregiving. Visit their site»

EDUCATION
The Bay Area Jewish Healing Center (BAJHC): This organization provides Jewish spiritual care to those living with illness, those caring for the ill, and to the bereaved. BAJHC runs a number of programs that support people through direct services, education, training, and providing referrals. BAJHC approached Zen Hospice Project in January 2004 to collaborate in creating their Kol Haneshama: Jewish End-of-Life Care Program modeled on our well-established Volunteer Caregiver Program, which they saw as an effective means of bringing spiritual practice to the bedside. Initially, we worked with BAJHC on the development, design, production, and evaluation of their program.  We now remain involved in their regular trainings as guest faculty. Visit their site»