Caring Community - Greater Sonoma County

A Caregiver's Challenge

Mon, 24 Oct 2005 15:06:04 -0700

Maryann Schacht, MSW, BCD, is an author, speaker, and workshop leader with more than 30 years experience working with families in crisis. Her book titled A Caregiver’s Challenge: Living, Loving, Letting Go offers a road map and survival guide to everyone who is suddenly thrust into a caregiver role. She combines her personal experience caring for her terminally ill husband with her professional expertise in this invaluable resource. A Caregiver’s Challenge offers support, resources, and useful exercises for caregivers and their patients.

Maryann is frequently interviewed on national radio about caregivers and comfort care issues.

Alzheimer's Association (North Bay Area Chapter)

Sat, 4 Sep 2004 16:45:11 -0700

The North Bay Area Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association was founded by committed family members. They offer a wide range of services and support to people with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, and their families.

Chancellor Place of Windsor

Wed, 26 Oct 2005 08:25:11 -0700

Chancellor Place of Windsor provides loving, quality care to its residents. Chancellor Place has staff caregivers available 24 hours a day, and a nurse 16 hours a day. They offer residents a unique combination of care, comfort and independence in a home setting. Chancellor Place gives residents, by far, the greatest value based on our standards of excellence and our commitment to delivering quality care. They are conveniently located within walking distance to grocery stores, medical facilities, restaurants, and shopping. There serene residential setting offers a neighborly feel and real sense of belonging to the community.

Commonweal

Wed, 1 Sep 2004 13:24:24 -0700

Commonweal is a small twenty-seven-year-old health and environmental research institute in the Point Reyes National Seashore outside the coastal town of Bolinas, California.

Our principal areas of work are with (1) people with cancer and health professionals who work with people with life-threatening illnesses; (2) children and young adults with learning and social difficulties, and the childcare professionals who work with them; and (3) the global search for a healthy and sustainable future.

Community Network for Appropriate Technologies

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 08:58:58 -0800

Overview

The Community Network for Appropriate Technologies was incorporated in 1978 as a federally recognized nonprofit, tax-exempt educational and charitable organization. Susan Keller, Executive Director and Principal Planner, founded the Community Network based on principles which she developed and employed in the Midwest while facilitating creation of a nationally prominent library council.

The general focus of our work is the development of cooperative working relationships within individual organizations, and across organizational and political boundaries. Our overall goal is the development of programs, services, and organizations that are socially, economically, and ecologically sound.

Compassion in Dying of Northern California

Wed, 29 Sep 2004 09:32:22 -0700

Compassion in Dying of Northern California (CIDNC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving care and expanding choice at the end of life. They provide free client services to the terminally ill and do legal advocacy through the courts and legislatures. They inform and educate the public through the media and other outreach programs.

Council on Aging of Sonoma County

Fri, 10 Sep 2004 12:06:10 -0700

Services for Seniors:

Case Management
Meals on Wheels
Information and Referral
Senior Dining Rooms
Long-term Care Coordination
Senior Day Activities
Daily Money Management
Upcoming Senior Events
Friendly Visitors
Senior Helper Registry
Senior Legal Services
Sonoma Valley Respite
Lawyer Referral Services

Final Passages

Fri, 10 Sep 2004 11:30:57 -0700

The Nature of Life includes the Eventual Miracle of Death,
a rite of passage that deserves dignity and loving care.

Imagine. . .
creating your own home or family-run funeral.

Final Passages is dedicated to a compassionate and dignified alternative to current funeral practices.

Hospice By The Bay

Tue, 9 Jan 2007 20:51:54 -0800

Hospice By The Bay, formerly known as Hospice of Marin, is an independent, Medicare and Medi-Cal certified not-for-profit healthcare provider diligently attending to essential physical, spiritual and psychological needs of adults and children who are coping with various stages of progressive and incurable illness in Marin and Sonoma counties.

For nearly three decades, Hospice By The Bay’s goal has been to help terminally ill patients and their loved ones make the most of every remaining moment of life, and to provide education and advocacy for the communities we serve. To that end, we have established the Hospice of Marin Foundation to ensure the availability of hospice and palliative care programs and services for all those in need.

Hospice By The Bay - Valley of the Moon Team

Thu, 11 Jan 2007 11:14:30 -0800

The Valley of the Moon Team is a program of Hospice By The Bay serving Sonoma County since 1992. Services are similiar to those provided by Hospice By The Bay, formerly known as Hospice of Marin.

Hospice By the Bay: Valley of the Moon Team
735 Broadway
Sonoma, CA 95476 (Map)
Teléfono: (707) 935-7504
Fax: (707) 935-7590

Hospice of Petaluma

Fri, 11 May 2007 15:35:02 -0700

Rooted in community, Hospice of Petaluma has been providing quality, compassionate hospice care and grief services to individuals and families facing life-threatening illness or the death of a loved one since 1977. Hospice of Petaluma and our sister program, Memorial Hospice, are a service of the St. Joseph Health System, a Ministry of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Orange. Patients and families receive interdisciplinary patient care with individualized attention to nursing, psychosocial, spiritual and practical needs that may arise at the end of life. Hospice services are provided by professional staff and specially trained caregiver and grief support volunteers. Volunteer trainings are held in the spring and fall with both daytime and evening classes.

In Home Support Services Public Authority

Sun, 5 Sep 2004 22:35:33 -0700

California state law amended the Welfare and Institutions Code to require that counties with caseloads of more than 500 IHSS consumers act as, or establish, an employer of record for individual providers of in-home supportive services (IHSS) by January 1, 2003. The law also required each county to establish an IHSS Advisory Committee.

On September 12, 2000, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors directed the Human Services Department to establish an IHSS Advisory Committee. This committee will provide advice and recommendations to the Board of Supervisors on issues related to in-home support service delivery, policy and funding.

Jewish Family and Children's Services

Wed, 3 Nov 2004 01:42:36 -0800

Paula Shatkin, LCSW
1360 N Dutton Ave
Santa Rosa, CA 95401
(707) 571-8131

Contact Paula Shatkin

For over 150 years, JFCS has provided comprehensive, caring social services to Bay Area residents of all ages. With over 40 programs and services to choose from—including our nationally acclaimed Seniors-At-Home and Parents Place—we’re confident you’ll find whatever you need at JFCS. We serve families and seniors both, including services to caregivers, information and referral, counseling, home visits, bereavement groups and more. We have an in-house chaplain who is available for families dealing with death and dying.

Kaiser Santa Rosa Senior Resources

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 07:39:23 -0800

Kaiser Permanente Santa Rosa Medical Center provides this site to inform seniors and their caregivers about classes and resources of value. Programs are generally open to the community-at-large and include support groups for diabetes and classes concerning mental health, advance care planning, wellness through life’s end, managing ongoing conditions and many others. A link to the Kaiser Santa Rosa education catalogue is also provided along with links to area hospices and senior resources.

Living/Dying Project: Referrals

Fri, 10 Sep 2004 11:24:24 -0700

The Living/Dying Project created this list so that people faced with a life-threatening illness and their families could find some of Marin County resources. They try their best to include any non-profit agency that has services that could benefit their clients, and continue to update their list.