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Past Events - 2006

• Jan 11 2006 JHCN staff meets with some staff from Henry Ford Hospice to discuss how our organizations can help each other
• Jan 16 2006 Bobbie Blitz from Seasons Hospice and Rose Fenster from St. John Hospice attend weekly patient care meeting
• Jan 22 2006 Rabbi Freedman speaks to Temple Emanu-El congregants on religion and politics
• Jan 30 2006 Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network and Jewish Family Service host Bereavement Coalition meeting at our new offices
• Feb 6 2006 Shawn Gaspas from Angels at Home Care attends weekly patient care meeting
• Feb 7 2006 Rabbi Freedman speaks to nursing students at Madonna University about “Jewish customs at end of life”
• Feb 14 2006 Rabbi Freedman speaks to Beaumont Hospital CPE students on Spiritual care in Judaism
• Feb 20 2006 Rabbi Freedman speaks at Michigan Jewish Institute students on Appraoching Jewish Philanthropists and Direct Appeals vs. Public Relations
• Feb 23 2006 Rabbi Freedman speaks to members of COJAR about “Terminal Illness and our community’s response”
• Feb 27 2006 Steve Mattler from Viva Homes in the Hills assisted living facility visits our patient care meeting
• March 7 2006 Rabbi Avie Shapiro speaks to nursing students at Wayne State University about Jewish ethical issues
• March 13 2006 JHCN salutes hospice caregivers at Jewish Family Services in West Bloomfield
• March 27 2006 Rabbi Freedman speaks to Rabbi Joe Klein’s students at Temple Emanu- El
• March 29 2006 Rabbi Freedman speaks about Jewish Hospice at JFS / JHCN volunteer training
• April 6 2006 Rabbi Freedman attends seventh annual Supportive and Palliative Care Conference in Notre Dame
• April 6 2006 JHCN staff attends Season’s Hospice accreditation celebration
• April 10 2006 Music therapist, Tammie, from Season’s Hospice attends weekly patient care meeting
• April 27 2006 Rabbi Freedman speaks to Beaumont Hospital CPE students on Spiritual care in Judaism
• April 30 2006 Nathan Shiovitz and Rabbi Shapiro participate in the St. John Hospice memorial service
• May 1 2006 Dora Wayne and Rose Fenster attends JHCN weekly patient care meeting
• May 2 2006 Rabbi Hershel Klainberg speaks to Madonna University chaplains about Jewish traditions and laws pertaining to end of life care
• May 8-10 Michael Walch attends Madonna University 6th annual Grief and Loss seminar
• May 9 2006 Rabbi Freedman, Barbara Haddad and Hilary Rotenberg meet Tamar Kruger from the Partnership 2000 steering committee
• May 9 2006 Michael Walch attends Heartland’s coping with sudden death suicide seminar
• May 12 2006 Rabbi Freedman participates in a diversity panel called “Responding to Issues in Health Care from Different Religious Perspectives” at annual MERN conference
• May 17 2006 Rabbi Freedman gives presentation at Beaumont end of life steering committee meeting
• May 21 2006 Rabbi Freedman recites Hamotzi blessing at Eight over Eighty brunch
• May 23 2006 Nathan Shiovitz meets with Providence Hospital discharge coordinators to introduce them to JHCN services
• May 24-28 Rabbi Freedman participates in a Detroit Medical Halacha & Ethics Yarchei Kallah
• May 24 -26 Rabbi Freedman attends Watchmen on the Wall in Washington D.C.
• June 12 2006 Rabbi Freedman speaks to Beaumont Hospital CPE students on Spiritual care in Judaism
• June 14 2006 Rabbi Freedman teaches MJI class about Traditional / historical models of European (or pre-european) Jewish leadership
• June 19 2006 Angela Guskovitct & Patty Towsley from Odyssey Hospice attend weekly patient care meeting
• June 20 2006 Nathan Shiovitz meets with Riverview Hospital discharge coordinators to introduce them to JHCN services
• June 22 2006 Jewish Hospice & Chaplaincy Network holds photo shoot at Fleischmann Residence to honor hospice heros
• June 25 2006 Rabbi Freedman gives invocation at Jewish Community Centers Victor garden dedication in memory of Arlene Victor
• June 26 2006 Rabbi Freedman gives seminar to Jewish orthodox CPE students in New York
• June 27 2006 Rabbi Klaining gave orientation to the new medical staff at Beaumont Hospital on Medical Ethics pertaining Jewish patients
• July 17 2006 Pam Sabara, a music therapist from Inhouse Hospice, attends our weekly patient care meeting
• July 20 2006 Nathan Shiovitz meets with St. John Hospital discharge coordinators to introduce them to JHCN services
• Aug 26 2006 Rabbi Shapiro was a key facilitator at the Holocaust Survivors Conference at Hyatt, Dearborn
• Aug 27 2006 Rabbi Freedman participated in the Shabbat Elevator Dedication at Prentis Jewish Apartments
• Sept 13 2006 JHCN holds their annual Board of Directors meeting
• Sept 15 2006 JHCN staff attends 17th Annual Memorial Hospice Symposium entitled “Dilemmas in Hospice and Palliative Medicine” sponsored by Hospices of Henry Ford
• Sept 27 2006 Nathan Shiovitz meets with *St. John Macomb Hospita*l discharge coordinators to introduce them to JHCN services
• Sept 27 2006 Rabbi Shapiro presents on Jewish Religious and Cultural Traditions at the annual Art of Jewish Caregiving seminar sponsored by Jewish Home and Aging Services
• Oct 18 2006 Michigan Board of Rabbis holds a meeting at the Henry Ford Health System Facility Design and Construction Offices to discuss the new Henry Ford Hospital in West Bloomfield
• Oct 30 2006 Rabbi Polter and Michelle, who is the new volunteer coordinator at JHAS, attend weekly patient care meeting
• Oct 31 2006 Amanda Hajciar from Samaritan Hospice attend weekly patient care meeting
• Oct 31 2006 Rabbi Freedman attends clergy meeting at Henry Ford Health System Facility Design and Construction Offices to discuss the new Henry Ford Hospital in West Bloomfield
• Nov 2 2006 Nathan Shiovitz meets with St. John Oakland Hospital discharge coordinators to introduce them to JHCN services
• Nov 5 2006 Jewish Hospice and Chaplaincy Network sponsor a book entitled “Every Day Counts” by Dr. Maria Sirois at JCC annual Book Fair
• Nov 5 2006 Rabbi Freedman gave a presentation on “Honoring Thy father and Mother: Advocating For Loved Ones” to Temple Emanu-El congregants
• Nov 12 2006 Rabbi Klainberg attends “Working with Holocaust Survivors” seminar in New York.
• Nov 14 2006 Rabbi Nelson attends Beaumont Hospital Schwartz rounds and serves as a panelist / presenter on the topic of, “Caring for staff and patients over the holidays”
• Nov 20 2006 Amanda Hajciar from Samaritan Hospice attends weekly patient care meeting
• Nov 27 2006 Angela from Odyssey Hospice attends weekly patient care meeting
• Nov 28 2006 JHCN staff holds meeting to discuss plans for our new palliative care program
• Dec 5 2006 Rabbi Chaim Klainberg attends seminar presented by PESI HealthCare entitled, “Accompanying the Dying, End of Life Care”
• Dec 11 2006 Rose Fenster from St. John Hospice attends weekly patient care meeting
• Dec 20 2006 Rabbi Hershel Klainberg speaks to Madonna University chaplains about Jewish traditions and laws pertaining to end of life care
• Dec 21 2006 Rabbi Hershel Klainberg gives orientation to staff at Danto Healthcare on caring for jewish patients at the end of life

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