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My Care, My Plan: Speak Up Sonoma County is an Advance Care Planning community initiative. It aims to encourage everyone age 18 and older to contemplate, communicate about, and document their health care wishes. Our initiative is a project of Health Action, a collaborative community effort to get citizens involved in creating a healthier Sonoma […]

Rev. Joyce Duffala, Ed.D. Care for the Caregiver: Staying Sane in Stressful Times Our global village is not the same as it was 20 years ago. Random violence is no longer a rare surprise. As a result, all of us are experiencing new stressors in our daily lives. Fortunately, techniques for staying calm, centered, and […]

Marjorie Favuzzi Reclaim Your Focus With Brain Gymnastics! Many aging seniors today find themselves in a very different state than what they have known for most of their lives, not only physically but socially, emotionally and intellectually. There are ways to reclaim your brain, get back in focus and rev up your brain’s executive functions. […]

Tony Chicotel and Michael Molland In recognition of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, our June speakers will be Tony Chicotel, staff attorney for California Advocates for Nursing Home Reform (CANHR) and elder abuse attorney Michael Molland of Molland Law.  Tony and Michael will address patient’s rights, how elder care has become corporate care, and how […]

Our January speaker will be: Janet Caliri I help Baby Boomers and Retirees struggling with the transition, take charge of their future and sustain their well-being. I do this by nurturing the grief that is typically associated with this transition, by identifying their personal life visions and desires, using a photographic methodology. I then translate […]

Janelle Coleman-Smith, Bone and Joint Health Navigator St. Joseph Memorial Hospital, Santa Rosa Janelle Coleman-Smith has been an outpatient navigator with the hospital for one year after taking the Health Navigation Certification course at Sonoma State University. She received her RN license from MCTC in Minneapolis, MN. Janelle has been working as an Orthopedic Nurse […]

Our October 21st speaker! Leaning Into Death: The fear of death shapes how we approach life, coming at us with the force of a sledgehammer or creeping into our interactions with the subtly of a master manipulator. Stan Goldberg, Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus of Communicative Disorders at San Francisco State University. He taught more than […]