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Our Care Center Has Moved!

May 25, 2016 by TRU Community Care

TRU Community Care has relocated its hospice inpatient unit to Longmont united Hospital, 4th Floor South as of April 2018.

Since 1999, TRU has operated a hospice inpatient unit – the only facility of its kind in the area. The hospice inpatient unit offers patients around-the-clock nursing care, state-of-the-art pain and symptom management, emotional and spiritual support, and personalized attention. These services will continue at TRU’s new inpatient unit, located on Longmont United Hospital, 4th Floor SOuth, 1950 Mountain View Ave. Longmont, CO 80501.

We remain committed to making space available for hospice patients and their families, and are excited to be working with Longmont United Hospital.

Filed Under: News, Community Tagged With: inpatient, hospice, Boulder

Join us for our 40th bash!

May 10, 2016 by TRU Community Care

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Mark your calendars! In celebration of our 40th, TRU Community Care will be hosting an anniversary party on Sunday, June 26 from 2 to 5 p.m. and all of TRU’s supporters are invited to attend. The celebration will also include the grand opening for our new PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care of the Elderly) and Grief Services building. PACE is a comprehensive program that helps nursing-home eligible seniors live as independently as possible.

The event will be held at 2593 Park Lane in Lafayette, around the corner from our existing administrative offices on Trailridge Drive. We hope to see you there!

Filed Under: 40th Anniversary, News, Events, Community Tagged With: grand opening, anniversary, PACE, hospice, Boulder, Grief

Healing Circles Mother’s Day Event

April 20, 2016 by TRU Community Care

Healing Circles MotMothers Day Wreathher’s Day Event

During this Mother’s Day, create something that you can hang and that will honor your special person. Kids process grief through play and art so every come and create something together. This art workshop is for kids, teens and families, helping them remember the special person who has died: a mother, an aunt, a grandma, a friend. Wreaths are often the symbols of the circle of life and of seasons.

This event will be held on Saturday, May 7 from 9:30 am. – 12:30 p.m. at the TRU Community Care Grief Services Office, 5565 Arapahoe Ste A, Boulder.

For more information or to reserve your spot, contact Michon Davies at 303.604-5330 or by email at michondavies@trucare.org.

Download the flyer here: Healing Circles Mother’s Day Flyer 2016

Filed Under: Grief, Holidays, Community, Events, News, Children, Grief Groups Tagged With: Grief, Mother's Day, children

TRU Community Care Celebrates Four Decades of Service

February 16, 2016 by TRU Community Care

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LAFAYETTE, COLORADO – In 2016, TRU Community Care, founded in 1976 as the first Colorado hospice, is celebrating a major milestone.
This year marks the hospice service’s 40th anniversary, meaning that the nonprofit has been caring for those who are dying and their families for four decades. In celebration, TRU is planning two exciting 40th anniversary events throughout the year and sharing part of its history with the hospice community. June 26 will bring a 40th celebration party and groundbreaking for a new elder care and grief services facility, and TRU’s annual fundraiser, PIZZAZ!, will cap off the milestone with style on Sept. 17.

The Pioneers of the Early Years
TRU Community Care began as Boulder County Hospice in 1976, when one of the organization’s founders was asked, “Have you ever thought about starting a hospice?”
The question was posed to Beau Bohart Rezendes, who was finishing her Ph.D. dissertation on death and dying when she asked Dr. Darvin Smith what he thought could be done to help people who were dying or aged.  His thought-provoking response was the beacon that pointed the way for Bohart Rezendes. Before long, she was talking to anyone who would listen about starting a hospice in Boulder County.
Among those she approached were Kathryn Riddle-Oakes (then called Kitty Riddle), a well-known community organizer with vast experience in volunteer activities; Dr. Alan Snyder, an internist/oncologist at the Boulder Medical Center; and Karin Sobeck, who had just completed her master’s degree in mental health nursing and was holding workshops on death and dying across the country. Along with Marcia Lattanzi-Licht, a respected psychiatric nurse who was involved in grief-related work, this team of professionals added their talents and energy to the quest to bring hospice care to Boulder County.
“I think all of us came with the vision that there were better ways to care for people who were dying and grieving and that there were clear gaps in services,” said Lattanzi-Licht.

Taking the Next Steps with Hospice
Filling those gaps would prove to be a challenging mission. In the beginning, the group met in living rooms. They stored donations in a cigar box. They paid their own way to hospice care conferences on pain management. Despite such humble beginnings, they never wavered in their steadfast commitment to the cause, and by early 1977, Boulder County Hospice incorporated as a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization. Not surprisingly, its all-volunteer management team was comprised of the dedicated professionals who have come to be known as the nonprofit’s founders as well.
The organization’s first patient received hospice care in June of 1977. And thanks to one provocative question and five remarkable visionaries, the organization has grown to become TRU Community Care, offering hospice, palliative care, grief services, and soon TRU PACE (Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly.) PACE represents an opportunity to create a broader continuum of care for frail elders in Boulder and southwest Weld Counties in northern Colorado. The opening of the PACE site, which also will house TRU Hospice Grief Support, will be a chance to celebrate with the local community the years of service TRU has provided.
As TRU Community Care’s visionary founders look back on the organization’s past and to its future, they all agree – a dream has been fulfilled.

Filed Under: 40th Anniversary, News, PIZZAZ!, Events, Community

Fall Newsletter 2015

November 17, 2015 by TRU Community Care

Grief services rocks Our Fall Newsletter has arrived & is available to download and share.  Click the link below to read all of our news, updates, and volunteer spotlight:

TRU Newsletter Fall 2015

To read past newsletters, reports, and interviews, click here.

Filed Under: News, Newsletter, PIZZAZ!, Events, Community

Grief Services Winter Newsletter

November 13, 2015 by TRU Community Care

butterfly Our winter Grief Services newsletter has arrived & is available to download and share.  Click the link below to read helpful tips for the grief journey, recommending readings, and winter grief group offerings:

Grief Services Newsletter Winter 2015

For more information on our Grief Services, click here.

Filed Under: Grief, Holidays, Lights of Life, Community, Events, Newsletter, News, Children, Adult, Grief Groups

National Hospice Month 2015

November 4, 2015 by TRU Community Care

National Hospice Month Ad 2015

Filed Under: Community, Events, News, National Hospice Month

Lights of Life 2015

October 26, 2015 by TRU Community Care

Holiday Candles This holiday season, we invite you to remember someone who has been special in your life by attending our Lights of Life Holiday Remembrance Service. This indoor service will feature moments to honor and remember as well as connect with others in similar situations.

For your convenience, we are having a Lights of Life Holiday Remembrance Service both in Longmont and Boulder.  RSVP’s are appreciated. For more information or to register, please click here.

Filed Under: Grief, Holidays, Lights of Life, Community, Events, News, Children, Adult

Grief Services Fall Newsletter 2015

August 24, 2015 by TRU Community Care

butterflyOur fall Grief Services newsletter has arrived & is available to download and share.  Click the link below to read helpful tips for the grief journey, recommending readings, and fall grief group offerings:

Grief Services Newsletter Fall 2015

For more information on our Grief Services, click here.

Filed Under: Grief, Community, Events, Newsletter, News, Grief Groups

Annual Report 2014

May 13, 2015 by TRU Community Care

Sun lit grassOur 2014 Annual Report is ready and available for you. Click the link below to read it today!

2014 Annual Report

To read past annual reports, click here.

Filed Under: Community, News, Reports

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About TRU

TRU Community Care (TRU) affirms life at every step of your journey with illness and loss. Our vision is to lead a healthcare transformation by engaging with our communities and offering innovative, meaningful care for those living with illness and loss.

Founded as Boulder Hospice in 1976, TRU is a Colorado-licensed, Medicare and Medicaid-certified, nonprofit health care organization serving Boulder, Broomfield, Adams, Jefferson, Arapahoe, Denver, and Weld Counties and beyond. With a focus on providing a continuum of care for members of our community living with advanced illness and loss, TRU’s programs include TRU Hospice, TRU PACE (Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly), TRU Palliative Care, Landmark Memory Care, and TRU Grief Services.

TRU Hospice is proudly accredited by The Joint Commission and is a five-star-level hospice in NHPCO's We Honor Veterans program created in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). TRU is a member of the National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO), the National Partnership for Healthcare and Hospice Innovation (NPHI), the Center to Advance Palliative Care (CAPC), Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders (NICHE), and the National PACE Association (NPA).

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TRU Grief Services
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2594 Trailridge Drive East
Lafayette, CO 80026

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1950 Mountain View Avenue
4th Floor South
Longmont, CO 80501

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Boulder, CO 80303

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2593 Park Lane
Lafayette, CO 80026

TRU Memory Care
1744 S Public Road
Lafayette, CO 80026

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