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TRU Grief Services: Reaching Out and Leveling Up

January 11, 2023 by TRU Community Care

TRU Grief Services wrapped up 2022 by reaching out to our community and “leveling up” the services we provide.

In November 2022, TRU’s Grief  Services team offered a grief support group titled “Stepping into the Holidays” to encourage participants to explore the possibilities of celebrating and connecting with loved ones in meaningful ways.” The group was offered at both the Longmont and Lafayette Senior Centers, as well as at TRU’s Trailridge office, and was well-received and attended by more than 30 participants.

Part of taking care of our community means taking care of our employees and volunteers. After the Club Q tragedy in Colorado Springs, TRU Grief Services quickly came together to offer a safe space for employees and volunteers to gather, grieve, and support one another. After facilitating this virtual gathering, TRU Grief Counselor Richard Mercer shared, “My experience of last night’s group was energizing. Because the group was small, it was intimate. Folks appeared to connect and share from the depths of their hearts.”

Providing the best possible care for our bereaved clients entails staying current with the latest and most effective therapeutic modalities, and we are pleased to announce that TRU Grief Counselor Richard Mercer and TRU counseling intern Jessica Austin recently completed EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy training. EMDR is a modality found to be effective in healing trauma and addressing anxiety, depression, and other conditions. “EMDR has been proven effective in many studies, and has been adopted by the VA as a reimbursable treatment for PTSD,” said TRU Grief Counselor, Charley Rosicky. Including Sue Ann Belmont, who had already been trained in EMDR, three of TRU’s five grief counselors are now able to offer this valuable service to our clientele.

To learn more about our grief service programs, groups, counselors, and resources, please visit trucare.org/grief.

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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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