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Bikur Chaverim Visitor

We are looking for kind, compassionate and patient individuals with good communication skills and an open heart who are retired or semi retired and who would like to make a new friend. Time commitment is one year, visiting your friend in their home every other week and calling your friend every other week.

Our mission is to help create relationships in order to have every individual feel alive, to give and receive wisdom, enjoyment and companionship, and to feel value through each stage of his or her life.

JFS introduces Lifeline with AutoAlert

April 15 signals the launch of a revolutionary new technology from Philips Lifeline that offers subscribers an added layer of protection. Lifeline with AutoAlert is a medical alert service which incorporates advanced technology into a new pendant-style Help Button that can automatically place a call for help when a fall is detected—even when the subscriber can’t or won’t push the button.

After working with scientists and engineers from NASA for over 3 years.  Philips Lifeline has developed this new technology that uses multiple sensors to measure the velocity of a fall.  Because a fall can be detected within minutes–even if a button is not pressed–AutoAlert offers increased protection for people with a history of stroke, heart disease, dementia, and Alzheimer’s.

For brochures or more information, please call Marilyn Kline, Lifeline Program Manager, at (504) 831-8475 or email: marilyn@jfsneworleans.org.

DIALECTICAL BEHAVIOR THERAPY
SKILLS TRAINING GROUP

Co-Leaders: Carol Miles, LCSW & Kimberley Christensen, LCSW

Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training has proven effective for a range of problems, including Eating Disorders, Substance Abuse, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety, Depression, Borderline Personality Disorder, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. It is effective particularly for those struggling with overwhelming emotions or difficulty managing distress.  This group will focus on four key areas for creating lasting life changes:

• Emotional Regulation
• Distress Tolerance
• Interpersonal Effectiveness
• Mindfulness

The weekly 90 minute group sessions will offer step-by-step exercises for learning these concepts and putting them in place for real and lasting change.  By participating in a skills-oriented group, group members benefit from a structured, positive peer experience geared towards learning and finding solutions to ongoing life stressors.

Length of group: 14 weekly sessions

Beginning Date:  Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Meeting Time:  Tuesdays, 10-11:30am

Location:  1426 Amelia St, New Orleans, 70115

Cost:  $1050 total (to be paid on or before the first meeting); sliding fee scale available.

**All group members must be in individual therapy (with the therapist of their choice) and must commit to attending and paying for all group sessions.

For more information or to make a referral, please call Kimberley Christensen at Jewish Family Service (504) 831-8475.

Jewish Family Service is proud to announce the first online archive of our newsletters!  Visit our Publications page to browse by year; then click to open each newsletter in a new window that you can save or print.  It’s our history on the web!