HOSPICE OF SANTA BARBARA INC
2050 ALAMEDA PADRE SERRA 100, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93103 www.hospiceofsantabarbara.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: AS THE SECOND OLDEST HOSPICE IN AMERICA, HOSPICE OF SANTA BARBARA CONTINUES TO GROW IN DEPTH AND RANGE AS WE CARE FOR ANYONE FACING A LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS OF GRIEVING THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE. WE PROVIDE ONGOING SUPPORT SERVICES - INCLUDING CARE MANAGEMENT, PROFESSIONAL INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP COUNSELING, MENTORSHIP AND COMPASSIONATE CAREGIVING - TO CHILDREN, TEENS, ADULTS AND FAMILIES. SERVICES ARE PROVIDED AT OUR MAIN OFFICE, IN HOMES, ON SCHOOL CAMPUSES, WORKPLACES, HOSPITALS, CONVALESCENT HOMES AND LONG-TERM NURSING FACILITIES. HOSPICE OF SANTA BARBARA PROVIDES ALL ITS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FREE TO THE COMMUNITY AND RECEIVES NO GOVERNMENT OR INSURANCE REIMBURSEMENTS.

TO CARE FOR ANYONE EXPERIENCING THE IMPACT OF LIFE THREATENING ILLNESS OR GRIEVING THE DEATH OF A LOVED ONE.

BEREAVEMENT SERVICES: COUNSELING SESSIONS AT HOSPICE OF SANTA BARBARA (HSB) ALLOW INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES TO HEAL EMOTIONALLY. GRIEF IS ATTACHMENT. PEOPLE CAN LEARN TO TOLERATE THEIR EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCES WITH PRODUCTIVE EXPRESSION. EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL HEALING IS THE ULTIMATE GOAL FOR THOSE COPING WITH THE LOSS OF A LOVED ONE. OUR BEREAVEMENT SERVICES INCLUDE COUNSELING, SUPPORT GROUPS, ART WORKSHOPS, THERAPEUTIC POETRY AND HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS FOR EVERY AGE GROUP. THESE SERVICES AIM TO SERVE ANY INDIVIDUAL OR FAMILY COPING WITH LOSS. IN 2019, HSB SERVED 1,990 UNDUPLICATED CLIENTS. HSB PROVIDED 6,132 BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING SESSIONS. DURING THE SAME PERIOD, A TOTAL OF 214 GROUP COUNSELING SESSIONS FOR ADULTS WERE PROVIDED. AD-HOC COMMUNITY SUPPORT WAS PROVIDED FOR THE CONCEPTION BOAT FIRE, 154 ACCIDENT AND 15 COMMUNITY DEBRIEFS INCLUDING WESTMONT, CALM, DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE (2 TIMES). HSB CONTINUED INVOLVEMENT WITH KEY COMMUNITY GROUPS INCLUDING; VOAD, COMMUNITY WELLNESS TEAM, AWARE & PREPARE. HSB ALSO HAD 7 STUDENT TRAINEES, INCLUDING 2 PHD STUDENTS EARN INTERN HOURS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES STAFF UNDERSTAND THAT EACH DEATH IS UNIQUE AND EACH DAY IS DIFFERENT FOR CLIENTS.CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES PRESENTS SUPPORT THAT WORKS FOR DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS BY FIGURING OUT THEIR NEEDS AND METHODS OF MOVING FORWARD IN LIFE. CHILDREN MAY HAVE A HARD TIME TOLERATING THEIR EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCES. THEY'RE LEARNING TO REGULATE THEIR EMOTIONS. MEANWHILE, ADULTS MAY HAVE EXPECTATIONS OF THE WORLD THAT ARE UNMET AND CHALLENGED BY DEATH OR ILLNESS. HSB PROVIDES COMPREHENSIVE PROFESSIONAL INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP COUNSELING TO CHILDREN, TEENS, ADULTS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED BY LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS OR GRIEVING THE DEATH OF A LOVED ONE. HSB HAS BEEN ASKED TO BE A CONSTANT PRESENCE ON ALL SOUTH COUNTY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS AND REESTABLISHED PRESENCE IN THE TWO CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOLS. THIS PROGRAM IS INSTRUMENTAL IN CREATING THE BASE FOR SUCCESSFUL EMOTIONAL GROWTH THAT FORMS THE BUILDING BLOCKS NEEDED FOR LIFE-LONG SUCCESS. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN OUR GROUPS NO LONGER UTILIZE DESTRUCTIVE COPING SKILLS RELIEVING OUR COMMUNITY OF THE NEGATIVE TRICKLE DOWN EFFECTS SUCH AS CRIME, UNEMPLOYMENT, HIGHER SCHOOL DROPOUT RATES, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE. ALSO IN 2019, HSB CONTINUED ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE YOUTHWELL COALITION ON SCHOOL CAMPUSES THROUGHOUT SANTA BARBARA, CARPINTERIA, AND GOLETA AND ALSO SANTA YNEZ HIGH SCHOOL. HSB WAS ALSO PRESENT TO PROVIDE DEBRIEFINGS/IN-SERVICES IN LOMPOC, CARPINTERIA, AND SANTA BARBARA. HSB HAD HIGHER UTILIZATION AND A MORE EFFECTIVE RELATIONSHIP AT LOS PRIETOS BOYS CAMP AND CARPINTERIA HIGH SCHOOL. WE ARE IN THE 20TH YEAR OF A PROGRAM WE DEVELOPED CALLED, "I HAVE A FRIEND," IN WHICH A CHILD WHO HAS LOST A PARENT OR SIBLING IS MATCHED WITH AN ADULT (WHOM WE TRAIN AND SCREEN) WHO HAD A SIMILAR LOSS AS A CHILD. SOME OF THESE RELATIONSHIPS LAST MORE THAN FIVE YEARS AND ARE LIFE-CHANGING FOR BOTH THE MENTOR AND THE MENTEE.

HSB'S PATIENT CARE SERVICES TEAM OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIAL WORKERS, COUNSELORS AND VOLUNTEERS STRIVE TO ENSURE CLIENTS RECEIVE PRECISELY THE EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL AND PRACTICAL SUPPORT THEY NEED. INDIVIDUALIZED CARE COORDINATION FOR CLIENTS CAN BEGIN WITH THE DIAGNOSIS OF AN ILLNESS AND EXTEND INTO SURVIVORSHIP AND END OF LIFE BEREAVEMENT.PATIENT CARE SERVICES CONTINUES TO PROVIDE UP TO THREE LEVELS OF CARE UNDER THE "CONTINUUM OF CARE" ESTABLISHED IN THE SPRING OF 2014: CARE MANAGEMENT (FOR THE NEWLY DIAGNOSED PATIENT WHO MAY RECOVER FROM THEIR ILLNESS); ANTICIPATORY GRIEF (FOR THE LOVED ONES AND/OR CAREGIVERS OF A PATIENT LIVING WITH LIFE THREATENING ILLNESS); AND BEREAVEMENT CARE MANAGEMENT (FOR THE SURVIVING LOVED ONE AFTER THE DEATH OF A PATIENT). DURING 2019 3,115 SOCIAL WORK AND SPIRITUAL CARE SESSIONS WERE PROVIDED. IN 2019, HSB CONTINUED THE COMPASSIONATE CARE OF CARPINTERIA (CCC) INITIATIVE. FOR THIS INITIATIVE, WE CREATED AN INITIATIVE PLAN, ESTABLISHED A STEERING COMMITTEE, PERFORMED COMMUNITY OUTREACH, SECURED NEW OFFICE SPACE, DEVELOPED NEW MARKETING MATERIALS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, AND DEVELOPED A STAFFING PLAN FOR NEW AND EXISTING STAFF. KEY CCC PARTNERS, INCLUDE CARPINTERIA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, CARPINTERIA PUBLIC HEALTH, CARPINTERIA SANSUM CLINIC, CARPINTERIA CAC HEAD START, ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCHES, REALITY, SUMMERLAND PRESBYTERIAN. ALSO IN 2019, HSB CONTINUED THE RELATIONSHIP WITH SANTA BARBARA NEIGHBORHOOD CLINICS (SBNC) TO OUTREACH WITHIN INDIVIDUAL CLINIC SETTINGS. AS A RESULT OF THIS RELATIONSHIP, HSB IS SEEING NEW REFERRALS. INTERNALLY, WE CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS IN THE SYSTEMATIC COLLECTION AND INITIAL RESEARCH INTO HSB'S CLIENT IMPACT MARKERS.OUR 115 ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS PROVIDED AN ANNUAL TOTAL OF 3,904 HOURS VOLUNTEERED TO OUR COMMUNITY. PATIENT CARE VOLUNTEERS OFFERED RESPITE TO CAREGIVERS TO IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PATIENTS AND CAREGIVERS WITH THOUGHTFUL COMPANIONSHIP, RESPITE CARE, HELP WITH HOUSEHOLD CHORES AND ERRANDS, AND ASSISTING WITH TRANSPORTATION TO AND FROM MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS. REIKI SERVICES ARE OFFERED THROUGH COMPLIMENTARY THERAPY SERVICE VOLUNTEERS. NO ONE DIES ALONE (NODA) VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE A REASSURING PRESENCE TO ACTIVELY DYING PATIENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY LIVING IN NURSING HOMES WHO WOULD OTHERWISE BE ALONE. NODA VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE PATIENTS WITH THAT MOST VALUABLE OF HUMAN GIFTS: A DIGNIFIED DEATH. THROUGH CONTINUED EFFORTS, HSB CURRENTLY HAS MOU'S WITH NINE FACILITIES INCLUDING: HERITAGE HOUSE, VILLA ALAMAR, ALEXANDER GARDENS, THE SAMARKAND, THE CALIFORNIAN, SARAH HOUSE, SERENITY HOUSE, BUENA VISTA CARE CENTER, AND ALTO LUCERO.

IN 2019, HSB CONTINUED THE LEAD IN THE WELLNESS END OF LIFE NETWORK (WEOLN) COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE GROUPS. IN FEBRUARY OF 2019, HSB HOSTED A COMMUNITY PRESENTATION, 'AN EVENING WITH JOAN HALIFAX; COURAGE, LOVE, COMPASSION. ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH EFFORTS INCLUDE: JEWISH FEDERATION, APS, BREAST CANCER RESEARCH CENTER, ALS, PARKINSON'S, ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION, DREAM FOUNDATION, SB CLERGY ASSOCIATION, SB PROFESSIONAL CHAPLAIN'S GROUP, SARAH HOUSE, THE CALIFORNIAN, VAL VERDE, SENIOR EXPO, OUR LADY OF GUADALUPE CHURCH AND MANY OTHERS. WE CONTINUED ONGOING PRESENTATIONS AT NODA FACILITIES, AND REFORMATTED OUR LEARN AT LUNCH TO A SERIES APPROACH.

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