Events
Please see our calendar below for more details. Some are held online while others are in-person.
Our interactive online calendar allows you to view events by month, week or day. Click on each event title for more information, including description and details about how to RSVP. Hospicare has a list of online grief resources that may be of assistance.
Throughout the year, Hospicare holds many events and programs, including ongoing grief support groups and special one-time or limited-time sessions. Hospicare also holds fundraising activities and outreach and educational events.
Educational Outreach Events
Sandra L. Bem Lecture on Compassionate Care & End of Life Issues
Tompkins County Public Library - Borg Warner Room 101 East Green Street, Ithaca, NY, United StatesDefining the Good Life -- at the End-of-Life Join Hospicare and Palliative Care Services for the Third Annual Sandra L. Bem Lecture at 7PM on Monday, October 16th at the Borg Warner Room of the Tompkins Public Library. Have you experienced a loved one coming to the end of their life facing a death without…
The Bem Film Screening- Into the Night; Portraits of Life and Death
Cinemapolis 120 East Green Street, Ithaca, NY, United StatesThe Bem Lecture/Film Screening will take place at 2pm on September 22, 2019 at Cinemapolis, 120 E Green St., Ithaca, NY. Screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director Helen Whitney. WE DON’T KNOW HOW. WE DON’T KNOW WHEN. BUT DEATH COMES FOR US ALL. To be human is to wrestle with this truth…
ONLINE: Tools for Connection and Wellness –
TO VIEW THE VIDEO LIVE PLEASE GO TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AT SHOWTIME! https://www.facebook.com/hospicare/ Tools for Connection and Wellness - Online Support for Hospicare Community Based on the current circumstances, we feel that it’s important to expand our discussion of grief to include the many different types of losses that people are experiencing right…
ONLINE: 5 min Breath Break with Hospicare Team
TO VIEW THE VIDEO LIVE PLEASE GO TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AT SHOWTIME! https://www.facebook.com/hospicare/ Tools for Connection and Wellness - Online Support for Hospicare Community Based on the current circumstances, we feel that it’s important to expand our discussion of grief to include the many different types of losses that people are experiencing right…
Advance Care Planning Webinar with Hospicare
Advance Care Planning Webinar with Hospicare Tuesday, June 16, 2020, 4:00-5:00pm. Tompkins County Public Library is partnering with Hospicare to offer an Advance Care Planning Webinar. End-of-life planning conversations are hard, and now is the time to have them. Join us for a one-hour webinar with Dr. Lucia Jander and the Hospicare interdisciplinary team.…
Advance Care Planning Webinar with Hospicare
Advance Care Planning Webinar with Hospicare Presented by The Cancer Resource Center Thursday, June 25, 2020, 4:00-5:00pm. End-of-life planning conversations are hard, and now is the time to have them. Join us for a one-hour webinar with Dr. Lucia Jander and the Hospicare interdisciplinary team. End-of-life. Dying. Death. These words make people so uncomfortable that…
Advance Care Planning Webinar Series – Fall 2020
Establish your goals. Overcome your fears. Join us for this webinar series to take a “deep dive” into important aspects of planning for the future and end-of-life. Panelists will include Dr. Lucia Jander and members of Hospicare’s interdisciplinary team as well as experts in financial planning and estates. What life sustaining treatments would you want in the event of…
Palliative Care Informational Webinar
Palliative Care Informational Webinar with Hospicare Hosted by Lifelong TCSCC What is palliative care and how can it benefit you or your loved one? Palliative care is specialized medical care that focuses on relieving symptoms and stress at any stage of a serious illness. The goal of palliative care is to improve quality of…
Creating Meaning through the Women Swimmin’ Experience
Creating Meaning through the Women Swimmin’ Experience A virtual workshop for all participants with Maura Cody, Laura Ward and Sara Worden! June 24, 6:30-8pm Free and open to anyone in the Women Swimmin’ community. Registration required. Maura Cody spent her early childhood in Brooktondale and Ithaca, and has remained connected to the community even during her years away from the…
Illuminations Community Memorial
Nina K. Miller Hospicare Residence 172 East King Road, Ithaca, NY, United StatesThursday, June 9th, 7:30-9:00 p.m. Illuminations, our annual community memorial event is open to the public and all are welcome to attend. Please join us to enjoy the Hospicare gardens, light a luminaria in memory of a loved one, and share in a special program of remembrance featuring live music, poetry, and concluding with a…