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Michelle Foster,
Foundation
President
CPR
Simi Valley Hospital offers CPR for community
residents, including infant CPR, adult/child CPR and
health care provider basic life support. For more
information, visit
SimiValleyHospital.com
and
click on “Classes and Events” near the top
of the page, call
805-955-6890
or email
SV_Education@ah.org .SUPPORT GROUPS
GRIEF SUPPORT
A safe place for people who are suffering the pain
of losing a loved one, no matter how long ago the
loss occurred. Groups are facilitated by Simi Valley
Hospital’s director of Spiritual Care Services.
Call
805-955-6225
for meeting times and location.
CANCER SUPPORT
The American Cancer Society offers a variety
of support groups free of charge. For more
information, call
805-644-4237, option 3
; call
800-227-2345
; or visit
cancer.org
.
BRAIN INJURY SUPPORT
Offered in conjunction with the National Stroke
Association, this free support group at Simi Valley
Hospital is for caregivers, families and survivors. Call
Richard at
805-498-2632
for more information.
CHILDBIRTHANDPARENTING
Registration is required for all classes. Unless
otherwise indicated, call
805-955-6304
to
register. Additional information is available at
SimiValleyHospital.com
. Click on “Classes and
Events” near the top of the page.
MATERNITY TOUR
•
Tuesdays, March 24; April 7; May 5, 26;
June 9, 30
•
Thursdays, April 2, 16; May 14; June 18
7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Garden level of main building
PREPARED CHILDBIRTH
•
Mondays, April 6, 13, 20, 27; June 8, 15, 22, 29
•
Wednesdays, April 8, 15, 22, 29; May 6, 13, 20, 27;
June 3, 10, 17, 24
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Garden level of main building | $50 per couple;
$25 per couple for refresher course (weeks two
and three); $12 per couple for C-section class only
(week three)
PREPARING FOR YOUR FIRST BABY
•
Monday, May 4
6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Cafe Conference Room | $10 per couple
BREASTFEEDING CLASS
•
Thursdays, March 26, April 30, May 28, June 25
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Garden level of main building | $35
BREASTFEEDING
SUPPORT GROUP
•
Thursdays, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Women’s Unit in Patient Care Tower
BABY CARE BASICS
Prepared Childbirth participants: This class is
included in your series.
•
Mondays, March 23, April 27, June 29
•
Wednesdays, March 25, April 29, May 27, June 24
6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Garden level of main building | $10 per couple
SIBLING RELATIONS
•
Tuesdays, April 28, June 2
6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Cafe Conference Room
TWILIGHT INFANT/PARENT CLASS
•
Mondays, March 30 to May 18
5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Child Development Center
In this eight-week class, parents learn about child
development and parenting while their children
play alongside them under the supervision of child
development specialists. Dinner is provided. Call
805-955-8120
.
Calendar
Join us for a fun day of learning, laughing and celebrating fabulous women!
Proceeds from the event benefit Simi Valley Hospital’s Emergency Services
and Hospital Expansion Project.
April 17, 2015
California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks
For tickets, call the Simi Valley Hospital Foundation at
805-955-6670
.
Sponsorship opportunities are also available for this event.
HATS OFF TO
WOMEN
Simi Valley Hospital Foundation
2015
You’re
invited!
Find class descriptions online at
SimiValleyHospital.com
.
Click on “Classes and Events” near the top of the page.
SIMI VALLEY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION
We’re here for you—
and because of you
AS SIMI VALLEY HOSPITAL’S
new Emergency
Department completes construction and opens for business,
I’m reminded once again of how much progress the hospital
has made over the past several years. The staff and directors
of the Simi Valley Hospital Foundation are so grateful to have
been a part of this growth, providing a way for generous indi-
viduals, businesses and groups in our community to invest in
their hometown hospital.
Because we are a non-profit organization, we rely heavily
on gifts from our community to provide the quality buildings,
equipment, programs and services our patients and their loved
ones need. This type of quality is exemplified in the Thakkar Family Emergency
Pavilion, which you can read more about on page 4. We are truly thankful for those
whose philanthropic support has created a facility that will serve our community
well for years to come.
Anyone can be a Simi Valley Hospital Foundation donor. Regardless of how small
you may think your gift is, it makes a difference. Read more on page 5 about giving
opportunities for the Emergency Pavilion, and check out the story below about one
of our wonderful donors.
A daughter’s gratitude for her parents’ care
When Camarillo resident Tracy Hopcus
Jordan wrote a letter that accompanied
a donation from her mother to the Simi
Valley Hospital Foundation in December
2014, her life was much different than it
had been when she put that task on her
to-do list earlier in the year.
Originally, Jordan had planned to make
a donation in appreciation for the care her
mother, Barbara Hopcus, had received
during a stay in the hospital in December
2013. However, in October 2014, her
father, Raymond Hopcus, fell ill and
spent his last days in the care of a team
of physicians and nurses in Simi Valley
Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
“I felt that I had to write about the
extra help we had from the ICU staff
with regards to my dad and the decision
to take him off of life support,” Jordan
said in her letter. “After we heard all the
assessments from the various doctors, my
siblings and I were in agreement that my
dad was not ‘with us’ any longer and that
taking him off life support would be best.
“However,” Jordan continued, “my mom
was not 100 percent ready to agree to it.
The patience the staff had in allowing my
mom to talk to each specialist individually
in order to make her final decision really
made a huge difference.”
Jordan said that, unlike many other
health care providers she has interacted
with on behalf of her parents, the staff
at Simi Valley Hospital understood that
navigating through a medical setting
can be confusing.
“I am writing this letter to commend
your staff for knowing that families like
mine in these situations are coming in
and do not know anything—they need
some hand-holding during this difficult
time. The staff at Simi Valley Hospital
did a wonderful job and should be
commended for what they do and
provide to the patients and their families.”