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TRU Community Care Honoring life, offering support. TRU Community Care provides hospice, palliative, PACE, grief, and dementia services across Boulder, Denver & beyond.

When you need the trusted, responsive, unparalleled care that has made us the preferred choice of physicians and families for over 40 years, ask for us by name - TRU Community Care. As Colorado's first hospice, we have long set the standard of care for those with advanced illness in our region. And we continue to lead the way today, with innovative programs that honor the choices, preserve the dignity, and address the individual needs of the patients and families we are privileged to serve.

You can make a meaningful difference with the time you already have.Volunteering can fit into different seasons of life,...
10/10/2026

You can make a meaningful difference with the time you already have.

Volunteering can fit into different seasons of life, whether you have a few hours occasionally or are looking for a more regular way to serve. TRU Community Care offers a variety of volunteer opportunities, giving you the chance to contribute in ways that match your interests, strengths, and availability. That might mean offering companionship to patients and families, supporting programs and events, helping behind the scenes, or sharing a skill that can benefit others in your community.

Start with the time you have and explore where it could make an impact. Take a look at this month's volunteer opportunities and find the role that's right for you.

Volunteer with TRU: https://www.trucare.org/about-us/volunteer/

Today is World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, and this year’s theme focuses on something that touches families and com...
10/10/2026

Today is World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, and this year’s theme focuses on something that touches families and communities around the world: pain management as an essential part of palliative care.

Pain relief is not optional. It is not a luxury. It is a basic promise of compassionate care.

Pain can affect much more than the body. Serious illness can bring physical, emotional, social, and spiritual distress, which is why palliative care looks at the whole person, not just the diagnosis. The right care helps people manage symptoms, improve comfort, and focus on quality of life and what matters most to them.

Yet more than 20 million people die each year in unnecessary pain, not because we lack the medicines or knowledge, but because barriers such as access, policy, and stigma can still stand between people and the relief they deserve.

TRU Community Care believes people deserve care that listens, responds, and helps make each day as comfortable and meaningful as possible.

Today, we join patients, families, caregivers, healthcare professionals, and advocates around the world in imagining something better: a world where no one has to endure preventable pain.

Let’s celebrate today, a day for comfort, dignity, connection, and the joy that becomes possible when suffering doesn’t have to take center stage!

Worldwide Hospice Palliative Care Alliance
International Association for Hospice and Palliative Care
World Health Organization (WHO)

When someone you love resists help, the goal may be to keep the conversation going.Concerns about independence, privacy,...
10/09/2026

When someone you love resists help, the goal may be to keep the conversation going.

Concerns about independence, privacy, routines, or unfamiliar changes can make accepting support difficult. A conversation that starts with curiosity can help you better understand what matters to your loved one.

Try these four approaches:
1. Ask what concerns them about getting help. Listen for the specific worry behind their response.
2. Connect support to what they value. Talk about how help could support a goal that matters to them, such as staying at home, maintaining a routine, or spending energy on the things they enjoy.
3. Offer choices. Whenever possible, involve your loved one in deciding what kind of support feels useful and how it could fit into their life.
4. Keep the conversation open. Needs and perspectives can change. Give the conversation time and return to it as circumstances evolve.

You can start with: “What would make things easier while still helping you do the things that matter to you?”

TRU Community Care offers services across the continuum of aging and serious illness, helping individuals and families explore support based on their needs, goals, and changing circumstances.

Save this post for a future conversation or share it with a caregiver who may find it useful.

Start with the question you’re trying to solve. “How can I stay independent as my needs change?” “Can someone help manag...
10/08/2026

Start with the question you’re trying to solve.

“How can I stay independent as my needs change?”
“Can someone help manage symptoms while I’m receiving treatment?”
“What support is available when comfort becomes the priority?”
“Where can our family turn for memory care or grief support?”

You may enter TRU Community Care’s continuum at different points depending on what you need. Services span support for aging and independence, memory care, palliative care, hospice, and grief support. As needs change, the conversation can change with them.

Save this post as a starting point, then explore TRU’s continuum of care services at trucare.org.

Are we treating the illness, treating the symptoms, or focusing on comfort? It’s a useful question to ask when you or so...
10/07/2026

Are we treating the illness, treating the symptoms, or focusing on comfort? It’s a useful question to ask when you or someone you love is navigating serious illness.

• Curative treatment is intended to cure or control a disease.
• Supportive treatment helps manage symptoms, side effects, and quality-of-life concerns and can often be provided alongside treatment for the illness.
• Comfort-focused care prioritizes comfort and quality of life when those goals become the focus of care.

Care needs can change over time. That’s why understanding the full continuum of care matters. TRU Community Care offers support across different stages of aging and serious illness, from services that support independence and well-being to palliative care, memory care, hospice, and grief support.

The right support depends on what you need now, and it can evolve as your health, priorities, and goals change.

Save this post for your next care conversation, or share it with someone helping navigate care decisions. Learn more about TRU Community Care at trucare.org.

This simple reassurance can open the door to meaningful conversations about what someone values and how they want to be ...
09/25/2026

This simple reassurance can open the door to meaningful conversations about what someone values and how they want to be cared for as they age.

Ask about what brings them comfort, who they want involved in decisions, what matters most in their daily life, and what they hope their care will prioritize. Listening to those answers can help families advocate for care that reflects the individual.

TRU Community Care provides a continuum of compassionate care designed to support individuals and families through every stage of aging, from programs that promote independence and well-being to memory care, palliative care, hospice, and grief support.

Explore the care and resources available for wherever you are in the journey at trucare.org.

You cannot pour from an empty cup, but many caregivers try.Caring for someone living with dementia is an act of love, bu...
09/23/2026

You cannot pour from an empty cup, but many caregivers try.

Caring for someone living with dementia is an act of love, but it can also be emotionally, physically, and mentally demanding. Supporting someone else starts with caring for yourself, too.

Join TRU Connections for Sustaining Yourself While Caring for Others, a practical conversation about recognizing caregiver burnout, managing stress, setting healthy boundaries, and building habits that help you continue caring without losing yourself in the process.

Wednesday, October 7
12:30–1:30 p.m.

Presented by TRU Connections, a program of TRU Community Care dedicated to education, support, and community engagement.

Whether you're a family caregiver or supporting someone with memory loss in another setting, you'll leave with practical tools and resources to help sustain your own well-being while caring for those you love.

Register: https://qr.kiscoseniorliving.com/wqdCn7?uq=eyJkZXZpY2VJZCI6IjAzNjAxNDM4LTI4ZmQtNGRiNS1hYzFjLTcyYzI3YThmZDI4MyJ9

Healing with Horses offers a different kind of space for grief.On Saturday, September 26, TRU Grief Services invites adu...
09/21/2026

Healing with Horses offers a different kind of space for grief.

On Saturday, September 26, TRU Grief Services invites adults who have experienced the death of a loved one to spend the day outdoors at a private ranch in Lyons. Through guided interaction with horses, participants will have space to be present with their thoughts, feelings, and experiences of grief.

Horses are responsive, nonjudgmental animals, and working with them can offer opportunities for reflection, connection, and healing. All activities take place safely on the ground, so prior experience with horses is not needed.

The workshop is offered in partnership with Heartlight Center and Dancing Spirit.

Saturday, September 26
10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Private ranch in Lyons, CO
$100 per participant; scholarships are available

Register through the TRU Grief Services Grief Group Registration Form: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=txsH02KqLkutFYw8GhehtsS1UtO8JiBEqY0HweGSZGpUQTc4RVpPSUlPRFRJRlZBRzU2SjNSWjdUTSQlQCN0PWcu

Questions? Contact [email protected] or call Brenda, Grief Group Coordinator, at 303-604-5300.

Grief support can take many forms, and finding what fits can be a meaningful place to begin. TRU Community Care offers e...
09/18/2026

Grief support can take many forms, and finding what fits can be a meaningful place to begin.

TRU Community Care offers educational resources for adults, children, teens, families, friends, and school personnel, covering everything from specific types of loss to self-care, holidays, anniversaries, and supporting someone who is grieving. Families can also explore youth and family grief support, while adults seeking connection with others can learn about TRU Community Care’s adult grief support groups.

Explore grief resources and ways to connect with TRU Grief Services at trucare.org/grief-support-resources

Knowing when to add support is part of confident caregiving.Caregiving can include schedules, medications, transportatio...
09/16/2026

Knowing when to add support is part of confident caregiving.

Caregiving can include schedules, medications, transportation, meals, household needs, emotional support, and questions about what comes next. Recognizing your own limits can help you protect your energy while creating a stronger support system for your loved one.

Ways to recognize your own limits as a caregiver:

1. Notice when care tasks require more time than your schedule can realistically hold.
2. Pay attention when coordinating appointments, medications, meals, or transportation becomes increasingly difficult.
3. Consider how caregiving responsibilities are affecting your sleep, work, health, or relationships.
4. Identify the responsibilities that feel most stressful, repetitive, or difficult to manage.
5. Watch for changes in your loved one’s needs, routines, mobility, or safety.
6. Identify specific responsibilities that family, friends, or professional support could help share.
7. Check in regularly with yourself and your loved one about what’s working and where additional support could help.

TRU Community Care offers services and resources that can help individuals and families as care needs change. Exploring additional support can help caregivers share responsibilities while keeping quality of life, individual needs, and what matters most to their loved one at the center of care.

Learn more about support available through TRU Community Care at trucare.org.

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