Care For The Caregiver~ Free Program at the Mandala Center

The Mandala Center is offering a free program on Sunday, July 26th from 2 pm to 5 pm with Hilece Rose, RN for those who are caregivers or who are grieving over someone or something they have cared for and lost. It is hoped this is the first of regular meetings in which there will be an exploration of the issues that arise in care giving, such as isolation, the stages and trauma of grief and loss, the need for change and fun. 

Experiential activities to uncover and enhance the wealth within, and techniques to comfort oneself, and those for whom one cares, will be shared. It will be a time and place to tell one’s story, be exactly ‘where one is at’, and witness the stories of others –  resulting in a sense of a community of care.

Hilece is an RN, high honors graduate from Northern New Mexico Community College in 1991. She cared many years for her own mother, providing 24/7 nursing care the last two years of her mother’s life. She works in long-term care.  Hilece has been the nurse for groups on journeys through India, Nepal and Tibet, as well as the ‘in house’ nurse on retreats. With a couple of doctors, she facilitated a one-day clinic for monks and villagers in Mirik, India, tending to over 80 people. She received a healing from, and studied with, a Philippino  ‘psychic surgeon’ in 1998. She has been an EMT on the Taos Ambulance as well as in the HCH emergency room. Hilece is one of the facilitators and participants in a retreat center north of Questa.

After life-changing losses, Hilece attended Ted Wiard’s (Golden Willow Retreat Center) weekly ‘grief’ group in Taos for two years. In June of 2013, she completed the 200 hour ‘Grief, Loss and Trauma Counseling Certificate Program’ taught by Dr. Janet Schreiber at Southwestern College in Santa Fe. She has recently facilitated MCMC LTC’s “Care for Caregivers” group and their yearly memorial service.  She plays the harp at bedsides.

 Call the Mandala Center for more information:  575-278-3002.