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Enhancing the experience
of caregiving by teaching
mindfulness and compassion

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Caregivers

Caregivers

We train family, professional, and clinical caregivers to develop and apply mindfulness for engaged care.
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Volunteers

Volunteers

We offer an opportunity to cultivate awareness and compassion by caring for those with chronic and terminal illness.
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Our Offerings

We teach mindfulness and compassion to improve well-being and care.

Our work, drawing from over 30 years of experience in hospice and end of life care, is grounded in the expression
of the universal values of compassion and service. We teach caregivers to use mindfulness-based tools to improve
well-being, and through conversation, we inspire each other to live fully in the face of the universal experience of loss.

Mindful Caregiving Education

Our courses improve care by helping caregivers build emotional resilience and work skillfully with stress and loss.
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Volunteer Caregiving Program

We train volunteers in skills grounded in mindfulness and compassion to serve people who are chronically ill or dying.
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Exploring Loss

We create and participate in workshops, events and conferences to bring the topics of loss and death into the open.
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A special event

Launching our new Spanish-language online series for caregivers

On Feb 1st we will be launching our first Spanish-language series for family caregivers. The online series will run for five weeks and you can join any of the sessions for free. Sessions will be taught in Spanish, via Zoom.

Please share this opportunity with anyone you think may benefit, and to learn more about the course and register click the button below.

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Library of Resources

Check out our library of free videos and caregiver listings

Over the last few years, we have compiled many resource lists, recordings, tips, and stories that have helped those who recently found themselves in a caregiving role to a full-time caregiver.

We have videos on topics such as Self Compassion, Working with Grief, Building Resilience, and Managing Difficult Emotions. There are also blogs about our work and lists of palliative and hospice organizations as well as other caregiving support sites.

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News from the Field

On Caregiving

Family Caregiver Alliance

Webinar on The Gift of Self-Compassion for Family Caregivers

ZCP presented a talk on the gift of self-compassion to the Family Caregiver Alliance.
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Supporting staff that help the most vulnerable in San Francisco

Hear how ZCP is supporting staff that helps the most vulnerable in SF.
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Companionship and Compassion: The benefits of ZCP Volunteers on a palliative care ward

Hear about the value our volunteers bring from a charge nurse.
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Bethany Becker

Welcoming Bethany, our new board member

Learn more about our most recent member of the Board of Directors, Bethany Becker.
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Imerson Angels

Working with Imerman Angels

ZCP delivered a four-part training on self-compassion and grief to Immerman Angels.
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Growing our Instructor Team

As demand for our courses and classes increases, we grew our instructor team.
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Testimonials

What People Are Saying

We want to improve the care experience for everyone. Our greatest reward is knowing that our training improves the well being of those we serve.
I feel more connected to the person I am caring for because of this class, and I feel more connected to myself.
Course participant
Mindful Family Caregiving Course Participant (Online)
Volunteering at Zen Hospice Project has had a profound influence on my life. It brings joy to my life and I always receive much more than I give.
Laurent de Bord
Volunteer Caregiver at Laguna Honda Hospital
Your workshop was a highlight of the weekend. It felt incredibly gratifying.
Mindy Relyea
Everpresence Symposium Founder, and Director
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Partners

We believe that better caregiving happens through networks of
inspired people and organizations working together.

We work with a range of different partners to share our mindfulness-based approach to caregiving.
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