Laguna clinic to discuss end-of-life care
The Laguna Beach Community Clinic will focus on end-of-life care during a health symposium on Tuesday.
“Each year we provide over 15,000 patient visits, but we want to do more to keep our community healthy,†Jorge Rubal, the clinic’s chief executive officer and medical director, said in a news release, referring to the facility’s first such event.
The symposium, scheduled from 9 to 11 a.m. in the Laguna Beach City Council chambers, will include a panel discussion featuring experts in palliative care such as Mona El Kurd, a licensed social worker, Janet Clough, a board certified chaplain, and Lauren Rubal, a physician who specializes in reproductive endocrinology and fertility.
Fay Blix, a certified elder law attorney and founder of the Elder Law section of the Orange County Bar Assn., will be the keynote speaker. The symposium will also include a question-and-answer session with the public.
“My favorite proverb is, ‘Dig a well before you get thirsty,’†Blix said in the release. “It’s important to plan ahead while you still have the ability to do so, so that you can control your own destiny as well as make things run more smoothly for those you love.â€
The clinic, at 362 Third St., is a nonprofit healthcare facility that provides nonemergency, curative and preventive care and educational services regardless of the patient’s ability to pay.
Janet Chance, a local neurologist and clinic board member, will moderate the symposium. She said end-of-life care applies to people of all ages.
“Providing end-of-life care to 128 clinic patients is our most challenging work,†Chance said in the release. “These patients range from small children to seniors, and all require the complex coordination of myriad health services, as well as compassionate support.â€
Tickets are $20 and can be reserved online at LBClinic.org. For more information, call Monica Prado at (949) 494-0761, Ext. 134. Council chambers are at City Hall, 505 Forest Ave.
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