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Aging is Inevitable: Caregiver: A Love Story

March 3 @ 7:00 PM8:00 PM EST

As part of our Aging is Inevitable Series, Rabbi Jen Kaluzny joins forces with
Jessica Zitter, MD, MPH for an in-depth discussion on our nation’s end-of-life
care and how to restore humanity to the care experience of seriously ill and
dying patients. This program will include an exclusive viewing of Dr. Zitter’s
new documentary CAREGIVER: A LOVE STORY which highlights an essential, yet
largely unseen workforce—the family caregivers of America, and challenges
viewers to acknowledge the growing strain placed on them. Dr. Zitter’s
previous documentary film, Extremis, was nominated for both an Oscar and Emmy
Awards and is currently streaming on Netflix.
_This program is supported by The Stanford and Roselyn Komisar Blanck Fund for
Elderly and Aging Support._

**MORE ABOUT DR. ZITTER**

Dr. Zitter attended Stanford University and Case Western Reserve University
Medical School and earned her Master of Public Health at the University of
California, Berkeley. Her medical training includes an Internal Medicine
residency at Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and a fellowship in
Pulmonary/Critical Care at the University of California, San Francisco. In
2005 Dr. Zitter co-founded Vital Decisions, a telephone counseling service for
patients with life-limiting illnesses. Dr. Zitter uses story to promote a new
approach to end of life care. Her book Extreme
Measures: Finding a Better Path to the End of Life, offers an insider’s view
of intensive care in the U.S. and its impact on how we die. Her essays and
articles have appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic, the Washington
Post, Time magazine, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and
other publications. Her work is featured in the Oscar and Emmy-nominated
Netflix documentary Extremis, as well as Caregiver: A Love Story, which
explores the rising concern of family caregiver burden. She practices at the
public hospital in Oakland California.

This event will be on Zoom. Please register in advance here:[
https://www.temple-israel.org/event/aging-caregiver](https://
https://www.temple-israel.org/event/aging-caregiver)

Organized by: Temple Israel

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Date:
March 3
Time:
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST
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Temple Israel
Phone
248-661-5700
Email
hdeutch@temple-israel.org
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