Sonora, CA…Hospice of the Sierra is offering Coping with the Holidays, a grief support event for anyone who has lost a loved one and would like some help in coping with the upcoming holiday season. Grief facilitators and others who have been on this journey will share ways of coping during the holidays. The gathering will include a memorial table for participants to display pictures or other items that are meaningful reminders of their loved ones.

Coping with the Holidays will be held Saturday, November 5, from 2 to 4 p.m. in Conference Rooms 1 & 2 at Sonora Regional Medical Center. There is no charge for the event but pre-registration is requested.

Please call Shauna at 209-536-5687 for more information and to register for the event. If you would like to participate in the memorial table, please bring a photo of your loved one or other meaningful item.

Sonora Regional Medical Center is a not-for-profit 152-bed health care facility including 72 acute beds, 12 swing beds, 68 skilled nursing beds and a large network of clinics, owned and operated by Adventist Health/Roseville, California. In addition to emergency and acute care services, other Sonora Regional Medical Center services include advanced cardiac care, cancer center, diagnostic imaging, home health, hospice, intensive care, obstetrics, rural health, surgical services, wellness center, wound care and hyperbaric oxygen, and over 20 primary care, urgent care and specialty clinics. The Medical Center provided care for 163,349 outpatient clinic visits, 89,783 diagnostic imaging tests, 31,647 home care visits, 30,394 emergency department visits, and 4,608 hospital discharges in 2015. Staffed by over 165 physicians, 1,421 employees, and 117 volunteers, Sonora Regional Medical Center is the largest private employer in Tuolumne County. To find a physician in the area, contact the Physician Referral Line at (209) 536-3344.