Border Mountain
The most sensitive and effective support for those coping with hospice
needs, grief, and personal loss, comes from professionals that have
experienced those same circumstances. At Border Mountain, JoAnne
Chitwood has created intuitive, loving programs that speak to the
hearts of anyone dealing with loss. A respected author, film producer,
counselor, seminar leader, and Registered Nurse, JoAnne has practiced
in the Hospice field for over 20 years.
Border Mountain, Inc. is a non-profit organization based in Idaho with a healing retreat (Camp David) being developed on the island of St. Croix in the USVI. Our sister website www.bordermountain.com presents training programs, manuals, and books developed by Border Mountain and sold through Promise Publications, which is a for profit business. Our page has links to our sister website for information on specific products offered through Promise Publications. Some proceeds from Promise Publications are used to promote Camp David and other Border Mountain projects described on this website.
Completely refilmed and revised, The original training has been expanded to present Excellence in End Of Life Care to a much broader range of volunteers and professionals. With interviews and high definition footage shot in hospice settings around the world, the revised training meets US Medicare and all state requirements for training volunteers and other healthcare staff. Visit our sister website to view the features and order materials from this thorough and professional program. Discover why over a thousand hospice programs trust the training.
Bipolar Awareness Bike Trek
Planned
Border Mountain is organizing a cross country bicycle ride from
Anacortes, Washington to Washington, D.C. in memory of David Chitwood
and all who have died from the effects of Bipolar illness. Our purpose
is to raise awareness of the importance of early detection and
treatment of bipolar disorder, and to support families who have been
torn by this potentially heartbreaking disease. To learn more or help
support this endeavor, please see our new page on .
View The Bipolar Film Project
Trailer!
Click to view Border Mountain's new
film preview. Also check out our page which documents
the background behind the feature film and allows you to donate towards
helping fund the final film editing.
About Us:
Border Mountain is a
non-profit organization dedicated to emotional and spiritual growth and
healing for individuals and families regardless of religious
background, race, or creed. We provide opportunities for processing of
grief issues, improving interpersonal communication skills, identifying
and correcting dysfunctional family system programming and learning to
live a more peaceful and serene life.
Our mission is to provide a safe and nurturing environment to process
personal loss and grief.
Border Mountain is producing two documentary style
DVD's about significant hospice issues. Our page explores how different
approaching end-of-life can be for a veteran, and what steps hospice
programs and caregivers can take to appropriately honor the last days
of a veteran's life.
NOW AVAILABLE on our
page is a video preview of this DVD "Honored To The End": Veterans at
End-of-Life. This film is in final production and expected to be
released in 2018.
The
pointedly addresses the significant distrust of the medical system by
African-Americans. It is designed to increase their understanding of
the benefits of hospice programs and to deliver effective strategies to
hospice organizations for approaching and helping this underserved
population. The DVD is partially narrated by recording artist James
Dore' and features his new song "Crossing Over".
DONATIONS
Your contributions to help fund special projects within Border Mountain
are tax deductable.
You are welcome to use the PayPal donation link above or visit our
specific project pages and use the donation buttons located in the side
bars. After clicking on the donation button, simply type in the amount
you wish to donate and update your shopping cart totals before filling
out payment information. You do not need to have a PayPal account to
make a credit card donation payment to Bordermountain. After payment
information please note in your comments which project you would like
to support. We are currently accepting donations for our ,
our Bipolar
Awareness Cross Country Bike Trek, Bipolar Film Project
and also for our Camp
David building project.