For National Social Work Month in March of 2026, we'd like you to meet three outstanding members of MPTF’s social work team. Carly Castaneda, LCSW, started at MPTF in 2014 in the Community Volunteers department which she found as part of GSWEC (Geriatric Social...
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to support people who have been diagnosed, educate about risk factors, and encourage regular cancer screenings. MPTF’s Palliative Care team has recently been helping one industry worker, a 38-year-old SAG-AFTRA...
“I learned the fragility of life and how quickly things can be gone, and to appreciate everything and each other.” That lesson was one Jacqueline Craven learned from several life experiences starting with the devastating Malibu fire in 1993. She and her husband,...
“I didn’t know how to save myself, but they did.” That’s how Editors Guild member Glenn Darby feels about the upheaval he’s experienced since Heidi, his wife of thirty years, passed away suddenly a year ago. Living in L.A. since 1988, he first joined what is now...
Presented live on KTLA-5 on December 9, 2023, hosted by Tom Bergeron and Yvette Nicole Brown. Find out how you can play your part by supporting entertainment industry workers at mptf.com/telethon. Thank you to our presenting sponsors, City National Bank and UCLA...
Rebecca Huntley, Peter Goldwyn and Mirna Gonzalez share their moving stories about why "I Am MPTF" at “100 Years of Hollywood: A Celebration of Service” on June 18, 2022 at The Lot at Formosa. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFOTg3ogxLw
Taking care of our parents is an issue that can come up when we least expect it
“You two are out causing trouble!” That’s the joking reaction you can hear sometimes on campus when a special pair of friends is out cruising around on their motorized wheelchairs. A bond formed quickly earlier this year when resident Dave Pierce, who worked for...
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We’d like you to meet two people instrumental to our outpatient Palliative Care program: Anne Front, LMFT, APHSW‑C, a Palliative Care social worker, and Rabbi Arthur Rosenberg, Palliative Care Chaplain.
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