Janet E. Bailey, 72, Health Consultant

Janet E. Bailey, Health Consultant Janet E. Bailey, a health consultant who had a private practice in Pacific Palisades, died in a car accident on Encinal Canyon Road Malibu on September 28. She was 72. Born in Scituate, Massachusetts on September 26, 1934, Janet moved with her family to Rockland, where she attended local schools. After graduation from high school, Janet attended nursing school in Quincy, where she earned a R.N., nurse anesthetist. After Janet’s marriage, she and her husband moved to California where she raised three wonderful children, Delynn, Alison and John. In the 1980s, Janet renewed her career in healthcare by attending St. Mary’s College, receiving her B.A. in health care services. In 1986, she earned a master’s degree at John F. Kennedy University in the San Francisco area. Janet’s nursing career included working as a nurse anesthetist, a staff R.N./counselor in two alcohol/drug abuse hospital programs, a staff member of the I.V. team at Santa Monica Hospital, and a member of the Sheriff’s Department Acupuncture Detox Team. Her counseling experience included work at the UCLA Pain Control Unit, the Bresler Medical Group, Kaiser Permanente’s Chemical Dependency Program, Columbia/Los Robles Pain Care Center and private cancer support group facilitator. Over the past 20 years, Janet had a private practice working as a health consultant working with groups and individuals teaching stress reduction, visualization/guided imagery, healing touch, alcohol and drug abuse counseling, and alternative methods of pain control. She told the Palisadian-Post in a 2001 interview, “There are many chronic illnesses and stress-related diseases such as irritable bowel syndrome, anxiety disorders and cardiovascular disease that respond well to relaxation therapy and personal empowerment that aids healing.” In 2000, Janet married Ron Kubeck and lived in Malibu. The same year, she started her private practice in the Palisades where she was very active in the Chamber of Commerce and several health-related groups. A donation in Janet’s name can be made to Women in Recovery in Venice. Janet will by missed by all those who came into her life.