NVNA and Hospice Offers New South Shore Community Health Education Programs

PRLog (Press Release) - Feb 16, 2010 -
Norwell, MASS – NVNA and Hospice (http://www.nvna.org/Calendar.aspx?318), the only independent non-profit home health care agency serving Boston’s South Shore, announced two new community health programs: Transitions in Healthcare and Get Up and Move. Both programs are offered for free to South Shore area seniors and their caregivers, and are funded in part by two Title IIID grants of the Older Americans Act through South Shore Elder Services, Inc.

“As a non-profit organization, grant funding is critical to the ongoing service and care we provide to our community,” said Meg Doherty, CEO of NVNA and Hospice. “We’re very fortunate to receive funding in the form of Title III D Grants and proud that our record of excellent care is one of the key reasons we are able to continually secure such crucial support. Combined with ongoing, generous donations, we’re able to offer such important programs – educating and empowering seniors to manage their health – at no cost to them. Our goal is to enable seniors to take good care of themselves for the rest of their lives.”

Get Up and Move
Get Up and Move will teach seniors how exercise and physical activity can help maintain and improve physical strength and decrease fall risk. Seniors will learn and develop an understanding of how exercise and activity can help manage and prevent diseases like diabetes, heart disease, breast and colon cancer and osteoporosis. Taught by licensed health care professionals, this program is offered free to seniors and their caregivers.

Transitions in Healthcare
Transitions in Healthcare helps seniors understand and navigate the many health care settings in which they may find themselves, such as the emergency room, hospital, rehab facility, nursing home, and back home again. Participants receive a health care communication tool and learn about the four pillars of care: medication self-management, personal health record, primary care and specialist follow up, and “red flag” disease management.

Both programs are currently being planned. Please check our community events calendar (http://www.nvna.org/Calendar.aspx?318) for updated program dates for the spring and summer. Upcoming dates this winter include:

Get Up and Move
February 24, 2010, 10:30 a.m.
Quincy Senior Center, 440 East Squantum St., Quincy MA

March 8, 2010, 1:30 p.m.
Hingham Senior Center, Central St., Hingham MA

March 22, 2010, 10:00 a.m.
Scituate COA, 27 Brook Street, Scituate MA

April 28, 2010, 11:00 a.m.
Cohasset Senior Center, Cohasset MA
Transitions in Healthcare
April 6, 2010, 7:00 p.m.
Hingham Senior Center, Central St., Hingham MA