In-Home Waiver Lets Senior Bartolomeo Stay Home
Ronald Bartolomeo of Wayne Township credits a Pennsylvania Department of Aging waiver program with moving him from Hill View Manor back home. Administered through Challenges: Options in Aging, the program replaces nursing home funds with in-home care seven days a week, including therapy, bathing, meals, and equipment access. Eligibility requires age 60 plus, nursing home level care, MA financial eligibility, preference for community services, and cost cap at 80 percent of average nursing home Medicaid. Call 658-3729 for details.
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Pennsylvania Department of Aging
Ronald Bartolomeo
Bartolomeo
Ellwood City Hospital
Allegheny General Hospital
Wayne Township
Bertha
Hill View Manor
Hill View
Paul Hawthorne
Tourette support group pauses June July in Beaver County
The Beaver County Tourette Syndrome Support Group will not meet in June and July at The Medical Center and will resume in August. For information contact Mary K. Benkart at 846 8604. Giant Eagle Butler Road hosts free diabetes seminar June 15 in conjunction with the ADA and local practitioners from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The event includes a diabetes tour of the store led by Judy Dodd with guidance on monitoring and nutrition. Reservations via Giant Eagle pharmacy or 652 3822.
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Beaver County
Giant Eagle
Butler Road
American Diabetes Association
Judy Dodd
Herb Day Tour by EverGreen at Villa Maria July 8
EverGreen presents a herb day by the Sisters of the Humility of Mary at Villa Maria with a garden tour from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 8. The trip starts at Salt Box Gallery Hubbard Ohio and proceeds to Villa Maria and Misty Adows Vienna. Registration closes June 19 with a $20 fee. contact EverGreen for details.
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EverGreen
Sisters of the Humility of Mary
Villa Maria
Salt Box Gallery
Schotten Road SE
Hubbard
Ohio
Marian Sabastiano
Misty Adows
Vienna
Cathy Caruso
Getting a workout
Mary Powers reports on arthritis treatment integrating exercise with new drugs. In Raleigh Tennessee a biweekly church class aids 11 women and 1 man as gentle movements ease pain, while Memphis researchers test immune system–targeted therapies. Arthritis ranges across about 100 conditions, with rheumatoid and osteoarthritis most common.
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Scenic Hills United Methodist Church
Raleigh
Tenn
Memphis
A.B. Tredway
Laura Leigh Clark
Baptist Rehabilitation Hospital
Vander Schaaf
UT Health Science Center
Scripps Howard News Service
Betty Moore
Clara Mosby
Pat French
Ruby Howard
Martha Norton
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Department of Aging
Judy Hruska
By Mary Powers
Aram Hanissian
Postlethwaite
Memphis Veterans Medical Center
University of Ten
Nessee Health Science Center
Church
Martha Hubbard
Harriet Coltharp
Church Health Center
Coltharp
Hope and Healing Center
Pat Vander Schaaf