COMPEER Uplifts Mental Health Clients Through Friendship
Maureen Pierce outlines Mental Illness Awareness Week and the COMPEER program at Franklin County Mental Health Clinic. The program pairs trained volunteers with individuals undergoing treatment to provide friendship, reducing isolation and aiding recovery. Contact 242-3780 for information.
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Franklin County Mental Health Clinic, Inc
Maureen Pierce
Fcmhc, Inc
William Ransom named to hospital board of trustees
William Ransom of Ottawa is appointed to the Ransom Memorial Hospital board of trustees replacing Dr. Delmont Hadley. The Franklin County commissioners made the appointment on Wednesday. The board meets monthly at 6 30 p m in Conference Room A. The hospital operates under a 1996 budget of about 13 7 million with a 1 2 cent county sales tax and a two mill levy. Ambulance director Ted McCurdy reported 169 calls in September with 29 accidents and 54 medical emergencies plus 59 patient transfers.
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William Ransom
Ottawa
Ransom Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees
Franklin County
Ransom
Delmont Hadley
Keith Gaeddert
John Coen
Wellsville
Bettie Sue Schumway
Rollin Cole
Adrian Derousseau
Lela Mae Santarpia
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Tal
Rex Bowling
Brad Gilges
Charlotte Jones
Ted McCurdy
McCurdy
Eden Alternative aims to reinvent nursing homes
Dr. William H. Thomas promotes a living, communal model for nursing homes called the Eden Alternative. Chase Memorial nursing home in New Berlin, N.Y., hosts birds, dogs, cats and garden spaces to foster purpose and community for residents, with Thomas's book Life Worth Living guiding the program.
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Chase Memorial Nursing Home
Bill Thomas
William H. Thomas
America
Eden
Thomas
Hell On Earth
Chase
Berlin
N.Y
Judy
Chage
Harvard Medical School
Rick
Ron
Charlotte Baynes
Roger Halbert
Daytime elder day care aids Ohio caregiver family
Deb abbie Brueckman in Etterling Ohio cares for Alzheimer's mother and stroke hit father. She sold her home and left library work to be with them. Elder day care from Deerfield Senior Services transports her parents 25 miles daily to a Dayton suburb center and back, easing her 24 hour burden.
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Ettering
Ohio
Deb
Abie Brueckman
Brueckman
Deerfield Senior Services
Carlisle
Dayton
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