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Aging Studies Week
April 10-14
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AT Still University (ATSU) is sponsoring Aging Studies Week with noon lectures on Tuesday and Friday, April 10 & 13. The keynote speaker is Christa Hojlo, PhD, National Director of the Veterans Administration Community Living Centers. Her lecture entitled "Caring for the Aging: Options, Opportunities and Outcomes" will be presented at noon on Tuesday, 4/10, in the Couts Classroom in the Connell Information Technologies Center, ATSU, Kirksville and will be simulcast to the University's sister campus in Mesa, AZ. Other events of the week include: Tuesday, 1:30 pm: Community Alliance: Resources for Elders (C.A.R.E.) meeting. (See article at right.) Friday, noon: "Be Ready, Be Prepared: Disaster Preparedness for Elders", presented by Nina Tumosa, PhD, Co-Director, Gateway Geriatric Education Center, Associate Professor at St. Louis University in the Mehegan Classroom, Gutensohn Clinic, ATSU Friday, 1:00 pm: Appreciation Reception for volunteer elders who participate in the ATSU House Calls program, Centennial Commons, ATSU Saturday, 10:00 am-noon: Senior Health Fair, St. Andrews Apartments, 500 S. Osteopathy, Kirksville There is no cost to attend; however please register in advance to assure seating. Contact Becky Dawson at 665.6404 or bdawson@nemoahec.org . |
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Temporary Housing Needed
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ATSU students will spend two weeks in a rural community this summer as part of their required curriculum.
We are seeking comfortable, furnished temporary housing to assist them in the immersion experience. If you know of a guest home or apartment that would be available in any of the following towns, please contact Dinah Coles at dcoles@nemoahec.org or 660.665.6404.
Target communities:
Brookfield Hannibal
Memphis Mexico
Moberly Monroe City
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Selling Doctors on
Rural Communities
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A rural Kansas hospital offers up to eight weeks off for missionary work. The CEO says that doctors who are willing to sleep on a cot in the Amazon or treat earthquake victims in Haiti are ready to serve in rural Kansas.
Read more or listen to the NPR audio report.
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Easing Debt for
Rural Medical Students
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The average medical school student graduates with close to $160,000 in debt.
That heavy burden is one reason why there is a long-running shortage of primary care doctors in rural America. More and more graduating students choose higher-paying specialties over rural primary care.
Read more or listen to the NPR audio report to find out how a pilot program helps medical students pay off loans as soon as they start residency.
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March is . . .
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National Nutrition Month - need some nutrition education materials?
Click here to see the NEMO AHEC Lending Library Catalog for "My Plate", "Hidden Sugar Test Tubes", "Fat vs. Muscle" and more.
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NEMO AHEC Staff
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Michelle Mollick, Executive Director
Dinah Coles, Office Manager
Becky Dawson, Health Education Coord.
Nancy Johnson, Health Careers Coord.
NEMO AHEC, 312 S. Elson St.
Kirksville, MO 63501
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Board Members
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Janice Clark, Ed. D
Tanya Taylor, BS
Barb Primm, BSN, RN
Leanna Leake, FNP
Audrey Gough, BSN
NEMO AHEC serves these 21 counties:
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MAHEC Mission
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To enhance access to quality health care, particularly primary and preventative care, by growing and supporting Missouri's healthcare workforce.
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Community Alliance: Resources for Elders (C.A.R.E.) - April 10
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The Alliance invites you to attend the 8th Annual Lecture on Aging in the Couts Classroom in the Connell Information Technologies Center (CITC) on the ATSU/KCOM campus in Kirksville at Noon on Tuesday, April 10. "Caring for the Aging: Options, Opportunities, and Outcomes" will be presented by Christa Hojlo, PhD, National Director of the Veterans Administration Community Living Centers.
Hojlo is an Adult Nurse Practitioner and a licensed Nursing Home Administrator who has an extensive background as a clinician, educator, administrator and lecturer. Prior to joining the VA, she served as a staff nurse and head nurse in ICU and CCU.
Immediately following the lecture, the C.A.R.E. will meet 1:30-2:30 pm, in the breakout rooms of the CITC (near the lecture room).
Agenda items include:
1. Update on the Northeast Regional Medical Center (NRMC) Pathways to Nutritional Independence Program for CHF Patients
2. Round Robin Agency Sharing
3. Update on ATSU Aging Studies Web-based Curriculum
4. Optional tour of ATSU @ 2:30 pm (Simulation Lab & Museum)
Lunch will be provided to those community members attending the noon lecture. Please register before April 3 by contacting Becky Dawson at 660.665.6404 or bdawson@nemoahec.org
Plan now to attend and reconnect with others interested in care for the elderly. See you April 10th!
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 NEED SOME HELP? . . . ASK TSU STUDENTS TO HELP YOU DURING
The Big Event, March 17
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INVITES YOU TO SPEND AN EVENING WITH
Elizabeth Smart
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Northeast Missouri is invited to spend an evening with Elizabeth Smart speaking on "Overcoming Adversity". She is an abduction survivor, gifted communicator, author, and ABC News contributor.
Monday, April 23, 2012
6:00 PM to 8:00 PMCatholic Newman Center 709 S. Davis, Kirksville
Tickets are $5.00 for students with a valid Student ID, $10.00 for general admission to the speech only and $20.00 for VIP tickets which include reserved seating and admission to a pre-event reception with Ms. Smart.
Contact: Laura Gruber, Northeast Regional Medical Center laura_gruber@chs.net 660-785-1153
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Agency Spotlight
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Agency: Hospice of Northeast Missouri
Mission: The mission of Hospice of Northeast Missouri is to provide compassionate physical, spiritual, and emotional end-of-life care to the terminally ill throughout northeast Missouri, and support to their families and friends sharing this part of life's journey.
Philosophy: Hospice affirms life. Hospice exists to provide support and care for persons in the last phase of a terminal disease so that they might live fully and comfortably as possible. Hospice teaches a new attitude toward dying and death, realizing and accepting death as part of being born and part of the struggle of life.
Hospice neither hastens nor postpones death. Care to each patient will be holistic-supporting the body, soul, and spirit. It will be patient centered, family oriented and coordinated. Hospice exists in the hope and belief that, through care and the promotion of a caring community sensitive to their needs, patients and families may be free to attain a degree of mental and spiritual preparation for death that is satisfactory to them.
Service Area: 11 counties
Address: 201 S. Baltimore, Suite C Kirksville 63501
Contact: Stephanie Byrum, Executive Director
Phone: 660-627-9711 or toll free 888-627-9711
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