Each year, the Hospice and Palliative Care Association of Iowa honors volunteers from hospice organizations across the state. The following volunteers were nominated by Cedar Valley Hospice and honored at a special luncheon held this fall in Altoona.Sonja Wilhau Grundy Center Patient/Family ...
November is American Diabetes Month, a time to communicate the seriousness of diabetes and the importance of diabetes prevention and control. Grundy County Memorial Hospital (GCMH) is joining the American Diabetes Association (ADA) to help stop diabetes every day by continuing to offer their ...
Would you like to help protect children from food-borne illnesses and better understand responsibilities related to what, when, where and whether a child eats and is physically active? Learn more about infant and child nutrition and how to encourage kids to eat more fruits and vegetables? ...
November is the Great American Smoke Out, now is the time to encourage someone you know to quit smoking or using tobacco.Tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the United States. For every person who dies from a smoking related disease, 20 ...
Kathleen Niedert, Ph.D., administrator of Parkview Manor Care Center, is recipient of this year's highest honor from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (formerly known as the American Dietetic Association).Niedert, a registered dietitian and Academy member for 32 years, was presented the ...
DES MOINES, IA Blood donations are needed in your community in order to guarantee an adequate blood supply is available at your local hospital. Blood donors are encouraged to give blood as often as possible; every eight weeks for whole blood donors and every 16 weeks for double red cell ...
Arlington Place Assisted Living in Grundy Center hosts the Alzheimer Support Group the 4th Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. This is a time and place for caregivers of someone with alzheimer's disease, to meet with others who are in a similar situation.Caregivers can benefit greatly from ...
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. During this time of year, Grundy County Memorial Hospital wants to make everyone aware of another disease that affects both men and women. The National Osteoporosis Foundation estimates that 10 million Americans have osteoporosis and that almost 34 ...
Everyone in a baby's life needs to get vaccinated against whooping cough and flu! What is cocooning? Babies younger than 6 month old are more likely to develop certain infectious diseases than older children are. Cocooning is a way to protect babies from catching diseases from the people around ...
The Grundy County Area Parkinson's Disease Support Group will meet November 4, 2:00 p.m. at the United Methodist Church at 439 Church St., in Dike. The guest speaker is Joni Wright, a physical therapist at the Grundy County Memorial Hospital in Grundy Center. Her presentation will be: "It's ...