This month ThedaCare marks the 15th anniversary of Cherry Meadows inpatient hospice. The only freestanding general inpatient care hospice in northeast Wisconsin, Cherry Meadows is located inside Peabody Manor in south Appleton and features 10 private rooms, 24-hour hospice trained staffing, and unlimited visiting hours.
With baseball and softball season right around the corner, players’ shoulder muscles are going to see a lot of use. Unfortunately, it’s also prime time for shoulder injuries. Rotator cuff injuries are one of the most common shoulder ailments and usually happen in athletes who use repetitive arm motions, such as baseball and softball pitchers and tennis players.
The 30th Annual Fun Run, co-sponsored by ThedaCare Medical Center-Waupaca and Health and Fitness Headquarters, evokes several memories throughout the community. The event, celebrating its 30th year, will be Sat., May 7 at the Old Riverside School.
ThedaCare recently changed the names of both of its Fox Cities hospitals – ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Appleton (formerly Appleton Medical Center) and ThedaCare Regional Medical Center-Neenah (formerly Theda Clark Medical Center. With the new names and branding comes more clear external and internal way finding. To better help patients navigate their care before they arrive at either hospital, ThedaCare is announcing the new names of key entrances and buildings.
As more and more people learn about the ThedaCare exploration of bringing together our two Fox Cities hospitals into one regional medical center, I’m hearing that folks are open to the possibilities. For example, people are connecting the dots about the integrated nature of our economy, and how a new healthcare destination might benefit businesses throughout the region. One idea that’s frequently mentioned is the value a new regional medical campus contributes to attracting new businesses, and top-notch talent to the area.
ThedaCare employees will offer activities, advice, and encouragement to promote healthy habits for students and their families during the second annual Good to Go initiative held April 25-29. More than 300 ThedaCare employees will span out to six Northeast Wisconsin elementary and intermediate schools to engage young people with special activities that may include leading a gym class, mindfulness practice, healthy snack options, playground games, and more.
After what seems to have been an endless winter, spring has finally arrived and more runners will move from the treadmill to the pavement. Running outside is different than running inside and it’s not just because you’re no longer in a controlled environment running a pre-programmed route.
Stepping On is a free seven-week workshop using adult education to develop the knowledge and skills needed to help older adults prevent falls. In conjunction with the THRIVES (“Teaming for Health & Resiliency Improvement via Education and Support”).
Tina Marchan, administrator at Juliette Manor in Berlin, is excited about the new 37-bed facility that will be replacing the present Juliette Manor that has been in the downtown Berlin location since 1964. The current Juliette Manor was the original Berlin Hospital built in 1935.
The May issue of Consumer Reports magazine features ratings that focus on how well doctors provide evidence-based care for patients with high blood pressure and diabetes, and how often doctors provide the right screening tests for colon cancer. The ratings are based on information from the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality.
The 9th Annual National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD) is April 16, and observed with a number of educational events in the week leading up to NHDD. This year a newly formed Fox Valley Advance Care Planning Partnership (FVACPP) is seeking your help to encourage people to complete Advance Directives. The FVACPP is a collaboration that includes Affinity/Ministry Health, ThedaCare, Mosaic Family Health (formerly UW Family Health Center), and the Advance Care Planning Coalition.
I have written about fever in the past. It is such a common symptom yet there seems to be misunderstanding, so I wanted to talk about it again. To review, fever is not an illness; it is an indication that something is not right in the body. It is the body’s response to some problem, most commonly an infection.
About a year after Barbara Gruening’s husband passed away, she found she had time on her hands. At a women’s event in Appleton, Gruening, 81, of New London, heard the speaker ask the audience what their passion was. “I leaned over to a friend and said I don’t have a passion,” she said. “At that point in time I had been a caregiver.” But when she reflected on what she enjoyed doing, it was thoughts of the Auxiliary at ThedaCare Medical Center-New London, which she stepped away from when her husband had a stroke. She rejoined the group and has been involved since.
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