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Rural
Senior Outreach/Health Fair |
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Meeting Health Care Needs |
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services offered by the geriatrics team cover the
continuum of care for older adults. These include
the ambulatory geriatrics clinic, home visits, assisted living and long-term
care. The goal for these services is to meet the
health-care needs of a growing elderly population
while educating predoctoral and postdoctoral
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Geriatric Medicine Clinic, Geriatric Assessment and
Acute Care |
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geriatrics clinic, established in 1981, provides
primary care services to older adults. It is open
Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Geriatric
assessment is provided as requested by other health
professionals and families. Patient
care is also enhanced by the efforts of a registered
nurse and a nurse practitioner in the Athens
location. Acute care services are provided at O’Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens. |
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Long-term Care, Assisted Living and Home Care
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Five rural nursing homes
and one group home are served by department
geriatricians. Nursing homes served by the
department are Hickory Creek Nursing Center in The
Plains, Russell’s Nursing Home in Albany, Pine Hills
Extended Care Facility in Nelsonville, Arcadia
Nursing Center in Coolville, Kimes
Convalescent Center in Athens, and
Huston's Nursing Home, Hamden in Vinton County. |
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Medical services are
also provided at Lindley Inn, an assisted living
facility. As older adults in the practice become too
frail to come to the ambulatory clinic, they are
seen by Dr. Batchelor and a geriatric nurse in
the UMA Home Visit Program. |
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Rural
Senior Outreach/Health Fair |
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Interprofessional teams are traveling to rural
communities each quarter for Rural Senior Outreach and Glaucoma Screening. The teams
include
students, faculty and
providers from a number of disciplines The
wide range of professionals provide seniors with an
opportunity to get glucose, cholesterol, blood
pressure and glaucoma screenings along with
one-on-one consultations with a social worker, a
nutritionist, an exercise physiologist, an outreach
librarian, a recreation and sports expert , a primary care physicia n, a pharmacist, a social worker, representatives from the
Area Agency on Aging, Community Food Initiative, Visiting Nurses/Hospice, Hocking Valley Community Action, Senior Beat, and Program ACTIVE and the Athens County Auditor’s office regarding the
Homestead Tax exemption. The one-on-one
interactions are conducted in a relaxed atmosphere with no time restraints, allowing
participants to ask questions and determine when they understood enough to move on to the next table. Additionally, medical students assist with the glaucoma screening and provide educational displays and material.
Below is a list of everyone who participated
since we began in 2007. We would
like to thank the Athens Foundation, Sisters of St.
Joseph Charitable Fund, the Heritage Foundation and
Friends of the Congressional Glaucoma Caucus for
providing the funds and equipment for programs
during the 20007/2008 and 2008/2009 academic years. A special
thanks to Dr. Susan Quinn for overseeing
The Student
Sight Saver Program.
Additional funding came from Bureau of Health Professions,
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
The grant funds the Western Reserve Geriatric Education Center, a member of a nationwide network offering education and training opportunities. OU-COM uses
the funds to reach rural providers who work with seniors and seniors themselves.
The outreach programs are a collaboration
between the Department of GM/G and the Community
Health Programs (http://www.oucom.ohiou.edu/csp).
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Rural Senior
Outreach and Glaucoma Screening Participants 2007/2008
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Last Name |
Profession |
Organization |
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Jane Ann Karr Aanestad, M.A.,CCC-A |
Audiology |
Karr Audiology |
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Jeannette
Ammon |
Masseuse |
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Jean Andrews |
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Program ACTIVE |
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Nicky Barson, RPh |
Pharmacy |
O'Bleness Hospital The Drug Store |
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Pam Born |
Nursing |
River Rose
Obstetrics & Gynecology
http://www.riverroseobgyn.com/ |
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Joyce Brown |
Extension
Educator |
Family and
Consumer Science OSU Extension
http://families.osu.edu/ |
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Margaret Demko |
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Ohio Consumers
for Health Coverage |
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Deb Dunseath |
Social Work |
Area Agency on Aging |
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Barb
Garbo |
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HAPCAP: http://www.hapcap.org/ |
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Michael Gerardo, D.O. |
Geriatrician |
OUCOM
Department of Geriatric Medicine |
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Roxanne Groff, MA |
Audiology |
Holzer Clinic Athens |
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Kimberly
Hardesty |
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Lifeline of
Ohio: KHardesty@lifelineofohio.org |
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Samanthi Hewakapuge |
Health Sciences Reference & Outreach
Librarian |
OU Alden Library
Health Sciences Library
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Debbie Hubbard |
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HAPCAP |
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Peggy Irwin |
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O'Bleness Memorial Hospital Senior Beat |
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Diana Keith |
Certified Ombudsman Specialist |
Area Agency on Aging
www.areaagency8.org |
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Missy Kemper, RN |
AHEC Nursing Coordinator |
OU-COM-
Community Health Programs |
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Mary Lewis |
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COAD:
RSVP and
Foster Grandparents |
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Diane McVey |
Audiology |
Diles Hearing
http://dileshearing.com/ |
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Patty Mercer |
Nursing |
Appalachian Community
Visiting Nurse Association, Hospice & Health
Services
www.acvna.org |
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Deborah
Meyer, Ph.D., RN |
Administrator/nursing |
OUCOM
Department of Geriatric Medicine |
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Melina Miller |
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Appalachian Community
Visiting Nurse Association, Hospice & Health
Services
www.acvna.org |
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Chelisa Murphy |
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Arcadia Nursing Center |
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Barbara Nakanishi, R.D., L.D.,
C.D.E |
Nutrition |
ARHI Diabetes Center |
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Brandie Nance, AuD , CCC-A |
Audiology Supervisor |
College of
Health and Human Services
School of Hearing, Speech and Language
Sciences |
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Ann Pearch, RN |
Nursing |
OU-COM-
Community Health Programs |
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Ellen Peterson, RN |
Nursing |
OUCOM
Department of Geriatric Medicine |
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Keith Peterson |
Food security |
Community Food Initiatives |
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Edward Potkanowicz, Ph.D. |
Exercise Physiology |
College of
Health and Human Services
School
of Recreation and Sport Services |
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Carolyn Prudich,
Pharm.D. |
Pharmacist |
Fruth
Pharmacy |
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Susan Quinn, O.D. |
Optometry |
Athens, OH |
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Erin Rabideau |
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Program ACTIVE |
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Dennis Randolph, O.D. |
Optometry |
Belpre,
OH |
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Roxanne Rupe |
Librarian |
Coolville Library |
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David Russ,
Ph.D. |
Physical therapy |
College of
Health and Human Services
School of Physical Therapy |
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Diana J. Schwerha, Ph.D. |
Engineering |
Russ College of Engineering & Technology
Industrial and Systems Engineering |
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Janice Smith, CMA, BSH |
CMP
coordinator |
OU-COM-
Community Health Programs |
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Jan Stroh, M.E.d, L.P.C.C., L.S.W. |
Social work |
Private
practice |
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Melissa Teeters |
Nutrition |
WellWorks |
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Suzanne
Theodoras.
R.N., C.D.E. |
Diabetes Nurse
Educator |
ARHI Diabetes Center |
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Kathy Trace, MHA, BSN, RN |
Nursing |
OU-COM-
Community Health Programs |
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Christy Truly, RN |
Home health care, nursing |
ACVNA/Hospice |
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Diane Turcotte |
Psychology |
Program ACTIVE |
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Beth Vanderveer, Ph.D. |
Recreation & Sport |
College of
Health and Human Services
School
of Recreation and Sport Services |
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