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Wellness Village Returns
Healthcare providers to provide free services
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The Pre-arrangement Concept
Denyse O. Peterson
Dear Family Member:
Denyse Peterson represents funeral homes and cemeteries in the Portland Metro-
politan area. Many families have a difficult time getting through all the associated
decisions, questions, grief and financial responsibilities that follow when a love one
dies. Denyse’s responsibility is to provide information. l’re-ai ranging lessens the
burden before the time of death with challenges such as emotional overspending,
indecision, haste and worry.
( )nr personal planning guide can he a great henelil to loved ones. ( herall, pre
arranging will benefit families tremendously.
'Hie pre-arrangement Dignity Memorial providers are honored to help families in
out community with your funeral and burial needs.
Representing these Jine funeral homes:
• Caldwell’s Colonial Cliapel
• Sunnyside Chajiel it Memorial Gardens
• Lincoln Memorial Park & Funeral H on«-
• 1 lennessey, Goelseli K MeGee Funeral Directors
• Gateway Little Chapel of the Chimes
• I .incoln-Willamette Funeral Directors
• Killingsworth Little Chapel of the Chimes
• Ross Hollywood Chapel
• Skyline Memorial Gardens & Funeral 1 lome
Drummer Kamau Sadiki performs the Call o f the
Drums libation ceremony at last year's Wellness
Village. The annual event returns Saturday to the
Blazer Boys and Girls Club with a full day o f free
health services and entertainment.
A Healthy Community Starts with You:
Community-Driven Strategies to Reduce
Cardiovascular Disease Among African Americans
join Us for the 9th Annual Wellness Village
Saturday, October 16, 2004
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
at The Blazers Boys & Girls Club
S2S0 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Activities Include:
Gospel Choir
Wellness Walk
Exhibits
Forty exhibitors and health screeners will provide
free services to the public at the 9"' annual African
American Wellness Village. Saturday, Oct. 16,9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. at the Blazers Boys & Club in northeast
Portland.
The African American Health Coalition organizes
the annual event to bring community members in
contact with healthcare providers to help people
manage their health and celebrate African American
Wellness Week.
A A H C P resid en t C o rliss M cK eev er said,
"W ellness Village is a place where many people, for
the first time, get important screenings and learn vital
information about things like their bkxid pressure
and blood sugar levels. That knowledge can help
people make healthy lifestyle changes."
African Americans suffer higher rates of stroke,
diabetes and various cancers than other popula
tions. Wellness Village is an event that creates
access to tools that combat those diseases.
H ealth services and exhibits include blood g lu
cose tests, blood pressure readings, glaucom a
screenings, blood lead tests, m assage therapy,
an d g o u rm e t c o o k in g d e m o n s tr a tio n s an d
samples.
Health care providers and exhibitors include
Legacy Health System. Providence Health System.
Kaiser Permanente, Red Cross. Multnomah County
Health Department, Operation Diabetes (OSU C ol
lege of Pharm acy), Devers Eye Clinic, New Seasons
Market, Wild Oats Market and the National College
of Naturopathic Medicine.
The event is a family affair, with activities for
children, door prizes and— for those seeking a little
physical activity— salsa dance lessons and a group
wellness walk.
The Blazers Boys & Girls Club is at 5250 N.E.
Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
The 9th Annual Wellness Village is made possible
through major sponsors like Legacy, Providence,
Kaiser and Oregon Health and Science University.
For more information or to volunteer, contact
A A H C at 503-4 1 3 -1 8 5 0 or visit w w w .aahc-
portland.org.
Flu Vaccine in Short Supply
continued
For more information or to schedule an appointment,
please call Denyse Peterson at (503) 232-4111.
October 13. 2004
from Front
dents of nursing homes and long
term care facilities, health care work
ers and children less than six months
o f age.
"This is a severe blow to the
nation’s efforts to prevent influ
enza, and we know it will challenge
both medical providers and the
public,” said Dr. Grant Higginson,
state public health officer in the
Oregon Department of H uman Ser
vices. “We are working with our
partners around the state to mini
mize the extent to which O regon's
flu vaccination efforts will be af
fected by this, although we know
that the effect will be substantial.”
The Center for Disease Control
is advising health-care providers
to provide flu vaccines only to
people in high-risk groups
This includes children ages six
to 23 months, adults ages 65 and
older, anyone ages two to 64 with
underlying chronic medical condi
tions, women who will be pregnant
during flu season, residentsof nurs
ing homes and other long-term care
facilities, children ages six months
to 18 years on chronic aspirin
therapy, health-care workers who
deliver direct patient care and out-
of-home caregivers and household
contacts o f children under six
months.
Because of the shortage, experts
say the best prevention and treat
ment remedies include avoiding
crowds and washing hands fre-
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PHOTO BY J a YMEF.
R. C i T i / T h E PORTLAND OBSERVER
Northeast Portland resident Elva Wysnergets a flu vaccination
by Safeway pharmacist Shazia Zafar.
quently.
Those who are ill should stay
home from work and avoid public
places. Those with a runny nose
should use d isp o sab le tissu es
once, toss them in the trash and
wash hands after use. People ages
two to 64 with underlying chronic
medical conditions should be pro
tected by lim iting contact with
people other than family members.
Babies under age six months should
have limited contact with people
otherthan family and avoid crowds.
Those with babies cared for in com
mercial day care centers should
inquire about the immunization sta
tus of the providers.
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V Salsa Dancing
Dr. Billy R. Flowers
An ongoing senes of questions and answers about America's natural healing profession
Part 19. The Golden Years: Keeping in full
swing throughout the autumn of life
: Back when I was younger.
I loved playing golf. Now
some-thing is always hurting so I
don’t dare play! Could you help?
: It is so unfor-tunate that
millions of our senior citi
zens have worked and saved
give to their Community only to
find the "golden years' more “old"
than "gold". Right at the height of
their freedom, they often find it
difficult to get around, their old
activities Unfortunately, it is of
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