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About Spilyay tymoo. (Warm Springs, Or.) 1976-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 2013)
Tgngnmgrni q'-Tpwit Page 3 Com m unity Health Dave McMechan/Spilyay Tammy Wilson manages of the tribes’ Community Health Services. T h e S en io r P ro g ram was added to Cömmurüty Health Services last fall. D uring the first part o f 2013, C om m unity H ealth Services will also begin oper- ating the tribes’ mobile clinic. The mobile clinic is currently being customized to meet the trib a l sp e cific atio n s, and sh o u ld arriv e in W arm Springs in m id April, said Wilson. The mobile clinic is a project o f tribal H ealth and H uman Services, and will be staffed by Indian H ealth Services p h y si cians, nurses and support staff. “We’re working in partnership,” said Wilson, “to best serve those who n eed o u r services th e most.” ■ Background Wilson is a registered nurse w ith a B achelor’s degree in nursing. She lived in Warm Springs and worked at the clinic in the 1990s. She joined M oun tain View Hospital (now St. C harles-M adras) in 1999, where she worked in various roles, including nurse manager for the in p a tien t u n it, and ch ief nursing officer. She re tu rn e d to the Warm Springs clinic last year as director o f Com munity Health Services. Tammy has three sons, Jaron and Tanner Wells, and Gabe Wilson. Warm Springs Recreation About the project and the Community Wellness B rin g in g to g e th e r the Center will host a screening nation’s leading research in o f The Weight o f the Nation stitutions, The Weight o f the documentary. N ation is a presentation of T h e screen in g is this H B O and the In stitu te o f Thursday, Jan. 10, in the so Medicine, in association with cial hall at the center. The the Centers for Disease Con Weight of the Nation is a cam trol and Prevention and the paign confronting the obesity National Institutes o f Health, epidemic in the U.S. and in partnership with the A c e n te rp ie c e o f th e Michael & Susan Dell Foun p ro je c t is th e com pelling d a tio n and K aiser four-part H BO series. Each Permanente. The Weight of the Nation epi T he centerpiece o f the sode is one-hour in length. cam paign is the fo u r-p art The screening this Thurs documentary series, each fea day at the center will feature turing case studies, interviews one episode, “An hour that with our nation’s leading ex may change your life.” perts, and individuals and O n hand after the screen their families struggling with ing at the center will be nutri obesity. The first film, “Con tion, exercise and medicine sequences,” exam ines the experts; they will be available scope o f the obesity epidemic for a question; and answer and exp lo res th é serious session on healthier lifestyles. health consequences o f be A focus o f The Weight of ing overweight or obese. the Nation is the increasing The second, “Choices/’ of incidence o f obesity in young fers viewers the skinny on fat, people: revealing w hat science has T he percentage o f chil show n about how to lose dren age 6-11 years in the U;S. weight, maintain weight loss w ho were obese increased and prevent weight gain. from 7 percent in 1980 to T he third, “ C hildren in nearly 20 percent in 2008. Crisis,” documents the dam The percentage o f adoles age obesity is doing to our cents aged 12-19 years who nation’s children. T hrough were obese increased from 5 individual stories, this film percent in 1980 to 18 percent describes how forces at work in 2008. O ther information: in our society are causing chil Sugar-sw eetened bever dren to consum e too many ages are the largest source of calories and expend too little sugar in the diets o f children energy. and adolescents. T he fourth film, “Chal H a lf o f o b ese teenage lenges,” examines the major girls become extremely obese driving forces causing the by their early 30s. obesity epidemic, including Children consum e m ore agriculture, economics, evo th an 7.5 hours o f media a lutionary biology, food mar day, seven days a week. F rom keting, racial and socioeco 2008 to 2010, preschool chil nomic disparities, physical in dren were exposed to 50 per activity, American food cul cent more TV ads for energy ture, and the strong influence drinks. Sugar-sweetened bev o f the food and beverage in erages are the largest source dustry. o f sugar in the diets o f chil For more, go to: dren and adolescents; theweightofthenation.hbo.com Ç4 Dave Me Meeh an Warm Springs Voc Rehab is open for business The Warm Springs Voca tional Rehabilitation program is back in business. I f you think you have a qualifying disability, and would like to see if Voc Rehab can help you, then please call 541-553- 4952, or 553-3415. Voc Rehab can help those with- qüaÜfying^ disability to become employable and self- sufficient. These are the eli gibility requirements: The applicant must furnish written documentation o f a psychological or medical dis ability signed by a profes sional. The applicant m ust have problems in obtaining, main taining or advancing in em ployment caused by the dis ability. AppEcaht must be enroUed in a federally recognized In dian tribe. The apphcant must reside within the Warm Springs Res ervation, or within a 65-mile ra’diift o f - thte f è s erv atio n boundaries'; I There must be a reason able expectation that the pro vision o f vocational rehabih- tation services will lead to em ploym ent. Exam ples o f disabilities: A m putations, blindness, hearing problem s, learning disabihty, orthopedic problem, seizure disorder, spinal cord injury, head injury, paralysis, alcohol o r drug addiction (must have completed treat ment), arthritis, mental retar dation; or any other physical or mental condition that lim its one’s abihty to work. Exam ples o f vocational fé'habilltatioh services: ' Vocational counseling and guidance; diagnostic examina tio n s an d p ro c e d u re s; assistive devices such as arti ficial lim bs, h earin g aids, wheelchairs, etc.; tools, equip ment and Ecensing; transpor tation during vocational reha bilitation; referrals to sub stance abuse treatm ent cen- ters; jo b d irectio n ; re sumes; and more. The-Vocational Reha b ilita tio n p ro g ram has b een in' W arm Springs since 1993. It is funded by a federal grant. ¿The Warm Springs tribes must com pete with other tribes in the U.S. for the grant. The success of the program is reviewed yearly, and is a determ ination for future funding. The goal o f the p ro g ram is to im p ro v e employment outcomes o f tribal members. O rienta tion is Mondays at 3 p.m. The office is at .4217 “A” HolEday Street. Diabetes program funding extended C ongress last w eek ex tended the Special Diabetes Program for Indians in the biU that averted the fiscal cEff. The new law extends it for one m o re year at cu rren t funding levels— $150 milEon in grants per fiscal year. IHS, Veterans Affairs announce reimbursement agreement American Indian veterans will soon have increased ac cess to health care services closer to hom e, foUowing a recent Veterans Affairs and IHS national agreement. T hrough the agreement, VA is now able to reimburse the IHS for direct care ser vices pro v id ed to eligible American Indian and Alaska Native veterans. While the national agree ment apphes only to VA and IH S, it will in fo rm agree ments negotiated between the VA and tribal health p ro grams. VA co-payments do n ot apply to direct care ser vices provided by IHS to eE- gible American Indian Veter ans under this agreement. T he agreem ent betw een the two agencies marks an important partnering achieve ment for VA and the IHS, and is c o n s is te n t w ith th e adm inistration’s goal to in crease access to care for Vet erans. “T h is re im b u rse m e n t agreem ent between the VA and the IHS will help improve h e alth care serv ices f,or A m erican Indian veterans, and further the IHS mission High 222 Lookee Lodge Assisted Living Facility and federal responsibiEty o f raising the health status o f American Indians and Alaska Natives to the highest level possible,” said D r. Y vette Roubideaux, director o f the Indian Health Service. “This wiU allow our fed eral faciEties to work with the VA more closely as we imple m ent this critical provision in the recently reauthorized In dian Health Care Im prove m ent Act, passed as part o f the Affordable Care Act.” The VA and IHS, in con sultation with the federally- reco g n ized trib al g o v ern - January 9, 2013 ‘Weight of the Nation’ screening at center Meeting the changing health care needs T h e elder population of the tribes has been increas ing in recent years. The re c e n t A nnual W arm Springs H ealth System Report-says, “The over 40 age group has grown in proportion to the younger age groups over the past several years.” This kind of informa tion helps Warm Springs H ealth and H um an Ser v ices in allo catin g re sources and services. For instance, the Com m unity H ealth Services b ra n c h o f H e a lth and Hum an Services will see some additions during the first p art o f 2013. T he additions will help to bet ter serve the growing el d er p o p u la tio n , w hile meeting the needs o f the younger age groups, said Tammy Wilson, manager o f W arm Springs C om munity Health Services. C o m m unity H ealth Services will soon add two new health re p resen ta tives, a physical therapist, and a social worker. There will be a total staff of 28. SpilyayTymoo m ents, came to the agree ment, helping ensure access to quality h ealth care for tribal member veterans. SON, FATHER, PA 'Wish-na' EUGENE L. D A V ID DEC. 17, 1931 APR. 22, 2002 T he p ro g ram has been credited with helping tribes develop programs tailored to their needs. IHS has reported measur able gains in preventing and treating diabetes as a result o f the yearly grants. PIONEER ROCK & M O NUM ENT GOLDENDALE. 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