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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.
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