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SEPTEMBER 1, 2017
Health & Wellness Center closures
• Friday, Sept. 1 – 1 to 5 p.m.
• Monday, Sept. 4 – All day (Labor Day)
• Friday, Sept. 22 – All day (National Indian Day)
Be sure to request pharmacy refills early.
Health & Wellness Center hours
The Health & Wellness Center is pleased to add additional access for
patients during holiday weeks on Thursday mornings.
The clinic will be scheduling patients at 8 a.m. every Thursday preceding
or following a holiday closure. Urgent care also will be available during
this time.
Appointments available in Optometry
at the Health & Wellness Center
• Comprehensive eye exams
• Diabetic eye exams
• Red eye treatment
• Excellent selection of frames
Call 503-879-2097 for an appointment.
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Health & Wellness Center
patient feedback process
The Grand Ronde Health & Wellness Center is striving to provide patients
with access to communicate challenges, concerns and positive feedback. Pa-
tients are encouraged to discuss their concerns directly with their health care
provider, or any other member of the health care team, when it occurs so that
it can be resolved immediately if possible.
All complaints, concerns and positive feedback are tracked and considered
valuable for quality improvement purposes.
Quality Improvement Manager Dawn Doar can be available to discuss in-
formation that the patient would like to share regarding complaints, concerns
and positive feedback. The information is collected, documented and submitted
for review to the director of the department and a response is communicated to
the patient within seven to 10 business days. All urgent matters are handled
in a timelier manner.
Doar can be reached at 503-879-1303 or in person in Wing B, Administration,
2nd Floor. To avoid risking protected health information from being shared, it
is not recommended to contact her through e-mail. In the case that you would
like her to contact you for more information, please feel free to e-mail her at
dawn.doar@grandronde.org. Information also can be mailed to the GRHWC
Administration address: P.O. Box 338, Grand Ronde, Ore., 97347 if preferred.
September is Prostate
Cancer Awareness month
What is prostate cancer?
Prostate cancer is cancer that occurs in a man's prostate — the walnut-size
gland in the male reproductive system. It is located below the bladder in front
of the rectum and surrounds the upper part of the urethra, the tube that
empties urine from the bladder. The prostate helps regulate bladder control
and produces the seminal fluid that nourishes and transports sperm. Prostate
cancer is one of the most common types of cancer in men. Read more about
how prostate cancer incidence and treatment options.
What causes prostate cancer?
It is not yet known what specifically causes prostate cancer, but there are
several risk factors for the disease, including age. Find out if you are at risk
for prostate cancer.
Make sure you talk with your doctor regularly about how you
are feeling and whether you are experiencing any of the following
symptoms:
• Fatigue (feeling extremely tired): You can experience fatigue for many dif-
ferent reasons. One of these reasons may be that your cancer is spreading.
• Bone pain (particularly in your back, hip, thigh or shoulder): This could be
a sign that your prostate cancer has spread to your bones. The bones are
the most common place where prostate cancer spreads.
• Shortness of breath: This could be a sign that your cancer has spread to
your lungs.
• Frequent urination (the urge to urinate frequently or a weak urine flow):
These symptoms could mean the cancer is growing within your prostate or
spreading to areas around the bladder.
• Unexplained weight loss: This is a general symptom that could mean your
cancer is spreading.
Drug Take-Back Day
G RAND R ONDE P OLICE S TATION
9655 Grand Ronde Rd
Located off of Grand Ronde Road between Highway 18 and Highway 22
S ATURDAY , O CTOBER 28 I 10 A . M . – 2 P . M .
Free and Confidential
No Questions Asked
Grand Ronde Police Department
U.S. Department of Justice
Grand Ronde Health and Wellness Pharmacy
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Liquid medications
IV solutions
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