COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL | OCTOBER 8, 2020
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PeaceHealth expands ‘SelfCare for HealthCare’ program
Nationally acclaimed
author, nurse and speak-
er LeAnn Thieman
will bring her transfor-
mational SelfCare for
HealthCare™
program
to nursing and ancillary
caregivers at PeaceHealth
Sacred Heart Medical
Center at RiverBend in
Springfield and at Peace-
Health Sacred Heart
Medical Center, Univer-
sity District, in Eugene.
Thieman will be on
the RiverBend campus
through today, Oct. 8,
wildfires and social un-
rest.
SelfCare for Health-
Care™ is based upon a
simple principle: to nur-
ture the bodies, minds
and spirits of patients, we
must first nurture their
caregivers.
Last year, Thieman
brought the program to
nurses at the RiverBend
campus in Springfield.
Based on that suc-
cess, PeaceHealth is now
offering it at both Sa-
cred Heart campuses in
and on the University
District campus on Oct.
9.
By sharing stories from
her best-selling “Chicken
Soup for the Soul, Inspi-
ration for Nurses” and
her own 30-plus years
at the bedside, Thieman
teaches selfcare strategies
while honoring caregiv-
ers and their daily contri-
butions and sacrifices.
And those sacrifices
have been monumen-
tal in these challenging
times of COVID-19, area
Springfield and Eugene.
“Our
PeaceHealth
caregivers need this pro-
gram again now more
than ever,” says Heather
Wall, chief nursing offi-
cer for the PeaceHealth
Oregon network. “They
have worked tirelessly
with tremendous forti-
tude and commitment.
We have had such great
results with the first year
of the program that we
are reinvesting in our
most valuable asset, our
caregivers.
“We are committed to
their health and well-be-
ing. “
Thieman is author of
14 Chicken Soup for the
Soul books, including
three in the series for
nurses and Chicken Soup
for the Caregiver’s Soul.
Her speaking career
began when she was “ac-
cidentally” caught up
in the Vietnam Orphan
Airlift in 1975, when
she helped to rescue 300
babies at the end of the
Vietnam War.
Thieman is an expert
in healthcare recruitment
and retention and helps
to hire and inspire health
professionals from coast
to coast.
“I am honored to be
partnering with the
amazing leadership at
PeaceHealth and am in-
spired by their commit-
ment to the health and
happiness of their entire
staff,” Thieman says.
State Fire Marshal reminds Oregonians that October is ‘Fire Prevention Month’
cooking being the leading
cause of fires in the kitch-
en,” said Assistant Chief
Deputy Claire McGrew.
“In Oregon, cooking was
the leading known cause
of residential structure
fires over the past five
years, through 2019.”
According to data col-
lected from the Oregon
fire service for the Na-
tional Fire Reporting Sys-
tem, home fires caused
29 deaths in Oregon in
2019, and fire agencies
in Oregon responded to
2,790 home fires; and
cooking was the leading
known cause of residen-
As Oregon experiences
cooler weather and many
community members be-
gin to spend more time at
home, the Office of State
Fire Marshal will be en-
gaging in support of the
national campaign of Fire
Prevention Month and
will be running cooking
fire safety messaging for
the month of October.
Oregon’s theme mir-
rors the 2020 national
theme: Serve up fire safe-
ty in the kitchen!
“Nationally, cooking
is the leading cause of
home fires and home fire
injuries, with unattended
tial structure fires over
the past five years (2015-
19), causing an average
of 19 percent of Oregon’s
total residential structure
fires and six deaths.
To help keep you safe in
the kitchen, cooking fire
safety tips include:
• Keep an eye on what
you’re cooking — don’t
leave cooking unattend-
ed.
• Keep your cooking
areas clean and clear of
combustibles (pothold-
ers, food packaging, tow-
els, etc.), and wipe up
surface spills.
• Create a three-foot
kid- and pet-free zone
around the stove.
• Older children should
only cook with permis-
sion and under the su-
pervision of an adult.
• Have a lid or cookie
sheet within reach while
cooking (to smother
flames) in case of a fire.
If a cooking fire does
start:
• Put a lid on it! Slide
a lid over the pan (from
the side) and then turn
off the burner.
• Don’t move the pan
until the fire is com-
pletely extinguished and
cooled, and don’t try to
transfer the pan to the
sink.
If you cannot quickly
extinguish the fire:
• Get you and your
family safely out of the
house.
• If you can, close doors
as you are escaping, to
help contain the fire.
• Call 911 from a safe
place (outside).
“This year has been
a challenging one for
Oregonians,” says State
Fire Marshal Mariana
Ruiz-Temple. “As we
continue to face the chal-
lenges of COVID-19 and
now the impacts of the
Oregon fire season, it
demonstrates the resil-
ient spirit of Oregonians.
Fire Prevention Month
is a good reminder as
we continue to be in our
homes and closed set-
tings to bring fire safe
practices into the home,
which will continue to
keep you and your fami-
lies safe from the dangers
of fire.”
For more information
on home cooking fire
safety, visit the OSFM’s
website. Additional re-
sources can be found on
the National Fire Protec-
tion Association website.
Safe Routes, Fillmore stormwater projects continue in Cottage Grove
placing 2 inches of hot
asphaltic concrete on the
portion of South Fourth
Street that has been un-
der construction this
summer.
Wildish Construction
scheduled paving for this
past Monday and Tues-
day for Phase 1 of the Safe
Routes to School Project.
Paving consisted of
Work began around
8 a.m. at the intersec-
tion of S. Fourth Street
and Grant Avenue and
will proceed north on S.
Fourth Street.
The asphalt will be
placed and compacted
before traffic will be al-
lowed to drive on it.
Construction workers,
not flaggers, have been
assisting drivers to get
through the intersection,
so please look around at
the different workers on
site to get assistance.
For the latest informa-
tion, contact Colin Cun-
ningham or Rich Hamm
of Wildish at 541-485-
1700 or Zach Ireland of
the City of Cottage Grove
at 541-942-3349.
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