Summit Health and Living, and Essential Senior Living Community is under the leadership of two young, energetic, and passionate young ladies filling the rolls of Administrator and Director of Nursing (DON). Anastasia Key RN, BSN, joined Summit Health and Living in October of 2019 as the DON under the Administration of Jenni Flowers.
Recently, Essential Health & Living celebrated National Nursing Home Week with a carnival. Residents enjoyed games, activities and a petting zoo. Shown in the photographs above, Wanda is pictured enjoying a visit from a Sugar the pony and Carolyn is shown playing ring toss. (Photos provided)
Asthma has long been a critical health issue in Indiana, with a staggering 1 in 10 adults and 8.4% of children grappling with this often debilitating chronic disease. Recently, environmental catastrophes, like the Richmond plastic recycling site fire and the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, have sounded the alarm once again. For asthmatic Hoosiers, the fear of an asthma attack’s life-altering consequences has become all too real.
The prevalence of mental health issues garnered significant attention in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when many people acknowledged lockdowns and other restrictions and uncertainties were adversely affecting their thoughts and outlook. Though those restrictions were ultimately lifted and life returned to something closer to normal for people across the globe, mental health has remained both a hot topic and a concern.
Indiana Conservation Officers remind Hoosiers to make water safety a priority now and throughout the summer. “We urge all Hoosiers to recognize the danger water poses when on or around our waterways,” said Capt.
Annual wellness visits have long been considered a vital component of preventive health care. That hasn’t changed, though the dynamic between patient and health care professional during those visits has changed considerably for many people.
Incidence rates for skin cancer can be hard to determine. The World Cancer Research Fund International notes thatÕs due in large part to the various subtypes of the disease, which can present challenges when collating data. Those challenges have led the WCRFI to conclude that global skin cancer incidence rates, though significant, have likely been underestimated.
Dr. Vassilina Hinova is a new primary care physician at IU Health Tipton.
IU Health Tipton Hospital recently celebrated all of its team members during National Hospital Week! Team members enjoyed food and fun at a cookout. Throughout the week, team members also enjoyed popcorn, games, wheelchair race, and ice cream. Photo Provided
Arts and Entertainment What does the band Devo bring to mind? When you hear “Whip It” does your mind automatically recall the devastation caused by the massacre at Kent State on the 4th of May in 1970? “I don’t think I would have started Devo had that not happened,” says Gerald Casale, who formed the band in the early 1970s with Bob Lewis. “It’s that simple.” Both men were there, on campus and witnessed the loss of two friends, Allison Krause and Jeffrey Miller.