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Social Determinants of Health

| Featured, Graceful Health
Jeremy Morrison, MD

In the last thirty years, more and more evidence has piled up showing that some aspects of social and economic status are risk factors as important to illness and mortality as traditional villains like smoking or genetics. The common terminology for these is “social determinants of health.”

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CEO Coronavirus Update – May 19, 2021

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Finally, the good news we all need: after a difficult year, it appears that the U.S. pandemic may be turning a corner. Below are six reports with statistics that show that progress is being made against COVID-19.

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CEO Coronavirus Update – April 13, 2021

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As I reflect back on what was happening at this time last year, I am incredulous at the progress we’ve made in the battle against COVID-19. We first learned of the virus in China in December 2019, it came to the U.S. in January 2020, and by mid-March 2020, the world was shutting down in an effort to quell transmission of the virus. A year ago, none of us had any idea what lay in store, and the prevailing mood was fear and uncertainty. Now, just 13 months later, almost 20% of the U.S. population has been fully vaccinated with Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, or Johnson & Johnson vaccines.

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Help Us Survey Your Health Needs

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Windham County residents are encouraged to take a brief survey to share what they consider their most pressing healthcare needs and concerns. It is available online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WindhamCountyCHNA.

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CEO Coronavirus Update – March 16, 2021

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Although springtime is slow to arrive in Vermont, as always, there is a definite spring in our steps here at Grace Cottage as we continue to vaccinate 350-400 people per week in our COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic (also known as the Community Wellness Building, which continues to be an appropriate name for the building’s current use).

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Volunteers Inspire a New Way to Give

| Donor Stories

Tim Dillistin, of Sterling, VA, shared the following story when sending in a donation to Grace Cottage: “Every January, 27 members of our extended family get together in Virginia for the National Football League’s playoff weekend. This year we couldn’t meet in person, but we still had our usual football pool, and I ended up with 10 vacant slots.” Read on to find out what happened next.

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Bequest Benefits Endowment

| Donor Stories

Mary Moberly of Townshend let Grace Cottage know many years ago that her estate planning included the small hospital that she cherished so much. Mary died peacefully in Grace Cottage’s Hospice Suite on November 1, 2020, with her dog, Bella, and two of her dearest friends by her side.

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