The Grace Cottage Community Wellness Center is offering a free Tai Chi class, “Level 1 Tai Chi for Fall Prevention,” on Tuesdays 1:30-2:30 p.m., beginning Nov. 14. This class, based […]
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Healthcare Matters: Ep 4 – Health Insurance in Vermont
Marty Cohn hosts episode four of Grace Cottage Hospital’s Healthcare Matters, discussing health insurance options in Vermont, with guests Jane Wheeler, Resource Advocate and Bill Monahan, a Registered Nurse and Community Outreach Coordinator. Both are members of Grace Cottage’s Community Health Team that offers free services to area residents.
Read More...Grace Cottage Hospital Receives Top 20 National Award
Grace Cottage Hospital recently received national recognition as a “Top 20 Critical Access Hospital (CAH) for Best Practice – Patient Satisfaction.”
Chief Nursing Officer Lisa Eaton represented Grace Cottage at the awards ceremony Sept. 28 during the National Rural Health Association’s (NRHA) CAH Conference in Kansas City, Mo.
Grace Cottage was chosen for this exclusive “Top 20” list out of all 1,339 CAH facilities throughout the U.S. It is the only CAH in the Northeast to receive this designation.
Read More...Veggie Van Go transporting healthier options
By Chris Mays cmays@reformer.com
Photo by Kristopher Radder
TOWNSHEND — Morty Fink, of Jamaica, goes to Veggie Van Go every month.
“You never know what’s going to come out of that truck,” he said, standing in line waiting for fresh produce provided at Grace Cottage Hospital via the Vermont Food Bank.
Fink can usually pick up onions, tomatoes and potatoes there.
“Every once in a while, we get yogurt,” he said. “But not all the time.”
He called the offerings “good and wholesome stuff.”
“The stuff you get in the grocery store is questionable,” he said.
Jacki Brown, marketing administrator at Grace Cottage Hospital, said her group started a relationship with the food bank in October 2015.
Read More...Healthy Aging Conference slated for November
Seniors, do you have questions about aging? Grace Cottage’s Healthy Aging Conference is a great place to get answers. Presented by Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital staff members and […]
Read More...Healthcare Matters: Ep 3 – Women’s Health Screenings
Marty Cohn hosts episode three of Grace Cottage Hospital’s Healthcare Matters, discussing women’s health screening for breast and cervical cancer, as well as osteoporosis, with guests Dr. Ewa Arnold, a primary care provider at Grace Cottage Family Health and Emma Higley, Diagnostic Imaging Manager at Grace Cottage Hospital.
Read More...Fall Wellness Classes at Grace Cottage
Making time to exercise and participate in healthy activities is vitally important to your health! Benefits may include improved muscle tone, better balance, increased confidence, reduced stress, better sleep, more […]
Read More...Vermont hospital shares good nutrition with the community
Reporter Adam Sullivan travels to Townshend to discover how Grace Cottage is using fresh food as an important part of its healthcare mix. See the segment on WCAX TV.
Read More...Tomatoes Wanted!
Attention gardeners: how are your tomatoes doing? If you have more tomatoes than you need this year, please consider donating some to the “Ton of Tomatoes” project, which is bringing […]
Read More...Healthcare Matters: Ep 2 – Back to School
Join Healthcare Matters host Marty Cohn as he kicks of the second episode of Grace Cottage’s monthly show on health-related topics with this ‘Back to School’ edition.
In the first half learn more about how to recognize children with sensory processing challenges and fine motor coordination difficulties and learn what you can do to help with Grace Cottage Pediatric Occupational Therapist Melinda Roy (MSOT).
In the second half join Liz Harrison (CCN), a Health Coach on the Grace Cottage Community Health Team, as she talks about the dos and don’ts of nutrition as kids start the school year up again.
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