Don’t demonize any food groups. You can indulge a bit, but do it mindfully. Moderation has always been the key!
Read More...Don’t demonize any food groups. You can indulge a bit, but do it mindfully. Moderation has always been the key!
Read More...I don’t think any of us here in Vermont ever expected that we would become a COVID-19 hot spot in the U.S., nor that we would remain in this status for so many weeks. I remember back in the spring of 2020, when we reacted with alarm that the number of new cases in the state was exceeding 100 per day. Here we are, 18 months later, with new case counts as high as 740 per day in Vermont. Why is our rate of infection so high?
Read More...How do you know when it’s time to go to the hospital Emergency Department versus an Urgent Care Center or to your Family Practitioner? We work in the Grace Cottage Emergency Department and at Grace Cottage Family Health, so together, we have good insights to help patients decide the best place to go for healthcare.
Read More...Vermont has been receiving a great deal of attention in the news these days, and not just because of Patrick Lahey’s announcement that he won’t be running for the Senate in 2022. There have been shifts regarding COVID-19 case rates, exposure / quarantining / testing standards, and treatment, so this seems like a good time to review the current COVID-19 situation in Vermont, and to put things into perspective.
Read More...Dispose of unneeded medications safely by bringing them to the Messenger Valley Pharmacy’s PharmaDrop, or find another drug take-back location in Vermont by visiting the website takebackday.dea.gov.
Read More...COVID-19: We all long for the time that the battle against COVID-19 is no longer foremost in our minds. After a brief spike in early September, the prevalence of COVID-19 and the number of hospitalizations and deaths is declining in most areas of the United States. Unfortunately, Vermont is currently experiencing sustained growth of COVID-19 […]
Read More...Every July for the past 16 years (with the exception of 2020), road trippers known as West River Westies have gathered with their VW campers for a fun-filled weekend of socializing, river tubing, and bicycling at Bald Mountain Campground in Townshend. At their annual raffles, these members of LiMBO (Late Model Bus Organization, International) raise money for Grace Cottage.
Read More...Thanks to the generosity of Elaine Lambert & John Klein of Newfane, a beautiful sculpture, La Gioia (“Joy” in Italian), has been installed in Grace Cottage’s Hospice Garden to honor Grace Cottage employees.
Read More...Older adults have unique healthcare needs. Grace Cottage Family Health & Hospital has been nationally recognized for its as “Age-Friendly” healthcare.
Read More...COVID-19: Unfortunately, the number of COVID-19 cases in Vermont continues to increase rather than decrease because of the Delta variant. In Windham County, 170 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported within the past 14 days, with a total of 30,114 cases throughout the state of Vermont since the beginning of the pandemic. Here at […]
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