THE SHOW MUST GO ON
L-R: Davis; Scott Baron, engineer; Dr. Krug; Dr. Wade.
WDRC-AM’s Brad Davis didn’t allow recent hip replacement surgery at the Connecticut Joint Replacement Institute (CJRI) to prevent him from doing his daily program. He broadcast from his rooms at Saint Francis Hospital and Medical Center and later at Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital. Here, he discusses the work of the Rehabilitation Hospital and the Mandell MS Center with Robert Krug, M.D., Medical Director of both centers, and Peter Wade, M.D., Medical Director for Neurology at the MS Center. Davis, a member of the Rehabilitation Hospital’s Board of Directors, also broadcast from the same patient room in 1996 when he underwent another hip replacement operation.
DAY KIMBALL HEALTHCARE NURSES HOLD LOCAL FOOD DRIVE
PUTNAM, CT – During National Nurse’s Week, a group of Day Kimball Healthcare’s nurses held a food drive at WINY in Putnam to help the community eat well and assist those in need. The goal of the drive was to fill a stretcher and a wheel chair with food or donations for the local food banks.
The food drive was a great success and nearly 40 bags of groceries and $416 in cash were donated. The nurses donated the collections to four local food banks, St. Joseph Food Pantry in North Grosvenordale, the Daily Bread in Putnam, TEEG in North Grosvenordale and ACCESS in Danielson. Nurse, Elaine Ducharme, coordinated the drive and Gary Osbrey at WINY promoted the event and allowed Day Kimball to collect donations outside of the radio station.
Ten Masonicare Nurses Recognized with Nightingale Awards For Excellence in Nursing
Wallingford, CT, At a special dinner and awards galas held at four locations throughout Connecticut, Nightingale Awards for Excellence in Nursing were presented to 10 nurses nominated by Masonicare. The Nightingale Awards program recognizes hundreds of nurses throughout Connecticut for their dedication, commitment and generous contributions to the field of nursing. The program is open and inclusive of all healthcare settings — hospitals, home health care, health centers, schools, health departments, long-term care, nursing schools, agencies and medical practices.
The following nurses were recognized for their outstanding service to Masonicare:
Masonicare Home Health & Hospice
Kerrie Greene Soares,RN
Denise Dunnigan, LPN
Julie Boardman,RN, BSN
Mary Queally, RN
Masonicare Partners Home Health & Hospice
Paula Nekiunas Lambert,RN, BS-HCA
Kathleen Kearney Worthington RN, BSN
Masonicare Health Center
Cara Carbray, RN, BSN
Maureen Murray, RN, BSN
Deena Williamson, RN, MSN, MBA-HCA
Barbara Piper RN, BSN
This year, at the tenth annual Nightingale Awards presentations, these special nurses were honored at concurrent award dinners held in Groton, Stamford, Hartford and Wallingford. Stephen B. McPherson, President and CEO of Masonicare, said, “We are very proud of the outstanding nurses who work throughout the Masonicare continuum. Their dedication and commitment to our residents and patients are exemplary, and it is especially gratifying that we honor them at a time when National Nurse’s Week is also celebrated.”
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Treatment Study for Iraq/Afghanistan Veterans
FARMINGTON, CT. – Researchers at the University of Connecticut Health Center are conducting a study comparing two treatments for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and problems with anger in men who served in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Julian Ford, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, is the principal investigator for the study which has received funding from the U.S. Department of Justice.
More than 13,000 men and women from Connecticut have served in the military in Afghanistan and Iraq, of whom approximately 85 percent are men. Based on national studies, up to 40 percent of those men will develop a PTSD and at least half of those individuals will have problems with anger. That means as many as 2,500 or more male Connecticut military personnel or veterans may require help with PTSD and problems with anger after returning home.
“We know that PTSD interferes with all important walks of life for returning military personnel, particularly due to problems with anger, but with timely and effective treatment these problems can be overcome,” says Ford.
The study will test the efficacy of a widely used PTSD psychotherapy, Prolonged Exposure (PE), and a newer PTSD psychotherapy designed to enhance skills for managing anger and other emotions-Trauma Affect Regulation: Guide for Education and Therapy (TARGET). PE teaches stress management skills and helps the person to resolve the troubling memories that occur in PTSD. TARGET explains how the body’s stress reactions can be adjusted with focused and mindful thinking, using a 7-step “FREEDOM” process developed by Ford. “We expect that both therapies will enable participants to overcome PTSD and the difficulties it causes with anger, and the study will test this scientifically,” explains Ford.
Men who served in Iraq or Afghanistan and are troubled by stress reactions and anger are invited to contact study coordinator, Michelle Slivinsky at 860-679-2214. Participation involves confidential interviews and 10 sessions of psychotherapy at no cost, at locations in West Hartford (UConn Health Partners, 65 Kane St.) and Farmington, (UConn Health Center, 263 Farmington Ave).
