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NORWELL VNA AWARDED THREE GRANTS
FROM SOUTH SHORE ELDER SERVICES, INC.
Grants geared towards educating seniors in the community
December 4, 2006 (NORWELL, MA) - The Norwell Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) is pleased to announce it has been awarded three grants by South Shore Elder Services, Inc. under Title IIID Older Americans Act.
The grants, titled Watch Your Step, Emergency Preparedness, and You're Not Alone, will fund educational programs for seniors throughout the South Shore community. All programs are open to the public and offered at no cost.
Watch Your Step will provide free educational seminars and fall risk screening to seniors on the South Shore. The goal of the program is to educate the public on how to reduce falls and fall-related injuries. Attendees will learn specific strategies
on how to increase safety within the community as well as receive a Home Safety and Fall Prevention flyer. These sessions will be offered at a number of Councils on Aging and senior centers throughout the region. For more information about upcoming
meetings contact Laurie Galvin, Norwell VNA Rehab Manager, at 781-659-2342.
The Emergency Preparedness seminars will educate attendees on how to respond to a disaster in their community, how to recover from a disaster and what resources are available to them. The group will meet at area Councils on Aging and Senior Centers.
For more information about upcoming meetings contact Michelle Sweeney, Norwell VNA Community Health and Education Liaison, at 781-659-2342.
Norwell VNA's Alzheimer's Support Groups will continue with the You're Not Alone seminars. The meetings will provide an opportunity for caregivers to share experiences, coping skills and care giving tips, while developing friendships.
These monthly meetings will be held at the Norwell VNA, located at 91 Longwater Circle in Norwell and the Quincy River Bay Club, located at 99 Brackett Street in Quincy. For more information about upcoming meetings contact Renee McInnes, R.N. at 781-659-2342.
The Norwell Visiting Nurse Association, located in Norwell, provides nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, nutritional counseling, home health aides/homemakers and a variety of support services and programs to patients of all
ages and for all needs. The Norwell VNA has been serving the community since 1920 providing services to residents in Norwell, Scituate, Abington, Braintree, Cohasset, Duxbury, Hanover, Hanson, Hingham, Hull, Kingston, Marshfield, Pembroke, Quincy, Rockland
and Weymouth. For more information about the Norwell VNA and its services, please visit the web site at www.nvna.org or call 781-659-2342.
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