Health Awareness Award

Health Awareness Award
WARREN -- Deborah R. Zador has received the Health Awareness Award for 2003 from the Ohio Nursing Association District 3, which includes Trumbull, Mahoning and Columbiana counties. Zador, coordinator of the Prescription Assistance for Seniors program at SCOPE, previously worked at Hillside Rehabilitation Hospital in Howland. Since she joined SCOPE in August 2001 with the inception of PAS, the program has saved about $1 million for 900 area senior citizens through free or discounted prescriptions. The PAS program, funded by Trumbull County commissioners, was an initiative that became a model for similar programs elsewhere, said Janet E. Schweitzer, SCOPE executive director.
Zador, of Howland, earned a bachelor of nursing degree from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh and is a board-certified rehabilitation nurse and a longtime member of the ONA.
Electric wheelchairs
Medicare recipients who suffer from conditions such as arthritis, cardiovascular disease and respiratory disorders and have difficulty walking or propelling a standard wheelchair may be eligible to receive an electric wheelchair paid for by Medicare. Contact Angels Have Wheels at (800) 810-2877.
Arthritis drug meeting
AUSTINTOWN -- People with arthritis are invited to attend a free informational meeting on medications from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Austinwoods, 4780 Kirk Road. Call (800) 399-3858.
Prize at blood drive
FARRELL, Pa. -- The blood banks at UPMC Horizon at Farrell and Greenville, Pa., have received accreditation by the American Association of Blood Banks. Everyone who donates blood through June 30 at one of the Central Blood Bank's mobile locations, including 11 a.m.-3 p.m. June 3 at UPMC Greenville and June 6 at UPMC Shenango, is eligible to win a 2003 Ford Mustang convertible.
UPMC nurses honored
CLARK, Pa. -- UPMC Horizon recognized 15 nurses at its annual UPMC Horizon Excellence in Practice Awards dinner at Tara, a Country Inn, as part of National Nurses Week. Cited for excellence in clinical practice and outstanding professionalism were: Betty Adams, Melanie Alexander, Marcia Colson, Lorie Farmartino, Bonnie Fleissner, Vicki Geyer, Donna Glass, Cindy Good, Janice Hornyak, Gaye Llewellyn, Marte Lovich, Susan Rinella, Jean Schultz, Mary Christine Smith and Nancy Wilson.