Women’s symposium

Women’s symposium

CHAMPION

Trumbull Memorial Hospital and Someplace Safe are offering “The Balanced Woman Mid-Summer Symposium” July 28 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Kent State University – Trumbull Campus, 4314 Mahoning Ave., N.W. Registration is at 8:30 a.m. The $25 fee includes a continental breakfast, boxed lunch and snack. All proceeds benefit Someplace Safe.

For information about workshops and presenters, go online to TrumbullMemorial.net/HealthyWoman. For reservations, call 330-393-3003 or go online at www.SomeplaceSafe.org.

Free concerts

Boardman

The second of three concerts offered this summer by Shepherd of the Valley-Boardman, 7148 West Blvd., is Tuesday. It features The Calypso Gypsies Steel Drum Band playing a mix of Jimmy Buffet, Santana, Harry Belafonte and Bob Marley music and Caribbean steel drum melodies and rhythms from around the world. The third concert is Aug. 7. It features the Canfield Community Band, which plays a variety of music from the 1940s through today.

Curtain time is 7 p.m. for the concerts, which are free and open to the public. Refreshments are available, and visitors are asked to bring lawn chairs. In case of inclement weather, the concerts will move indoors, but will be restricted to residents because of limited space. For information, call 330-726-9061, ext. 2415.

Walk with a doctor

YOUNGSTOWN

The Humility of Mary Health Partners Diabetes Education Department is having a “1-Mile Walk With A Doc” event at 9 a.m. Saturday at St. Elizabeth Health Center on Belmont Avenue. “Walk With A Doc” is a national program to promote the health benefits of walking.

The event is free and open to the public. The first 50 walkers will receive a pedometer, T-shirt and water bottle. Walkers will gather at the Belmont lobby entrance to begin their walk with Dr. Ben Hayek. Free parking is available in the hospital parking deck. Registration is not required. For information, call the Humility of Mary Healthline toll-free at 1-877-700-4647 or 330-480-3151.

CarFit program helps elderly

POLAND/HOWLAND

Shepherd of the Valley is offering CarFit, an educational program that provides older adults an opportunity to check how well their cars “fit” them. At CarFit, a AAA instructor takes about 20 minutes to help older adults adjust their vehicles so the drivers are more comfortable and their safety and that of their passengers are improved.

Events are: Aug. 1, 9 a.m. to noon at Shepherd of the Valley-Poland, 301 W. Western Reserve Road (to register call 330-726-7110 ext. 0) and Aug. 8, 9 a.m. to noon at Shepherd of the Valley-Howland, 4100 North River Road N.E., Warren (to register call 330-856-9232 ext. 0). Reservations are required. For information, call Lynn Miller at 330-530-4038 ext. 205.

REST program

Alliance

Alliance Community Hospital (ACH) has introduced a new program designed to promote privacy and quiet at night for patients.

The Nursing Leadership Team at ACH, in a return to the basic fundamentals of nursing care, decided to reinvent HS care (evening care) and rename it “Remember, Everyone’s Sleeping Tonight,” or REST.

Under the REST program, every evening at 9 p.m., the song “Blessings” by Laura Story is played overhead in patient rooms signaling the beginning of the REST program and reminding staff and visitors to be mindful of sleeping patients.

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