Cancer Connection in our Community - Helping children cope

CANCER TOUCHES US ALL. We try to protect our children as best as we can, but parents often don’t know what to do when faced with the adversity of cancer. We can, however, help children to have better tools to cope with loss and the stress of having an ill family member or loved one with cancer.

Open for emergencies: UTMC at the ready for complex trauma cases

MOST EMERGENCY ROOM VISITS—even those for a painful injury—do not require trauma care.

Mercy Health program helps cancer survivors maximize quality of life post treatment

OWING TO FACTORS SUCH AS EARLIER DETECTION, state-of-theart treatments and technologies, and greater supportive care, more and more cancer patients today are joining the ranks of long-term cancer survivors.

Gardens of St. Francis seeks volunteers to enhance residents’ quality of life

THE GARDENS OF ST. FRANCIS, a member of CHI Living Communities that offers long-term care, assisted living, skilled nursing, and rehabilitation services in Oregon, Ohio, is seeking dedicated volunteers to help enrich residents’ lives and assist the staff in a wide variety of capacities throughout...

Becoming an Ombudsman

THIS MONTH, we are going to talk again about opportunities to volunteer. Things have changed slightly, and the training requirements for Ombudsman volunteers (Certified Ombudsman Associates) have increased due to the complexity of our work.

NAMI Greater Toledo: new place, new initiative, same message

AS THE PANDEMIC WINDS DOWN, NAMI Greater Toledo is celebrating—not so much because life is returning to normal, but because it has a new place, a new initiative, and the same message that takes on renewed meaning.

UTMC on leading edge of new technologies to diagnose early lung cancer

AN INNOVATIVE DIAGNOSTIC TOOL at The University of Toledo Medical Center is helping doctors identify lung cancer earlier and with more precision, allowing for quicker treatment and improving the chances a patient’s cancer will be cured.

Long-term-care residents have the right to enjoy activities—indoors and outdoors

“Take me out to the…” “Take me out to the…” “Buy me some…” “I don’t care if we ever…” Did you find yourself seeing images of baseballs and singing along? Summer can bring great enjoyment and many opportunities to enjoy fresh air and the outdoors. But is this true for persons living in nursing homes?