Services
Community Health & Education
Free Health Screenings:
Blood Pressure Clinics are offered throughout the South Shore, including:
- South Shore YMCA in Hanover every other Thursday from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
- Hanover Mall every Friday morning at 7:45 am
- Hingham Senior Center the first Tuesday of the month from 10 to 11 am
- Allerton House Hingham the first Wednesday of the month from 9:30 to 10:30 am
- Allerton House Weymouth the second Wednesday of the month from 1:15 to 2:15 pm
- Norwell Council on Aging the second Thursday of the month from 11 am to 12:30 pm
- Norwell Gardens the third Wednesday of the month from 11 to 12 noon
Blood Sugar Screening is offered:
- Duxbury Senior Center the first Thursday of the month from 10 to 11 am
- Marshfield Senior Center the second Tuesday of the month from 11 am to 12 noon
- Norwell Council on Aging the second Thursday of the month from 11 am to 12:30 pm
Bone Density is offered at area health fairs.
Ongoing and/or Annual Educational Programs
Regularly scheduled programs offered to the community include:
Chronic Disease Self Management Education Program, designed by researchers from Stanford University, is a six-week program offered to all South Shore residents living with the challenges of one or more chronic conditions either themselves or someone for whom they care. The program teaches strategies to improve quality of life, communication with doctors, and ability to handle stress. Trained program leaders help participants set and meet personal goals, make good choices about one’s health and identify simple techniques that increase energy level. Call 781-659-2342 for more information.
Diabetic Self-Management Education Program is a 10-hour program offered over five weeks that encompasses the physical, medication, nutritional, and behavioral aspects of dealing with diabetes. Many insurance companies, including Medicare, cover the cost of this program. Taught by a certified diabetic educator, the program is offered at various locations on the South Shore. Please call 781-659-2342 for information.
Babysitting and Parents’ Helpers Training and Education Program is offered each October through the Norwell Recreation Department. Open to area children in grades five through eight, this program teaches parent helpers how to entertain children and keep them safe while an adult is in the home, while the babysitting course focuses on essentials of child care and safety when alone with children. Members of Norwell Fire Department assist Norwell VNA and Hospice nurses in teaching the program, which is offered for a nominal donation. Contact Norwell Recreation at 781-659-8046 for more information.
CEU Programs and Educational Presentations
Programs listed below are available to community businesses, organizations, and agencies. Taught by our clinicians and clinical specialists, these programs can be offered at the organization’s location. For information on these programs, please contact 781-659-2342 or email rmcinnes@nvna.org.
CEU PROGRAMS:
- Advanced Health Assessment: Cardiac Assessment (1.5 hrs)
- Advanced Health Assessment: Pulmonary Assessment (1.5 hrs)
- Alzheimer’s Disease: The Challenge of Home Care (1.0 hrs)
- Dementia: Therapeutic Approaches (1.0 hrs)
- Diabetes: An Introduction (1.0 hr)
- Diabetic Neuropathy (1.0 hrs)
- Incontinence and Incontinence Skin Care (1.0 hrs)
- Nutrition and Wound Healing (1.0 hrs)
- “Watch Your Step” Falls Prevention Education and Screening (1.0 hrs)
- Wound Care Protocol for the Home Care Patient (1.0 hrs)
COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS:
- Diabetes Self-Management Educational Series (Certified by ADA)
- Falls Prevention Program
PARA-PROFESSIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS:
- A Caregiver’s Guide to Alzheimer’s
- Alzheimer’s from the Family’s Perspective
- Body Mechanics
- Dermal Defense
- Falls Prevention
- What Is and Isn’t Normal Aging
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