Delaware County Rural Healthcare Alliance
THE DELAWARE COUNTY RURAL HEALTHCARE ALLIANCE MISSION
The Delaware County Rural Healthcare Alliance brings together health care and health care related organizations in Delaware County to share information, conduct assessment, develop plans and fund projects to address health education and awareness. The Alliance promotes improved access to quality health and wellness services for Delaware County residents.
LINK:
www.delawarecountyhealthalliance.net
Delaware County Rural Healthcare Alliance programs and advisory council meetings are listed under CCE and Human Ecology Events.
THE DELAWARE COUNTY RURAL HEATLHCARE ALLIANCE
is predicated upon the belief that collaboratively and collectively we can achieve far more with far less than we can as isolated organizations. Projects of the Alliance are often carried out by member and partner agencies, with the Alliance serving as convener and planner.
• Maximizing the ability of the local healthcare system to provide the highest quality healthcare possible for Delaware County residents. Healthcare providers are large employers and contribute to the local economy.
• The Alliance supports the health delivery system by expanding availability of preventive and wellness services.
• Educating consumers of health services regarding health and wellness issues in Delaware County.
• Promoting collaboration among health and human services providers.
GERIATIC MENTAL HEALTH
The Delaware County NY Connects with partial funding from the Rural Health Care Alliance is offering a series on Geriatric Mental Health. Delaware County is 2nd in the State with the largest elderly population which will continue to grow with the baby boomers and aging Hippies joining the ranks. The goal is to educate long term care professionals on the need of the aging population and unique mental illnesses that would include Viet Nam Veterans suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
The first part of the series held in March focused on the lack of readiness to meet the challenges of the elder boom and common late life mental disorders. Over 100 providers from county health and human service organizations attended the training.
The second workshop scheduled for May 25th will be held at SUNY Delhi. Registration begins at 8:30 AM and the program presentation Therapeutic Techniques of Validation by Ann Marie Thayer, Leatherstocking Region Program Manager Alzheimer’s Association and Jenny Kilpatrick, RN, Community Health Supervisor, Public Health Nursing will begin from 9:05 to 11:30 AM; followed by a luncheon from11:45 to 1 PM and at 1 to 3 PM Cary Reid, MD, PhD, a Weill Cornell faculty member, will present Understanding the Depression/Pain Dyad in Later Life. To register for the workshop or additional information, please contact Laura Stewart at NY Connects 607-746-6333. The final two workshops will be held in July and September to complete the series.
The long term benefits of these trainings will provide a more knowledgeable workforce with a better understanding of the mental health disorders in older adults and more focused therapy and treatments.
JEANNE M. DARING, INTERIM COORDINATOR
2010 Advisory Council Members
Steve Hood, Delaware County Emergency Services
Tom Briggs, Delaware County Office For the Aging
Jeanne Darling, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Delaware County
Donna Dickson, Countryside Care Center
Bonnie Hamilton, Delaware County Public Health Nursing Service
Jane Hamilton, Bassett Healthcare School-Based Health Centers
Mary Pat Lewis, SUNY Delhi
Karen Maher, O'Connor Hospital
Philip Mehl, Mountainside Residential Care Center
Jan Miller, Catskill Area Hospice & Palliative Care
Edmond Morache, Margaretville Memorial Hospital
David Ramsey, Alcohol & Drug Abuse Council of Delaware County
Patricia Thomson, Delaware County Mental Health Clinic