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PARTNERS | HEALTHY CITY | HOW HEALTHY | VISION | SUMMIT | PRIORITIES | FUNCTIONS | CITY OF FALL RIVER |
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The Caritas Diabetes Center at Saint Anne's Hospital and Lifeline Medical and Diabetic Supplies of Swansea, with media partner Radio Voz do Emigrante/WHTB 1400 AM held their eighth annual “Decoding Diabetes” health fair for adults with diabetes and their families on April 17, 2010 at Diman Regional Vocational Technical High School on Stonehaven Road. Hundreds of area residents visited exhibits and demonstrations by diabetes product manufacturers, informational booths, presentations by medical experts in Portuguese and English about diabetes-related health issues, and area resources for people diagnosed with diabetes. Also offered to participants were diabetes-friendly snacks chosen by Saint Anne's Hospital registered dietitians. Speakers included Laurie Hammontree, RD, LDN, CDE, certified diabetes educator, Rose Marie Couto, RN, CDE, diabetes nurse educator of the Caritas Diabetes Center, children's dietitian Kathleen Bucklin, RD, and Chad Cabeceiras, MS, exercise physiologist. Click here for photos of the 2008 event and here for photos of the 2006 event. For more information about the event, call the Saint Anne’s Public Relations office at 508-235-5056. |
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| (Top row, left) Rose Marie Couto, R.N., C.D.E., Diabetes Nurse Educator for Saint Anne's Hospital, teaches a class about diabetes in Portuguese as part of the health fair. (Top row, center) Stroke educator Lisa DeMelo talks with Louise Michaud of Fall River about the warning signs of stroke using the F.A.S.T. signs. (Top row, right) Ms. DeMelo talks with grandchildren Cory and Joscelyn Rebello about how they might assist their grandmother were she to experience signs of a stroke by calling 911 and getting her to the hospital quickly. (Middle row, left) Joan Thibeault of the Celticare Health Plan of Massachusetts gets a healthy lunch from Marie Nicolau and Debbie Ferry of Saint Anne's Hospital dietary services. (Middle row, center) Pat Brault of Saint Anne's Hospital Wound Healing Center chats with Patty McLaughlin as Public Relations & Marketing coordinator Anne Ferreira looks on. (Middle row, rigth) Ms. McLaughlin speaks with a representative of Lifescan One Touch glucose meters. (Bottom row, left) Sarah Medeiros, Sydney Oldroid and Lexy Mendonca provide information on common sources of accidental childhood poisoning. (Bottom row, center) Maria Jose, Frank Baptista and Helena Silva of WSAR Radio's Voice of the Immigrant radio show broadcast live from the event, including an interview with Healthy City coordinator David S. Weed, Psy.D. (Bottom row, right) Eleanor Buba and Rita Lanoue chat with Dietitian Laurie Hammontree, RD, CDE. | ||