CANANDAIGUA – UR Medicine’s Thompson Health is urging local residents to join Americans across the country in making future healthcare decisions known to family, friends and healthcare providers by taking part in National Healthcare Decisions Day (NHDD).
For 2017, NHDD is a weeklong event, from April 16 to 22. It is an initiative of The Conversation Project and its goal is to encourage people to share their wishes as well as complete advance directives such as a living will. The initiative involves the widespread availability and dissemination of simple, free, and uniform tools to guide the process.
Thompson Health’s Ethics Committee will be sharing materials related to NHDD on Thursday, April 13, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. at a table outside the hospital cafeteria, and members of the public are welcome to stop by. The hospital is located at 350 Parrish St. in Canandaigua.
For more information about NHDD as well as advance directive resources, visit www.nhdd.org.
CANANDAIGUA – UR Medicine’s Thompson Health today lifted flu-related visitor restrictions that had been in place at both F.F. Thompson Hospital and the M.M. Ewing Continuing Care Center since late January.
It is now permissible for children 14 and under to visit, and there is no longer a limit on the number of visitors a patient or resident may have at any given time.
CANANDAIGUA – On Thursday, April 6, UR Medicine’s Thompson Hospital will offer “Carbohydrate Counting & Menu Planning” for people with Type 2 diabetes.
The prevention/management class will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. in the conference rooms of the Constellation Center for Health & Healing at the hospital, 350 Parrish St. in Canandaigua.
CANANDAIGUA - The Service Excellence Team at UR Medicine’s Thompson Health recently announced the first quarter recipients of the health system’s Service Excellence Awards.
CANANDAIGUA – For the third consecutive year, UR Medicine’s Thompson Health is on the “150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare” list published by Becker’s Hospital Review, and is the only health system in western or central New York to be included.
This list includes U.S. hospitals, health systems, ambulatory surgical centers and home health agencies as well as other types of healthcare-specific companies “committed to fulfilling missions, creating outstanding cultures and offering competitive benefits to their employees.” Hospitals of all sizes are included, with the Cleveland Clinic, the Mayo Clinic and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital among the larger ones.
CANANDAIGUA – The Diagnostic Imaging Department at UR Medicine’s Thompson Hospital, 350 Parrish St., will hold free varicose vein consultations on Tuesday, March 28, from 4 to 7:30 p.m.
These consultations, conducted by one of Thompson’s vein specialists, will be held by appointment only, with a limited number of appointments available. To schedule a free screening, call the Diagnostic Imaging Department at Thompson at (585) 396-6701.
CANANDAIGUA – UR Medicine’s Thompson Health announces a call for applications for the 2017 spring cycle of the Mary Clark Thompson Health Grants. All local not-for-profit organizations whose programs improve the health and wellness of the community within Thompson’s service area are encouraged to apply by April 1 for funding through this opportunity offered by the F.F. Thompson Foundation.
Mary Clark Thompson’s spirit of community-minded philanthropy was the...
CANANDAIGUA – “Healing Pathways,” a program offered by UR Medicine’s Thompson Health for those with ongoing illnesses or other sources of chronic stress, will begin soon, with the option of a Tuesday evening series or a Thursday afternoon series.
Tuesday sessions will take place from 6:30 to 9 p.m., Feb. 28 through May 2, at Ferris Hills at West Lake on Peg Rayburn Drive in Canandaigua. The Thursday sessions will take place from 1 to 3:30 p.m., March 2...
CANANDAIGUA – Ferris Hills at West Lake, UR Medicine Thompson Health’s independent living community for seniors, will once again this year host Great Decisions, the nation’s longest-running global affairs education program.
The eight-week series of group discussions – facilitated by content experts – will take place at 11 a.m. on Thursdays, beginning March 2 and concluding April 20.
There is no cost to attend the one-hour...
CANANDAIGUA – “Oh, My Healthy Back” will be held Tuesday, Feb. 28, from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Constellation Center for Health and Healing at UR Medicine’s Thompson Hospital, 350 Parrish St., Canandaigua.
This class will teach individuals with lower back pain about their spine and management of pain. Farley Wagner and Cheri Sidoti, both physical therapists and certified mechanical diagnostic therapists, teach the class. They will discuss
spinal anatomy,...