Home Health Services: Bringing the Hospital Home
Instead of bringing the patient to the hospital, we bring the hospital to the patient. Thats how Alexsandra Davis, Home Health Services Manager at Wooster Community Hospital (WCH), describes her departments role. Home Health Services team of 35 staff members includes RNs, LPNs, occupational, speech and physical therapists, medical social workers and home health aides. They see...In-Home Care Keeps Patients Healthy at Home
Ever since a medication issue landed her in the hospital last year, Eva Mae Richard has been visited twice daily by home health care aides from Wooster Community Hospitals Home Health Services. Theyve helped me a lot and have all been very nice, said Richard. They come in the morning and then see that Im in bed and have taken my pills every evening. Keeping patients like...Transitioning closets for fall and winter apparel
Just closing the door on messy closets doesnt work anymore than trying to stop the cold weather from coming. To begin getting them organized for the cold weather, try the following tips for transitioning closets from summer to winter and fall apparel.Countdown to Christmas
Summary: Let this countdown to Christmas list help you keep things in perspective and use your limited time and resources this holiday season. It is easy to get overwhelmed with all the shopping, cooking, cleaning and hectic schedules but find time to relax and spend time with family and friends. Give your donations or your time to those in need and youll be glad you were able to share some...
101011 State board of education presents Excellent With Distinction banner to Wooster City Schools
Summary: A new banner now hangs proudly at the Wooster City School District Board of Education Building. For state Board of Education member Robin Hovis, education holds the key to the future. Before presenting the Wooster City School District with a banner commemorating the districts Excellent With Distinction rating on the state report card during the districts Board of Education meeting...
Fort Laurens presents Trick or Treaty 2011
For four nights in October, Fort Laurens Museum will host Trick or Treaty, an exploration of the dark and creepy past of Fort Laurens and the Revolutionary War. Experience first hand the eeriness Fort Laurens history has to offer by taking a tour through the museum and grounds. At Fort Laurens, 21 American troops lost their lives during the winter of 1778 and 1779 by either starving to death...
To dance at Hiland...
There is a time for dancing….… and if you don’t want to take my word for it, then take it from the greatest book on earth: "A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance." Ecclesiastes 3:4With the Hiland Homecoming ceremony and dance coming up this Saturday, dancing seems to be the only thing on my mind. The fun dresses and high heels, the ties and stylish...
Time to get texting law on the books
It’s probably happened to you.A couple of Saturdays ago, I was southbound on I-77 heading into Tuscarawas County. I was traveling the speed limit – 60 mph – or maybe a wee bit faster (but not fast enough to warrant the attention of state troopers) when I had to pull into the left lane to pass a slow-moving SUV, which was drifting precariously over the line that defines the lanes.Being the...
Flat Top Bakery celebrates a grand opening in new retail location
Flat Top Bakery will celebrate their grand opening at their new location at 233 Fair Ave. NW at New Philadelphia in the Shops at the Olde House Inn, a restored Victorian house built in 1850. The event will take place Oct. 7, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Oct. 8, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Originally a cottage business started in 2008 by partners Michael Lehr and Debbie Casto of Dover, the baker and...