Advocacy
An increase in this will aid in the chronically ill getting to appointments.
What is public transportation?
Meals on Wheels is.
What is a volunteer-based company that provides services for the elderly and chronically ill who have become isolated at home?
The amount of support groups offered in Lawrence MA for chronically ill patients.
What is 1? (Just for cancer patients)
This level of prevention would include heart therapy classes for chronically ill heart disease patients.
What is tertiary prevention?
The income in Lawrence is above or below the Massachusetts State Average of $77,385.
What is below at $39,627?
Cluster care decreases these two things.
What is cost and time?
The person/people who benefit from companions providing care.
What is both the care recipient and the caregiver receive benefits from the friendship?
Sliding scale payments are
What is payments made for care are adjusted based on income?
This level of prevention would include screening for hypertension for people who have a family hx of heart disease.
What is secondary prevention?
The amount of time a person has a disease in order for it to be considered chronicThe most predominant ethnicity in Lawrence.
What is 1 year?
Including patients in care planning and decision making is defined as this.
What is Autonomy.
The VNA stands for.
What is Visiting Nurses Association?
Health disparities are defined as.
What is: differences in health status between one population group in comparison to a more advantaged group (Fact Sheet: Health Disparities)?
This level of prevention would include a osteoporosis prevention water aerobics class for post-menopausal women.
What is primary prevention?
The most predominant ethnicity in Lawrence.
What is Hispanic or Latino?
This department helps to coordinate available resources and support.
What is social work?
Persons suffering from chronic illnesses have an increased risk for this cause of death.
What is suicide?
Latinos are __x less likely to have health insurance.
What is 3?
The function of Lazarus House
What is Providing food, clothing, work support and housing to those in need?
The most common housing style in Lawrence.
What is Multifamily homes?
Lawrence General Hospital uses freelance translators which causes an increase in this.
what is time? (takes them a while to get there)
The biggest barrier to access to Lawrence General Hospital.
What is the location? (outskirts of the city on the town line)
Percentage of adults without health insurance in Lawrence.
The program that offers nutrition advice, free healthy food, health related eating habits tips, and more for Women, Infants, and Children.
What is WICC?
What is obesity?