Health and Wellness
Our Community: Sutter Coast Hospital Conflict
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This edition of Our Community, host Candice Michel examines important and controversial issues surrounding the management of Sutter Coast Hospital in Crescent City, California. Her special guest for this program is orthopedic surgeon and Head of Surgery at Sutter Coast Hospital, Dr. Gregory Duncan.
Sutter Coast Hospital
What is the story behind the conflict at Sutter Coast Hospital? Why are good medical personnel leaving our community? Who really owns the hospital? Who is Sutter Health, and do they have our community’s best interests at heart?
Dr. Duncan provides some of the answers to these and other issues that impact our healthcare in Curry and Del Norte counties.
This is the first in a series of programs on this important topic.
Host: Candice Michel, Producer: Candice Michel
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Cannabis Uncovered: County Commissioners Consider Cannabis Concerns
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Co-hosts Karen Clark and Linda Bozack bring you another Cannabis Uncovered program – this time uncovering some of the decisions facing our County’s Board of Commissioners as they struggle with questions about the regulation of commercial growing and retailing of recreational marijuana.
On February 10, 2016, Jim Clark joined Karen and Linda as they trekked up to Gold Beach to attend the Curry County Commissioners’ workshop, where Planning Director Carolyn Johnson presented the recommendations of the County Planning Commission. Listen as Karen, Linda, and Jim discuss their thoughts following this workshop.
Make your voice count by contacting our County decision makers about these issues:
Planning Director Carolyn Johnson: JohnsonC@co.curry.or.us; 541-247-3284
Commissioner Susan Brown: browns@co.curry.or.us
Commissioner Tom Huxley: huxleyt@co.curry.or.us
Commissioner David Brock Smith: smithd@co.curry.or.us
County Commissioners’ phone contact: 541-247-3296
Hosts: Karen Rossman Clark, LInda Bozack; Producer: Linda Bozack
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Perspectives in Healthcare: The Oregon Health Plan and the Coordinated Care Model Summit
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In this edition of Perspectives in Healthcare Karin Larsen and Scott Clapson sit down and talk about their attendance at a recent healthcare summit in Portland about the Oregon Health Plan and the Coordinated Care Model hosted by the Oregon Health Authority.
Karin and Scott both sit on the Curry County Community Advisory Council for AllCare Health (One of Curry County’s Coordinated Care Organizations for the Oregon Health Plan), and they are passionate advocates for the health of Curry County residents and all Oregonians. They discuss what they learned at the summit, who they met, and how they are participating in Oregon’s Health Care Transformation.
Karin and Scott would like to express their gratitude to AllCare Health and the Oregon Health Authority for giving the Curry County Community Advisory Council such an opportunity to participate in the wellness for people of our county.
Host: Scott Clapson, Producer: Scott Clapson
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Our Community: Our Own Field of Dreams – A Community Collaboration
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Do you dream of being able to swim in a heated, indoor pool in the dead of winter? Or wish you had somewhere to meet up with friends to walk, play basketball, or take a cooking class?
If you build it, they will come!
In this latest edition of Our Community, host Candice Michel interviews Dr. Julianne Leighton from the Friends of the Brookings Harbor Aquatic Center and Tony Baron, City of Brookings’ Parks and Technical Services Supervisor, about the evolving plans for the exciting new Community Recreation Center.
Be informed and get involved!
Host: Candice Michel, Producer: Candice Michel
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Chetco Activity Center – Your Gathering Place: Walk With Ease
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In this episode of the Chetco Activity Center, Your Gathering Place, we talk about the Walk with Ease program.
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Glenda Groff (walking group co-leader), Mary Ann Reeder, Roger Mitchell, and Jenny Mitchell talk with Scott Clapson about the benefits they have gained from walking together. From relaxation and weight loss to both mental and physical health, Walk with Ease teaches us to build up slowly in our exercise program. This group has improved our health and relationships, and given us all motivation to walk.
The Chetco Activity Center is grateful to Oregon State University Extension Area Institute on Aging and the Arthritis Foundation for helping us launch this wonderful program almost a year and a half ago.
Get a free book to guide you on your way to walking with ease.
Come walk with us on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 10:30 AM in Azalea Park. Meet in the formal garden around the metal statue.
For more information call the Chetco Activity Center at 541-469-6822 and ask for Scott.
Host: Scott Clapson, Producer: Scott Clapson
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Perspectives in Healthcare: Mental Health and Our Elders, Part 2
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In Part Two of this special edition of Perspectives in Healthcare, Nanaymie Godfrey from Coos Health and Wellness talks with Scott Clapson about mental health and older adults in Coos and Curry counties.
Nanaymie and Scott discuss social isolation and elder suicide, the need for changing the systems, and ways we deliver mental health services to our aging adult populations. Nanaymie emphasizes the fact that solutions that work in urban areas like Portland often don’t work in places with a small, disbursed population like Curry County. To help identify the unique needs of Curry County she developed a Community Assessment Survey that you can download here or fill out on line:
- Click HERE to download a printable survey form. Return it to Scott Clapson at the Chetco Activity Center, 550 Chetco Lane, in Brookings, or
- Click HERE to complete the form on-line.
Let them know that you heard about this survey on KCIW.org by calling 541-469-6822.
You can join the conversation and learn more about elder mental health issues in Curry County by attending two upcoming meetings at the Chetco Activity Center. The first, on January 25, covers social isolation, and the second, on February 1, addresses elder suicide. These meetings are free of charge and open to the public. Both sessions are in the Chetco Activity Center Dining Room, upper parking lot (upstairs), 550 Chetco Lane (Behind Subway), Brookings, OR.
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For more information call the Chetco Activity Center, 541-469-6822.
Host: Scott Clapson, Producer: Scott Clapson
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Community Conversations: Port Orford Mayor Jim Auborn Endorses Veterans’ Healthcare Stakeholders Meeting
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In this edition of Community Conversations, Port Orford’s Mayor Jim Auborn and host Connie Hunter discuss the upcoming meeting concerning veterans’ healthcare needs.
Port Orford Mayor Jim Auborn
On Friday, January 15, stakeholders in the Veterans Administration (VA) Roseburg Healthcare System will meet at Southwestern Oregon Community College Curry Campus to explore ways to close the many gaps in Curry County veterans’ healthcare. Mayor Auborn is a community leader on veterans’ issues, especially in the areas of mental health, transportation, and housing, and he endorses community-based programs to address these needs. As a veteran himself, he is in a good position to understand the needs of fellow veterans.
The January 15 Veterans’ Healthcare Stakeholders Meeting is an important step in efforts to build partnerships between the Roseburg VA Healthcare System and community-based providers, placing Curry County veterans in position to benefit from improved services. Sign-in for the meeting is at 9:30 AM.
Host: Connie Hunter; Producer: Connie Hunter; Recording tech: Jim Newman
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Perspectives in Healthcare: Mental Health and Our Elders, Part 1
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In Part One of this special edition of Perspectives in Healthcare, Nanaymie Godfrey from Coos Health and Wellness talks with Scott Clapson about mental health and older adults in Coos and Curry counties.
Nanaymie Godfrey
Nanaymie and Scott discuss social isolation and elder suicide, the need for changing the systems, and ways we deliver mental health services to our aging adult populations. They both believe this change is grassroots and community based. Our community members hold the wisdom needed to create this change.
You can do your part by taking a few minutes to fill out a Community Assessment Survey to help document community needs.
- Click HERE to download a printable survey form. Return it to Scott Clapson at the Chetco Activity Center, 550 Chetco Lane, in Brookings, or
- Click HERE to complete the form on-line.
Let them know that you heard about this survey on KCIW.org by calling 541-469-6822.
Host: Scott Clapson, Producer: Scott Clapson
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Community Conversations: Senator Jeff Kruse Discusses Veterans’ Healthcare Needs in Curry County and Oregon
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State Senator Jeff Kruse meets with Community Conversations’ host Connie Hunter during his time off from the State Legislature to urge Curry County stakeholders to work together with the Roseburg Veterans Administration (VA) Healthcare System to build community partnerships for the benefit of Curry County veterans and their families in the areas of medical and mental healthcare. Senator Kruse praises VA Roseburg Healthcare System’s Director for his leadership implementing the VA’s new direction to fill gaps in care for our rural veterans.
Senator Jeff Kruse
Listeners will learn more about the VA’s new push to eliminate gaps in care. The strategy consists of building community partnerships with local service providers in order to better serve our local veterans’ health and mental healthcare needs. Senator Jeff Kruse endorses the efforts of KCIW Outreach and Community Conversations for providing the necessary call to action and coordination of the January 15, 2016, VA Roseburg’s Healthcare System and community stakeholders’ meeting. Senator Kruse praises Community Conversations’ vision and acknowledges the importance of growing KCIW to be a vital and community-building tool.
As the interview progresses, Hunter and Senator Kruse spotlight the issue of the State of Oregon’s unwillingness to provide sufficient mental health funding for its citizens. With the State of Oregon being ranked in the lowest position for mental health care funding (number 51!) – below all others states – Kruse makes “no bones about” acknowledging that there is a mental healthcare crisis in Oregon. Curry Community Health (CCH) has done much in a short period of time to build new programming, but funding shortages systemically create a shortage of resources and gaps in care. Hunter acknowledges CCH’s efforts and that more needs to be done.
During this in-depth interview, Senator Kruse crafts a high-level means to create the much needed funding solution. Senator Kruse reveals plans to initiate a state top level work group. The mission of the group will be to develop new resources and funding for the State of Oregon to build a mental healthcare system that supports its citizens’ needs and has an interoperable relationship with law enforcement to benefit public safety. Senator Kruse invites and Hunter agrees to participate in this newly conceived work group.
PRODUCER’S NOTES:
A very heart-felt thank you to Jim Newman and Skip Hunter for their efforts to make this interview successful when a technical glitch caused communication problems. In addition, I’d like to acknowledge that Senator Kruse spent over four hours exchanging ideas and strategies about healthcare and mental healthcare solutions, with this recorded interview as the concluding portion of this in-depth discussion.
This episode of Community Conversations is truly breaking news! – Connie Hunter
Host: Connie Hunter; Producer: Connie Hunter; Assisting Producers: Jim Newman, Skip Hunter; Recording tech: Jim Newman
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Community Conversations: Health District Expansion with Board Member Laurie Van Zante and Curry Health Foundation’s Dale Thomas
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In this ongoing series of Community Conversations, host Connie Hunter talks with Friends of Curry Health District Political Action Committee (PAC) and Curry Health District (CHD) board members Laurie Van Zante and Curry Health Foundation board member Dale Thomas about the proposed CHD expansion under ballot initiatives 8-83 (North County) and 8-84 (South County).
Laurie and Dale describe how the CHD works to promote fiscal responsibility, catalyze economic benefits, and save lives. As a nonprofit organization, funds earned by the Health District are invested back into healthcare rather than into shareholder profits.
In this program, Laurie and Dale share more than financial information. You’ll hear about the board’s heart-felt commitment to expand quality life-saving services to the people of Curry County.
Community Conversations’ commentator Connie Hunter searches for important answers to complex questions about Curry Health Network and Ballot Measures 8-83 and 8-84.
Host: Connie Hunter, Producer: Connie Hunter, Recording tech: Justin Only, Sound editor: Justin Only
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