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Aging Isn’t for Sissies!
The Community Relations Committee
may host an event on behalf of the Samari-
tan Healthcare Foundation, but it takes truly
dedicated volunteers to pull off a great expe-
rience for the attendees!
The Port of Moses Lake was the location
this year for Aging Isn’t for Sissies on June 22.
This event was actually a repeat performance.
At last year’s event, feedback was received and
used to create a well-rounded experience for
the attendees.
Michael Graham, MD, of Confluence
Health repeated as one of the keynote speak-
ers; he was joined by Tara Zamarron, ARNP,
FNP-C, of Samaritan Clinic and Bruce
Pinkerton of Larson Fowles, PLLC. In order
to ensure the audience’s questions could be
answered, following the keynote speakers,
a group of experts were convened: Kathryn
Trumbull, Samaritan Healthcare’s Patient
Experience Director; Richard Donaldson,
Samaritan Healthcare’s Care Coordination
Director; Laurie Ahmann, Administrator at
Summer Wood; Terri Riley Brown at Assured
Home Health; Paul Riegel at Assured Hos-
pice; and Ken Sterner from Aging & Adult
Care of Central Washington.
Around the building, Samaritan Clinic
offered new patient registration/scheduling
at a table and Samaritan’s Care Coordina-
tion team was available to explain processes
to people who stopped by their table. Other
agencies that provided information at tables
included: People for People, Aging & Adult
Care, and Assured Home Health & Hospice.
WINING AND DINING
And what would an event be without food
and beverages? Michael’s on the Lake pro-
vided catering; as usual, it was delicious.Thank
you to Ten Pin Brewing Company for donat-
ing their Groove and Head Pin beer for tast-
ing. Wine choices included offerings from the
Sky River, Milbrandt, and Neppel wineries.
While it is nice to have food and bever-
ages available, the focus of an evening such as
Aging Isn’t For Sissies is education.This par-
ticular topic included solutions and resources
to help navigate the path of health care and
aging for you and your loved ones. With the
resources available during the evening, it’s
very likely everyone came out of the night
with tools to help them on their personal
path. Samaritan Healthcare’s Foundation has
set forth to provide events to the community
that help inform the public, support the mis-
sion and vision of Samaritan Healthcare, and
educate the community on the work of the
Foundation.
Keep an eye out for the next Community
Relations event on Thursday, Oct. 19—Happy
Healthy Women: A Girls’ Guide—which will
focus on women’s health for all ages. Plan to
attend with your loved ones!
Save
the date!
Join us for our
women’s health event
Thursday, Oct. 19. For
details, call Kim Pope
at
793-9645
or email
foundation@
samaritanhealthcare
.com
.
For more information, please contact the Foundation
office at
793-9645
or via email at
foundation@samaritanhealthcare.com
.
Photos by
Lucid Concepts Photography
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