Week of June 1, 2016 Vol 49 • No 18 • www.thechicagocitizen.com
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Hamilton Park In Englewood Dr. Julie Morita fields questions from Englewood residents on how to create a healthier Englewood. Photo By: Matt Smith, Director of Communications for DFFS
By Monique Smith
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ver the course of the last few months, a new initiative was launched by the City’s Department of Public Health called Healthy Chicago 2.0. As part of the initiative, the city of Chicago held the last of 6 city-wide community meetings on May 25th at Hamilton Park in Englewood.
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Online Resource Helps Patients Through Their Rehab Not many things in life are certain, but odds are you will unfortunately face at least one health event that requires hospitalization and, following that, rehabilitation. While hospitals provide an array of helpful rehab services, most people prefer to get well in the comfort of their own homes. Although beneficial in the recovery process, home care can also have its own distinct obstacles. Couple that with a patient’s fears and struggles
of what’s to come in the weeks and months ahead, and it can create a perfect storm for both patients and caregivers. To help, the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN), a nearly 6,000-member worldwide organization, has created ReSTART Recovery, an online resource that provides information for those who are (or will be) in rehab for everything from strokes to joint replacements to head injuries, and for those who will be caring for
them. “My clients have been through acute rehab and are back in their communities,” Susan Wirt, a former president of ARN. “I figure out how they can be well and healthy despite their chronic conditions,” she said. The goal is to get patients who have a disability to a point that they are, once again, as self-sufficient as possible and able to live a full life. To learn more about this resource, go to www.restartrecovery.org.
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