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Clinic: New services provide broad, better care for patients ‘Regardless of the ability to pay, we are only as healthy as the people that live in our community partnerships. DeGroot, who is a procommunity.’ Continued from page 1
fessor at Edgewood College in the School of Nursing, secured a partnership with their business and nursing students. This semester, roughly 33 students will be working at the clinic for direct patient care, and business students will develop a 12-18 month strategic plan as part of their semester project. DeGroot is working with colleges to provide femalebased care such as breast examines, questions about menopause, contraceptive, STI screening and pelvic exams. Currently, the clinic is open 5-8:30 p.m. the first and third Thursday and to patients with little to no insurance. Board member Dr. Richard Albright, who will work with a team to perform dental services like evaluations, cleanings, fluorides and sealants on children 1-5 years old, said his dream would be for the clinic to be open every day for people who need it. However, with the upcoming changes, the board has decided to address new hours in the future.
‘Feel as if it was a regular clinic’ The current FHC location at 1116 Ridge St. is a home owned by Skaalen Retirement services which has donated the space, free of charge for the past 11 years. Rowin-Tippit said board
Gladys Johnson
Gladys Johnson
Gladys Johnson, age 77, of Stoughton and formerly of Edgerton and Camp Douglas, passed away on
– Tina DeGroot, Advanced Practice Clinician at the Free Health Clinic members are grateful for the previous space, but it served its purpose and now they are excited to expand. “(The new space) will help us give us more state of the art care,” Rowin-Tippit said. “When these patients come to the clinic, they’re going to feel just as if it was a regular clinic instead of a home.” The exam rooms will provide privacy to the patients and the reception area provides a space to store patient records. The clinic was previously the office of Dr. Frank Nichols, Dr. Walter Moritz and Dr. David Grout, who used the space in the 1980s. Two of the doctors have since died, and their wives have donated the space to the FHC. It has not been used since 2016, and needs new carpet, new toilets, paint and a thorough cleaning. Volunteers from places such as Cummins, Urso Brothers and Edgewood College students held two volunteer days in September to help with the renovations. “It’s those people, with their generous support, that are going to help us do it right,” Rowin-Tippit said. The move provides a more clinic like atmosphere and is a better fit to serve
Sunday, Sept. 29, 2019, at Skaalen Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was born on Dec. 16, 1941, in Cutler, Wisconsin, the daughter of Clarence and Elizabeth (Mucha) Waltemath. Gladys attended Monticello High School. She married the love of her life Paul Johnson on Feb. 21, 1959. Gladys worked at Nunn Bush Shoes in Edgerton and then as a cook at Thal-Acres where she was known for her macaroni casserole and her “Watergate Cake”. Gladys loved a good garage sale and a hot slot machine. She was also a very
the community of patients, DeGroot said. The clinic is located near the Brick House Motel, which is often used as temporary housing for people who are experiencing homelessness and there are a number of affordable housing units in the area, DeGroot said. The clinic is close to C o u n t y H w y. N w h i c h makes it accessible to the seven other communities the clinic serves: Evansville, Oregon, McFarland, Brooklyn, Cambridge, D e e r fi e l d a n d C o t t a g e Grove.
Collaboration expands services Currently, patients can get lab work, X-rays, blood pressure readings and reduced rate on prescriptions. All those services will continue, but board members want more. DeGroot said the partnership with Edgewood College will provide the extra bodies the FHC needs to run the new services and it’s a great opportunity for nursing students to treat patients without all the fancy equipment in high tech hospitals. Rowin-Tippit said she hopes the business students will be able to help with
a c t iv e m e m b e r o f S t . Peter’s Lutheran Church in Shennington, Wisconsin. Gladys made 100’s of quilts for family members and Lutheran World Relief. She would include them in care kits that were sent to areas in need around the world. Gladys is survived by her daughter, Laura de Sa e Silva; sons, Tony Johnson (Marian Schmidt), Tom (Nada) Johnson and Randy Johnson; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and stepbrother, Reno (Connie) Tonsi. She was preceded in death by her parents; and husband, Paul.
visibility. She believes one of their biggest problems with low patient numbers is simply because people don’t know about the services. “It’s a partnership that is a win-win for all of us,” Rowin-Tippit said. Albright, a family dentist who owned a practiced in Stoughton for more than 35 years said he often saw kindergarteners who had never seen a dentist before. “After years of seeing people come in with problems because of lack of information and improper home care – it is really disheartening and (early detection) can make a difference in the lives of future children,” Albright said. From there, if children need more extensive care, Albright will refer children to volunteer dentists and specialist in the southwest Dane County area. A s a b o a r d m e m b e r, Albright said the new services will provide broader and better care in a facility that meets the needs of the patients. After the generous donations of time and money from community members, the expansion is possible. “In the years I’ve lived here, this community is known for taking care of its own,” Albright said. “Stoughton does a very good job of taking care of those in need. We are pretty proud to be here.” Contact Mackenzie at mackenzie.krumme@ wcinet.com.
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As the Free Health Clinic expands, board members and organizers are recruiting volunteers for various programs. Their goal is to offer more mental health services, educational classes and women’s reproductive health services and although the services are in the works, they are seeking more volunteers. Board member and Advanced Practice Clinician at the FHC Dr. Tina DeGroot is working with colleagues at Edgewood College to add women’s reproductive health services to FHC. DeGroot said educators have expressed interest and services could include breast examines, questions about menopause, contraceptive, STI screening and pelvic exams. In addition to providing women’s reproductive health, board members would like to see more mental health services. Although there is a licensed counselor available two days a month at the clinic, the volunteer psychiatrist retired in 2018 and board members said they are actively recruiting volunteers for mental health services. “Mental health is a growing concern in all communities and isn’t necessarily available even for regular medical care,” Rowin-Tippit said. “But it is important to treat the whole person and when you treat the body and mind you improve general health.” In order to encourage preventative, proactive care to patients board members hope to offer educational and outreach classes to the public such as diabetes classes, smoking cessation, pretension classes, yoga and mindfulness. “Preventative care looks at lifestyle management and if we can change peoples lifestyle hopefully we can prevent disease,” DeGroot said. For more information about volunteering with the Free Health Clinic, contact freehealthclinicstoughton@gmail. com.
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