Mission Statement:To improve the health and well-being of all Fayette County residents in order to support a strong and vibrant community and provide the most efficient prevention and health care programs.
Projects from meeting on 9/29/09.
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Continue to improve the Child nutrition programs for Fayette County.
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Increase the care providers for Psychiatric, Dental Care for Uniontown.
Projects from meeting on 10/6/09.
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We to do more outreach of health programs and services to the small patch communities in Menallen Township.
Community Meeting Project Ideas:
- Reopen the Brownsville Hospital.
- Put additional Drug and Alcohol services in place in the Brownsville Area.
- Need Mental Health Awareness and Education Programs for awareness and equal treatment. (Brownsville)
- We need transportation and resources for those who need prenatal care in Brownsville.
- Insurance for clean air and water. (Bullskin)
- More care for the elderly in Bullskin.
- Do a cancer investigation for this area. (Philadelphia area seniors die from heart attacks. Pittsburgh has high cancer deaths). (Bullskin)
- Preventative care with a gymnasium. (Bullskin)
- More geriatric programs oferred. (Bullskin)
- We need additional psychiatric and quality care. (Bullskin)
- Expand services offered at local hospital. (S.Connellsville)
- Increase education and services that will reduce infant mortality rate. (S. Connellsville)
- We need a focus on programs for areas like Autism. (Connellsville)
- We need Obesity Prevention and Treatment. (Connellsville)
- Additional education for HIV-Aids. (Connellsville)
- Free Clinic – Wesley is the only one in the county – get more support for it. (Connellsville)
- Expand services offered at Highland Hospital. (Connellsville)
- Support local hospitals. (Connellsville)
- More funding for Wesley Health Center in Connellsville.
- Attract doctors to the local community of Fairchance.
- Add preventative health and wellness opportunities for all. (Fairchance)
- A geriatric center would attract a lot of attention! (Fairchance)
- Create programs for the elderly, teens in Fairchance.
- Create program for Emergency Care in Fairchance.
- Create programs for Day Care in Fairchance.
- Offer insurances to all in the community. (Masontown)
- Local care of revolving doctors in one location visiting the community. (Masontown)
- We need accessability to doctors and seniors. (I go to Med Express for medical services). (Masontown)
- We need to do more outreach of health programs and services to the small patch communities in Menallen Township.
- We need to continueto develop and encourage youth exercise/preventive programs in the Fayette County area. (Menallen)
- We need to continue to develop and improve the quality of nurses in Fayette County. (Menallen)
- More Wellness and preventative care (AM Services). (Normalville/Mill Run)
- Improved Emergency Medical Transportation is needed. (Normalville/Mill Run)
- We NEED ambulance service in the mountain area. (Normalville/Mill Run)
- We need Quality Health Care. (Normalville/Mill Run)
- We do not have enough health care providers for all the health care issues. (Normalville/Mill Run)
- We need to educate everyone about the value of good nutrition. (Normalville/Mill Run)
- We need a local medical facility in Pt. Marion (Pt. Marion)
- We need continuation of activities begun by the Steps To A Healthier Pa. inititative. (Pt. Marion)
- Medicine for those who can’t afford it. (Uniontown)
- Increase medical providers to area/hospitals clinics. (Uniontown)
- Health workshops promoting prevention of disease. (Uniontown)
- We need to increase the number of specialists in this area. (Uniontown)
PA Prosperity Partnerships (2009 Strategic Plan Report)
What are the community needs for healthcare?
- Transportation and access
- Wellness/lifestyle/substance abuse
- Centers for fitness
- Preventive health screenings
- Education
- Large senior population with unique needs
- Difficult to recruit physicians
- Malpractice costs are rising
- Reimbursements are low
- School systems K-12 have low test scores and don’t want to put their children in schools
- Low quality of life
- Low salary
- Access to technology/quality care
- IT inter connectivity to allow physician order entry directly to pharmacy
- Reimbursement levels are below state average for Medicare (58%) and Medicaid (20%)
- Closed hospital in Brownsville
- Skilled nursing for LTC, number of beds, and mental health
- Access to continuing education for nurses and doctors
- Technical training
- Physical therapy
- Respiratory
- Lab Technicians
What types of projects could the community and PSU work together on to meet the needs of the community with regard to healthcare?
- Continuing education
- K-12 improvement (consolidation)
- Retraining
- Work/family dynamics; more and more primary wage earners are female
- Brain drain
- Social opportunities
- Convening 3rd parties
- Visiting scholars
- Key Issues for Healthcare
- Critical infrastructure for recruitment/retention
- Schools K-12 quality
- Transportation infrastructure
- Real estate/Rental housing stock
- Community connections (CHIP-Key Asset)
- Teaching/Training Collaboration
- Retraining
- Continuing education
- Quality of Life/Wellness
- Lifestyle/Behavioral (obesity, tobacco, substance abuse)
- Social opportunities, especially for young people/new families
- Work/family dynamics
- Critical infrastructure for recruitment/retention
Do not forget to submit ideas and comments in (Leave a Reply).
Why not start a program that brings farmers and teens/adults together. NFL has Play 60 farmers can provide exercise and a sense of accomplishment for teens/adults. I have watched over the years that even adults who had little to no experience come to our farm start feeding the horses and tell me two basic things 1. They have lost weight and 2. They enjoy the relationships they have made with the horses. We can really help people by providing something to do that they can enjoy and benefits both the community and themselves with better health and an appreciation for other life forms.
‘Jail’ will raise funds for charity
July 18, 2010 01:30 AM
By: HERALD STANDARD STAFF
Herald Standard
More than 200 Uniontown area executives and civic leaders will be volunteering to be “arrested and serve time” in a mock jail at the Christian W. Klay Winery on Route 40 in Chalk Hill on Thursday in an effort to raise money for the local Muscular Dystrophy Association.
Participants will be sentenced to “raise bail” by calling friends and encouraging contributions to advance MDA’s programs.
When “paroled,” executives have the opportunity to network with one another.
Several local businesses are supporting the community event, with “jailbird” transportation and arresting officers provided by Alpha Security, mug-shot photos courtesy of the MDA and jailhouse food provided by Christian Klay.
MDA is a voluntary health agency working to defeat neuromuscular diseases through research, services and professional and public health education. MDA also maintains about 230 clinics nationwide, including one at UPMC-Presbyterian hospital in Pittsburgh, local support groups, and a summer camp for children with muscle-wasting diseases at Camp Kon-O-Kwee.
MDA is the first nonprofit recognized by the American Medical Association with a Lifetime Achievement Award “for significant and lasting contributions to the health and welfare of humanity.”
Those interested in participating in the Executive MDA Lock-Up, or to nominate someone to participate, call the local MDA office at 412-823-3094.
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Cornerstone Care, Community Action plans open house
Cornerstone Care Uniontown Office and Fayette County Community Action Agency Inc. (FCCAA) will hold an open house from 10a.m. to 2p.m. Aug. 19, in the agency’s Family Service Center, located at 140 N. Beeson Blvd., Uniontown. The open house, which is free to the public will feature a back-to-school theme. Book bags and school supplies will be given to children while supplies last. Adults will receive free reusable canvas grocery bags from the FCCAA’s Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program. Healthy snacks and refreshments prepared by WIC nutritionists will be available for parents and their children. Information will be available about FCCAA’s WIC, housing and food stamp programs.
Families will have an opportunity to visit the Family Service Center’s third floor(Building C), where they can become familiar with Cornerstone Care Uniontown Office, a nonprofit community health center. For the past 10 years, FCCAA operated the center as Community Medical Services(CMS).
Cornerstone Care Uniontown Office will provide free health screenings for parents and their children, including free blood pressure testing. WIC will provide free BMI(body mass index) and fat analysis screenings fro participants.
Families will also have an opportunity to meet medical and dental staff members, including Rebecca L. Stumpf, M.D., who joined Cornerstone Care Uniontown Office on July 6 as a family practice physician, and Jeremiah Shelton, DDS, the center’s dentist.
Dr. Stumpf said she accepted the new postion because she wnats to provide care to people who need it most – the uninsured and underinsured. For more than 30 years, Cornerstone Care has provided a full range of medical, dental and mental health services for communities throughout southwestern Pennsylvania. Cornerstone accepts most insurance, offers a sliding fee scale for uninsured patients, has evening hours, does not require seniors on Medicare to pay deductibles and offers dental services.
Many of the unisured patients, with incomes below the poverty level, pay fees as low as $12 for a visit of service that might be billed anywhere from $60 to $150 or more.
Hours are 9a.m. to 5p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, and noon to 8p.m. Wednesday.
For more information or to schedule and appointment, call 724-437-1628 for medical, 724-439-8170 for dental, or visit the web site at http://www.cornerstonecare.com.
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