In this issue:Page 1: Home Care Month Page 2: Surgery Area Update Page 3: Survivor Celebration Page 4: York General Website

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Board of Directors: Charles Harris, President | Don Witte, Vice President | Ann Kirkpatrick, Secretary | C.G. Kelly Holthus, Treasurer | Kris Holoch Darroll Loschen, MD | Cy North | Candy Otte | Sally Ruben | Jerry Stahr | Kelly Thomas | Patrick Hotovy, MD, Chief of Staff | James P. Ulrich, Jr., Chief Executive Officer

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York General Specialty Clinic For more information, call 402-362-0420.

Support Groups, Obstetrics and Wellness

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SUPPORT GROUPS Dementia Support Group will meet on Tuesday, November 14, at 4:00 p.m., in the Hearthstone Great Room. For more information call the Hearth-stone Social Work Department at 363-0239.

Parkinson’s Support Group will meet on Tuesday, November 21, at 2:00 p.m. in the Willow Brook AL Gathering Room. For more information, con-tact Rita Maloley at 362-0440.

Cancer Support Group will meet Tuesday, November 14 & November 28, at 6:30 p.m. at Willow Brook Assisted Living. For information, call 362-4662.

La Leche League will meet Tuesday, November 21, at 7:00 p.m. in the Lower Level Conference Room of the Medical Office Building. No pre-registration or fee necessary. During pregnancy is the ideal time to seek birth and breastfeeding education though all women and babies are wel-come at any stage. Contact accredited leader, Gloria at 402-362-6875 or at turnbull@inebraska.com.

Diabetes Support Group - For more information regarding meeting dates and times, please contact Brenda Kowalski at 402-362-0462.

The York General Specialty Clinic is located at the south end of the Hospital near the main entrance. The Specialty Clinic provides local access to a wide variety of specialty physicians whose practices are in Lincoln, Omaha, Hastings, or Grand Island, but who maintain regular schedules in York.

The specialties offered at York General Specialty Clinic:Allergy and Asthma Audiology Cardiology Dermatology Ear, Nose and Throat

Gynecologic Oncology Interventional RadiologyNephrology Neurology Neurosurgery

Obstetrics and Gynecology Oncology Orthopaedics Pain Management Plastic Surgery

PsychiatryPulmonology Urology Vascular Surgery Wound Care

WELLNESS CENTER CLASSES - The Wellness Center has membership packages and punch card passes available. Call 362-0434 for information.Some of the classes offered:Silver Sneakers® Classic Tai Chi Strong Women Group CyclingStretch for Life YogaFit Express Zumba

For class descriptions visit our website at www.yorkgeneral.org.

November 2017

OBSTETRIC CLASSES - For more information on Childbirth Preparation classes contact OB Director Nancy Hengelfelt, RNC, at 402-362-0457.

OB Enrollment is Monday, November 13, at 8:00 a.m. and Monday, Novem-ber 27, at 4:00 p.m. in the Lower Level of the Medical Office Building. Please attend class as soon as possible after your positive pregnancy test.

Breastfeeding Preparation Class For more information contact OB Director Nancy Hengelfelt, RNC, at 402-362-0462.

Baby Care Class will be held Thursday, November 9, at 7:00 p.m. in the Lower Level of the Medical Office Building. For more information contact OB Director, Nancy Hengelfelt, RNC, at 402-362-0457.

November is Home Care MonthDuring November the home care community honors the millions of nurses, home care aides, thera-pists, and social workers who make a remarkable difference for the patients and families they serve. These heroic caregivers play a central role in our health care system and in homes across the nation. To recognize their ef-forts, we call upon everyone to commemorate the power of caring, both at the home and in their local communities.

York General Home Health offers a broad range of services that support clients in their own home. Home Health can serve as an alternative to hospitalization or nursing home placement. The services are offered through our home health department and our private pay service, Home Care Plus.

York General recognizes the dedication and skill of our Home Care Workers during National Home Care Month. Home Heath is conveniently located at the West View Medical Building, 2319 North Lincoln Avenue, York.

For more information on the services Home Health can provide, call 402-362-1444.

Faith Lutheran Church in York was the setting for the recent Breast

Cancer Survivor Celebration. The speaker for the event was Ashli Brehm, a breast cancer survivor.

Read more about it

inside this newsletter.

Watch for the new York General website; it is set to roll out the first week of November. The site features a new, updated look. The home page provides easy access to local medical provider profiles and also profiles of the specialists who travel to York General.

Jeanne and RN Jan, setting up medications.

Ruth with Homemaker/Companion Karen enjoying tea and conversation.

Home Health Aide Erin with Mary, setting up her “Go Safe” Lifeline Device.

Phyllis with Home Health Aide Joan; Joan is helping Phyllis with foot care.

Rose with Home Health Aide Marti, performing personal cares.

October Employees of

the Month

Carol Biel, Nursing Department, York General Hospital

Karen Erdman, Dietary Department,

York General Hearthstone

Get Your Flu Shot, Influenza Season

Has Officially Started

The change of season from sum-mer to fall often reminds us of the coming cold and flu season. Although Nebraska has not seen many cases yet, the influenza (flu) season has officially started and will continue until late next spring. Influenza is a serious disease that can cause illness, hospital stays, and even death.

Symptoms of flu may include, fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, head-ache, chills, extreme tiredness, and sometimes diarrhea and vomiting. People with the virus are likely able to spread it from the day before symptoms first appear until about five days after symptoms begin. Sometimes people can spread the disease for as long as 10 days after symptoms appear.

The Center for Disease Control (CDC) suggests getting the flu shot every year. It is best to get the shot before the illness even starts making people sick; it takes a full two weeks for the vaccine to start working. Our bodies need time to process the vaccine and prepare for fighting the virus.

GET YOUR FLU SHOT at HOME CARE PLUS,

located at 2319 N Lincoln Avenue, York, NE. Call 402-362-2566

for available times!

For more information on Flu, visit www.cdc.gov/flu or call

Four Corners Health Department at (402) 362-2621

This article provided by the Four Corners Health Department, York, NE.

York General delivered 13 babies in September/October. . . . . . . . . . . . 6 girls and 8 boys. Congratulations!

Breast Cancer Survivor Celebration

Learn abut the Diabetes Referral Network at

http://www.fourcorners.ne.gov/diabetes.

York General, Four Corners Health Department, Aging Services, York Area Senior

Center and Tabitha have been working together to help those with diabetes and pre-diabetes learn

more about the services available to them locally.

November is Diabetes Awareness Month. Go to www.diabetes.org to learn more and to take a test to

learn your risk for diabetes.

Surgery Area UpdateIt’s been a busy time in the future Surgery area at York General. Drywall work is complete and the first coat of paint is on most areas.

Casework for the various areas has been delivered and is being installed. Electrical and mechanical contractors are fininshing the above ceiling work and the celing grid will be installed soon.

Above left: Outpatient room. This is where the patient will be located before and after surgery. There will be glass doors installed on each of the eight rooms, which will greatly enhance the privacy for each patient. In addition, the new area features several additional bath-rooms and more overall space.

Middle left: Nurses’ station will be located just outside of the eight patient rooms.

Bottom left: Brick work continues on the outside of the building. An exit will be located here so that you can pick up your loved one after surgery.

According to York General Project Manager Bob Ailor, the new areas will be ready in early March.

Watch this newsletter for more information.

3D Mammography at York General Digital breast tomosynthesis (tomo), also known as 3D mammography, is a screening and diagnostic breast imaging tool to improve the early detection of breast cancer.

During the 3D part of the exam, an x-ray arm sweeps over the breast, taking multiple images in seconds. Images are displayed as a series of thin slices that can be viewed by our radiologists as indi-vidual images or in a dynamic interactive animation.

3D mammography is often used in combination with 2D digital mammogra-phy. Many studies have substantiated superior breast cancer detection rates when combining 3D mammography with conventional 2D mammography. These studies have demonstrated a 10%-30% increase in overall breast cancer detection (over 2D imaging alone).

This ability to detect breast cancer at an earlier stage will save more lives. Two of the top benefits are improving the early detection of breast cancer and providing peace of mind due to greater clarity and accuracy. This increased accuracy reduces the number of call-backs, sparing women the anxiety, inconvenience and expense of coming back for further imaging.

For more information, contact the York General Imaging Department at 402-362-0441.

York General’s annual Breast Cancer Survivor Celebration was held October 17 at Faith Lutheran Church in York. The evening was hosted by the York General Oncology staff. Over 60 people (breast cancer survivors and guests) enjoyed a meal prepared by JW’s Catering of York.

Ashley Brehm, an inspiring breast cancer survivor and also an internet blogger (babyonthebrehm.com), gave a personal talk following the meal about what got her through her cancer experience.

For more information about Oncology Services at York General, please call 402-362-0462.

York General Hearthstone OctoberfestDr. Patrick Hotovy (York Medical Clinic), Clark Reinert and Fran Reinert recently entertained residents

at the Octoberfest celebration. 48 residents attended the performance.