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a GMAC Home Services Company
Kinlin Grover GMAC Real Estate and Home Services continues to be
the leading company across Cape Cod, with over 200 units sold at a
dollar volume of over $135 Million for the first quarter of 2006.
The Barnstable office ranks in the top five out of all Cape Cod Real
Estate offices , with over $20 Million in closed sales. Impressivel y, the
Barnstable office's 11 agents are a dedicated team of experienced , full
time pro fessionals committed to providing premier service and
dedicated to getting the results you want. They consistentl y have a
higher than average productivity rate per agent both locall y and
nationall y.
Stop by the Barnstable Village office
or contact them at 508-362-2120.
COMPREHENSIVE HOMEOWNERSHIP SERVICES:
HOMEBUYING , HOMESELLING , MORTGAGE , INSURANCE , AND RELOCATION
HEALTHREPORT
Clinician to speak
Psychologist John S. Allen, Ph.D., will
discuss how to cope with Parkinson's
Disease May 8 at the Dennis Senior
Center, Route 34, at 1:30 p.m..
Fundraiser for Alzheimers
Alzheimer's Services of Cape Cod &
the Islands and Beacon Hospice are
co-sponsoring a fundraiser May 5 at 7
p.m. and May 7 at 4 p.m. when Mau-
reen Hourihan's trilogy, Slow Train Coming,
will be presented. A reception follows
at the Cotuit Center for the Arts. For
tickets, $25,call 508-775-5656 or e-mail
christystusse@alzcapecod.org.
Rehabilitation Hospital
offerings
RHCI , 311 Service Road in East
Sandwich, hosts a fibromyalgia support
group the fourth Thursday of the month.
A stroke support group meets the second
Wednesday of the month from 1:30 to
3:30 p.m. The VNA Mobile Health Link Van
will be at RHCI the first Monday of the
month from noon to 4:30 p.m. for free
health screenings. The aphasia commu-
nity group meets the first Tuesday of the
month from 2 to 3:30 p.m. FoodAddicts in
RecoveryAnonymous meets Sundays from
9:30 to 11 a.m. The Well-Spouse Support
Group meets every third Thursday of the
month at 7 p.m. Healthy Hearts outpatient
cardiac rehabilitation programs are offered
at 6 a.m. The MS Support Group meets
the third Sunday of the month. Post polio
support group meets the third Saturday of
each month at 10 a.m. Hearingscreenings,
held second Wednesday of each month
by appointment. RHCI offers a Stroke
Peer Visitation Program. Call for details or
if you want to volunteer as a peer visi-
tor. A mild brain injury support group meets
the third Saturday of each month from
2 to 4 p.m. Call 508-833-4000 for other
programs and details.
Asthma Support Group
Dr. Paul Sklarew leads an asthma
support group at the Allergy and Asthma
Center of Cape Cod, 244 Willow St. in
Yarmouthport. Meetings are every fourth
Wednesday in June, August, October
and December. For information , call
508-362-0099.
Mended Hearts meets at
CCH
Members of the Mended Hearts group
meet every third Thursday at 4 p.m. at
Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis to discuss
heart disease and share experiences.
Those with heart disease and members
of their family are welcome to attend.
Call 508-385-4313 or go to www.cape-
codmendedhearts.com.
College opens massage
therapy clinic
Cape Cod Community College's mas-
sage therapy program has opened a
public clinic staffed by students. All are
welcome for a massage, ranging from
neck only to full-body. Walk-in service
is discouraged, so call 508-362-2131,
ext. 4346 for an appointment.
VNA has exercise class
and more
Join a Young at Heart exercise class
for a 10-week run and improve your
ticker in just one hour, twice a week.
A small fee and doctor 's approval are
needed. Senior Care Management
Services are offered by the VNA. For
an assessment of an individual's health
care needs, call 877-267-7700. A
Young at Heart Senior Weight Training
program is held twice a week for 12
weeks. Call 877-267-7700.
Activities at Yarmouth
Senior Center
On the first and third Mondays of the
month at the Yarmouth Senior Center,
528 Forest Road in South Yarmouth,
a changes and loss support group will
meet at 11 a.m. ,.
HIV/AIDS testing,
counseling
The Cape Cod Free Clinic & Community
Health Center offers free, confidential
testing for HIV/AIDS. The tests are
available at the health center's Falmouth
and Mashpee offices. Appointments are
required; call 508-540-2949.
Veterans, take note
The Department of Veterans Affairs is
offering prescription refills over the Inter-
net via the VA's MyHealtheVet,a personal
on-line record system for veterans that
tracks not only prescriptions but health
records,insurance and more.For informa-
tion, goto www.myhealth.va.gov
Support at Independence
House
Independence House in Hyannis
sponsors a domestic violence support
group at the office in Falmouth Hospital
on Mondays at 6:30 p.m.; a children's
empowerment group on Wednesdays at
5:30 p.m. at the office in Hyannis; and
a self-esteem focus group on Thursdays
at the Hyannis office at 5:30 p.m. Call
508-771-6507.
Health and well-being
programs for winter
Cape Cod Healthcare's Center For
Health Education offers classes such
as "Kick Butts," a stop-smoking class;
"Heart Healthy Eating;" a walking pro-
gram; techniques for relaxation of the
mind and body; supermarket shopping;
and more.To register, call 877-729-7200
or go to www.capecodhealth.org.
Hospice education
Tolearn more about just what ahospice
is and to be informed about end-of-life
services, you can schedule an informative
program for your organization presented
by Hospice & Palliative Care of Cape Cod.
Call 508-957-0200, ext. 306.
A little time for yourself
Stop by the Visiting Nurse Association
in Dennis on Route 134 to take part in
the Young at Heart exercise program. A
minimal fee is charged and a doctor's
note is necessary. The program is also
offered at the Brewster facility. Call 877-
267-7700.
Driver Rehabilitation
Program
Those whose driving ability has been
compromised by illness, injury or nor-
mal aging are invited to take part in the
roadSMART Driver Rehabilitation Program
being offered through the Rehabilitation
Hospital of the Cape and Islands in East
Sandwich. Call 508-833-4000.
Women's free health
screening
The Women 's Health Network of the
Visiting Nurse Association of Cape Cod
in cooperation with local health care pro-
viders is offering free breast and cervical
cancer screening services to uninsured
and underinsured, low-income women
age 40 to 64. Call 888-557-9994.
New access center
telephone line
Cape Cod Healthcare's mental health
arm , Behavioral Health Services of
Cape Cod Healthcare, has a one-stop
telephone line (888-986-4BHS) allowing
easier access to comprehensive mental
health services. The service offers help
for those dealingwith anxiety, depression,
substance abuse, and other concerns.
VNA has home health
technology
The Visiting Nurse Association of Cape
Cod offers in-home telemonitoring tech-
nology.The Honeywell HomMed monitors
collect vital signs including heart rate,
blood pressure, oxygen saturation and
body weight, all in three minutes. Call
800-631-3900.
Adult exercise class in
Hyannis
Get in shape by joining Live for Life
classes offered by the YMCA Tuesdays
and Thursdays from noon to 1 p.m.
at the Barnstable Senior Center, 825
Falmouth Road in Hyannis. Admission
is $25 per month.
VNA offers van,
interpreters
The Visiting Nurse Association of
Cape Cod has a 28-foot van that travels
throughout the Cape to link underserved
individuals and families with health
education and preventative screening
services. Blood pressure, cholesterol,
blood sugar and more may be tested
at the van. The van will be at K-Mart
Plaza in Hyannis May 8 from 10 a.m. to
3 p.m. It will return May 10 when it will
be at Cape Cod Community College in
West Barnstable from 9:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Another unique service the VNA offers
is interpretation and tele-interpretation
in five languages: Portuguese, Span-
ish, Haitian Creole, Persian and Italian.
Sign up to have a class to get your staff
trained in Choke Saver Certification. Call
888-557-9994, ext. 7620.
Reduce stress now
Cape Stress Reduction is offering an
eight-week program in "Mindfulness
Based Stress Reduction" Wednesday
evenings at the Ramada Inn in Hyannis
or Thursday mornings at the West
Barnstable Community Center on Route
149. Call 508-420-3300 or send an e-mail
to info@capestressreduction.com.
Alzheimer's services at
county
The Barnstable County Alzheimer 's
Collaborative offers a program
called Safe Return for those with
Alzheimer 's disease and their families.
Safe Return is a 24-hour database
registry operated by the Alzheimer 's
Association. Call 508-375-6043 for
information or to register a loved one.
Bereavement groups
The Visiting Nurse Association of Cape
Cod Hospice Bereavement Program of-
fers a support group designed for men
who have lost a loved one. The group
meets at the South Dennis office of the
VNA, 434 Route 134. Call 800-978-0838
for details. A Bereaved Parents Support
Group for those who have lost children
meets Mondays at 1 p.m. at the VNA,
67 Ter Heun Drive in Falmouth where
volunteers will be available for child care
of other children in the family. Call 800-
978-0838. Other bereavement support
groups include loss of a pet, parent,
grandchild, friend and many others. Call
800-978-0838 for details.
Alzheimer's support in
Dennis
Eagle Pond Rehabilitation and Liv-
ing Center of South Dennis hosts an
Alzheimer's Support Group on the second
Wednesday of the month from 3:30 to
4:30 p.m. Call 508-385-6034.
Parents helping parents
Parents Helping Parents, a self-help
support group, offers free weekly meet-
ings for parents to share understanding,
information, ideas and support. The
Hyannis meetings are held Wednesday
evenings. The group is looking for volun-
teers with good interpersonal skills. Train-
ing is available. Call 800-882-1250.
Cancer support in
Mashpee
Cape Cod Healthcare has a Living
With Cancer education support group
that meets Tuesdays at the Mashpee
Health Center, 5 Industrial Road. Call
508-539-6215.
Breastfeeding Center
courses
The Center for Breastfeeding, 327
Quaker Meetinghouse Road in East
Sandwich, offers a variety of services
and courses for mothers. These include
free lactation counseling, yoga for babies
and tots, a Mom's Club, pumps and
supplies , a program to learn to sign
with your baby, sing-alongs and more.
"Mothers and Multiples," for those with,
or expecting twins or more, meets the
last Friday of the month from 10 a.m. to
noon. Call 888-890-2229.
Support group for
smokers
Join the Dennis Free at Last Group,
a support group for smokers who want
to quit. It meets Wednesdays from 7
to 8 p.m. at the West Dennis Graded
Schoolhouse on School Street.
Experience Reiki, free
A free Reiki clinic is held every third
Thursday of the month at the Center
for Healing Therapies/Reiki By the Sea,
15 West Bay Road in Osterville. No ap-
pointments are necessary for this light
hand treatment geared to relieve pain,
stress and mental distress. Call 508-
888-7788.
Support on bipolar
disorder
A support group for parents and care-
givers of children and adolescents with
bipolar disorder meets on the second
Wednesday of the month at Falmouth
Hospital in the Faxon 2 basement from
7 to 8 p.m. Call 508-548-5300.
Get connected
Community Connections (34 Main
St. in Orleans, 50 Long Pond Drive in
South Yarmouth and Summerfield Park
in Mashpee) provides comprehensive
services to help people with disabilities
lead active lives. There are openings for
daytime programs,community and social
activities and more. Also available are
handicap-accessible vans for transporta-
tion to Boston and Cape hospitals. Call
800-308-1321 , ext. 130.
Fitness programs at Y
The YMCA Cape Cod in West
Barnstable is offering three fitness pro-
grams: cardio kickboxing on Mondays
and Wednesdays at 9:30 a.m.; an abs,
cardio, glutes and stretch class on Mon-
days and Wednesdays at 6:15 p.m. and a
professional massage class on Tuesdays,
by appointment. Call Dianne Francis at
508-362-6500 , ext. 106.
Help for hard of hearing
Members of Self Help for the Hard of
Hearing (SHHH) meet the last Saturday of
the month at the CORD building, across
from the Toyotadealership, on Route 132
in Hyannis. A social hour gets things go-
ing at 9:30 a.m., followed by the 10 a.m.
meeting, during which there is always a
speaker. Annual membership dues are
$10 and newcomers are welcome.
Self-help for sight loss
monthly
A sight loss self-help support group
meets the second Tuesday of the month
at the Unitarian Church of Barnstable,
Route 6A, at 11 a.m.
Center offers parenting
classes
Parents with children up to 6 years
old are invited to sign up for an free,
eight-week series of classes that covers
communication , developmental issues,
understanding temperament , parenting
styles, discipline and more. The classes,
being held at the Lyndon Lorusso Center
for Children and Families , 206 Breeds
Hill Road in Hyannis, begin at 6:30 p.m.
A pizza dinner is served at 6 p.m. Call
508-775-6240.
Help for food addicts in
Sandwich
Men andwomen experiencing anorexia,
bulimia and overeating are invited to attend
free meetings of Food Addicts in Recovery
Anonymous Sundays at 9:30 a.m. at the
Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape &
Islands, 311 Service Road in Sandwich
and Mondays at 7 p.m. at the Centerville
community center, 524 Main St.
Pediconnections at VNA
The Visiting Nurse Association of
Cape Cod has introduced a program
designed to provide assistance, teaching
and care to children and their families.
The service providing information on
community resources, support groups,
medical information and more is free.
Call 888-557-9994.
Volunteers needed at VNA
The Visiting Nurse Association of Cape
Cod needs volunteers who can help with
administrative duties ina variety of agency
settings. Computer skills are helpful but
not required. Call 508-957-7709.
LETTERS
CONTINUED FROM PAGE B:5
health center network has become the third
largest unified primary health care program
in the United States. In Massachusetts , more
than 185 practice sites serve nearly 700,000
Massachusetts residents yearly.
Community health centers, such as the
members of Cape & Vineyard Community
Health Center Network , can play a criticalrole
inmakingthis new Massachusetts experiment
a success. Health centers have a longstand-
ing commitment to, and expertise in, serving
low-income patients with complex medical
and social needs. Staffed by board-certified
physicians and a range of other medical and
social service providers, community health
centers excel at providing preventive care
and chronic disease management in lower-
cost community settings. These savings are
passed on to the state's Medicaid program
and other insurers.
Health centers were providing patient-cen-
tered care long before the concept became
industry "buzz."We have developed nationally
recognized programs of care for the chronically
illin diabetes,asthma, cardiovascular disease,
depression and cancer.
As multicultural organizations committed
to health promotion and disease prevention ,
members of the Cape & Vineyard Community
Health Center Network are typicalcommunity
health centers. We provide medical care and
social services in a patient-centered , cultur-
ally competent way. Staffed by caregivers
who speak the languages and understand the
cultures of their communities, health center
effectiveness isreflected by asignificant reduc-
tion in infant mortality and low birth weights,
and an increase in patient self-management
of chronic diseases such as diabetes. Sixty-
three percent of all health center patients
participating in a statewide model diabetes
program actively set goals to better control
their diabetes through diet , exercise and
improved monitoring of blood sugar levels.
Health center care generates savings for the
system as a result of treating patients who
would otherwise seek care through hospital
emergency rooms or end up in hospital beds
because of delayed treatment.
While there are still many details to work
through and implement, health centers are
eager to lend their community-based connec-
tions and expertise to make sure that everyone
in Massachusetts has comprehensive health
coverage they can both afford and use.
The central challenges in creating genuine
reform are affordability and accessibility of
health care. The potential premiums, deduct-
ibles and co-pays associatedwiththe new health
plans must be set at levels that acknowledge
the myriad financial burdens of low-income
individuals and families.
At the same time, having an insurance card
does not automatically provide a person with
access to health care. Health centers can play a
key role in educating patients about expanded
eligibility for the state's Medicaid program
and about the new insurance products that
will come through the Commonwealth Health
Insurance Connector - the authority that will
make it easier for uninsured residents to pur-
chase affordable insurance.
In addition to helping facilitate local health
access, health centers look forward to playing a
strongroleintrackinghealth disparitiesand im-
provinghealthoutcomes acrossMassachusetts
CONTINUED ON PAGE B:8
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