Category Archives: health
Miramichi Parkinson Chapter/Support Group
The May meeting of the Greater Miramichi Parkinson Chapter/Support group will be held on Monday, May 3rd from 7 to 9 pm, at Sobeys Community Room, King George Hwy, Miramichi. Special guest speaker will be Margaret Manderson, BScN, Administrator for the Miramichi Senior Citizens Home. For more info contact Lorelei at (506)773-4922, [...]
Parkinson Education & Awareness Day
Parkinson Education & Awareness Day
May 8th
Campbellton Regional Hospital, Lily Lake Rd.
12:25 Welcome and opening remarks by chapter president
Speakers
12:30 Dr. Kyna Squarey, MD, FRCPC, Neurologist, Adult Movement Disorder Specialist, Moncton.
Parkinson’s: A neurologists view
1:45 to 2:00 Organized stretch break by Lucie Lachance
2:00 Sheree Trecartin, RN. Parkinson Outreach Nurse, [...]
Parkinson Education & Awareness Day
The newly formed Restigouche Region Parkinson chapter in conjunction with Parkinson Society Maritime Region will hold an education and awareness day in Campbellton on Saturday, May 8th at the Regional Hospital, Lily Lake Rd.
Chapitre de la Region Restigouche Region Chapter executive to Meet and Greet at 12:15 noon
12:25 Welcome and opening remarks by chapter [...]
Horizon Health Network announces Strategic Framework
Horizon Health Network is pleased to announce its strategic framework. Developed after extensive consultation with internal and external stakeholders and based on the Provincial Health Plan, the framework has been developed to guide Horizon Health Network operations from 2010 – 2013.
The strategic framework includes Horizon’s vision, mission and values as well as a set of [...]
Walk of Hope
One in five people will suffer some type of mental illness in their lifetime. Schizophrenia alone affects more 40 million worldwide and is known as youth’s greatest disabler.
The Walk of Hope began in 1994 with only a handful of people walking. The Walk of Hope has grown to become a day of fun. [...]
Miramichi Parkinson Chapter Meeting
The February meeting of the Greater Miramichi Parkinson Chapter will be held Monday, February 1 at 7 pm, at Sobeys Community Room, King George Hwy, Miramichi.
Special guest speaker will be Ms. Krista Sobey, Reg. Occupational Therapist.
For more info contact Judy at 772-7191 or Lorelei at 773-4922.
Everyone welcome.
They Get Younger and Younger
Parkinson’s is a progressive disease that affects coordination of movement in sufferers. The condition results from a loss of dopamine-producing nerve cells in the brain. The reason behind the cell death is still unclear and there is no known cure. Parkinson’s affects nearly 9,000 people in the Maritimes.
Directory in this Week’s Sales Flyers
The Miramichi Wellness Committee has put together a community asset directory flyer for Miramichi and the surrounding area and it will be distributed through the weekly flyers this week.
Conducting a community asset mapping was an important part of the Miramichi Wellness Committee’s mandate.
Miramichi will officially be in motion this Thursday
Members of the Miramichi in motion steering committee are getting excited because the launch of the in motion strategy is drawing near. In motion is a community-wide active living strategy which promotes daily physical activity. The strategy was adopted by the province of New Brunswick in the spring and Miramichi was selected as a pilot [...]
New Health Promotion Strategy to be Piloted in Miramichi
After being chosen as a demo site for the in motion strategy, Miramichi is forging ahead to unveil this new health promotion strategy to get our community living a culture of healthy lifestyle and daily physical activity.
In May Miramichi was selected as a demonstration site to pilot New Brunswick’s new health promotion [...]