Heart Talk Videos for Patients, Families and Caregivers
Click here to watch the Qualidigm Heart Talk videos for Patients, Families and Caregivers. McLean is proud to be a partner with Qualidigm on the project to reduce hositalizations of those who have heart probelms.
Click here for more details on McLean's Living with Heart Failure Program.
February is Heart Health Month…Learn to Live Better Managing Your Chronic Heart Condition
McLean, in conjunction with area hospitals, developed a very special Living with Heart Failure Program which utilizes the best practices in the field. The goal of the program is to prevent patients with “tired hearts” from having to go to the hospital.
One measure of how successful the McLean Heart Program has been is that McLean Home Care again this year has the lowest hospital admissions rate of any area VNA. The McLean Home Care hospitalization rate is 30% lower than the state average for home care indicated by the data just released by Medicare.
McLean Hospice Bereavement Support Groups
Daytime Spousal Loss Support Group
Meets second and fourth Wednesday mornings
10:00 – 11:30 AM
Cole Conference Room
Evening Spousal Loss Support Group
Meets second and fourth Thursday evenings
7:00 – 8:30 PM
Brown Sargent Room
Bereavement Support Group for All Who Have Experienced a Loss
Meets first and third Tuesday evenings
6:30 – 8:00 PM
Gift Certificates are available for the Wellness Center or Therapeutic Pool
Click here to learn more.
McLean Bereavement Support Group for adults who have experienced any loss in the past year held at McLean:
An open-ended McLean Bereavement Support Group for adults who have experienced any loss in the past year is held at McLean:
First and Third Tuesday evenings
6:30 to 9 PM
Register at 860-658-8277
This group is open ended so people may attend as many sessions as they need. The group will be held on the in the Brown Sergeant Room at McLean, 75 Great Pond Rd., Simsbury. The group will be led by Mike Covault, LCSW and Bereavement Counselor. Your loved one or friend need not have received care from McLean Hospice for you to take part in this group. It is open to all.
So Much More...read our latest newsletter
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In This Issue: Exciting New Strategic Initiatives, Winter Health Tips, Top 500 Home Care Agency, Hospice Events for November, National Top 10% Nursing Home, and Village News
McLean Honors Breast Cancer Survivors
This past week McLean Wellness staff honored Wellness participants who have experienced Breast Cancer, by offering support and camaraderie in all of their wellness programs.
We all know that this disease has affected many women and men in our community. Many people are not comfortable talking about their experiences. All of the Wellness Staff and Aquatic Instructors offer an atmosphere where participants become very close, and offer each other friendship and support. As a result, many lifelong friends are mad.
Breast cancer survivors and McLean staff enjoy each other’s company. Front row (left to right) Dorothy Villano, P.T., McLean Wellness Supervisor, Carol MacLeod, McLean Wellness Assistant and Fitness Trainer, Traci Tefft Back row (left to right) Shirley Chapman, Jeanne Ward and Laura Chandler, McLean Aquatic Instructor
Important Message Announced by the President of McLean on Our Strategic Plans
October 24, 2011
To the McLean Community,
I hope that this letter finds you well. As President of McLean, I want to take the opportunity to share some very exciting news regarding the new McLean. McLean continues to be committed to increasing the services people want today and tomorrow. We will be moving ahead to implement even more initiatives in the strategic plan I have discussed over the past couple of years.