Subject: April Newsletter: April Showers Bring May Flowers

Annual Garden of Life Scheduled for May in Hospital Grand Avenue Park

Signs of spring are in the air and soon will include growing flowers and other plants. One of the favorite activities of the Spencer Hospital Regional Healthcare Foundation is the annual Garden of Life campaign. Gifts given in memory of deceased loved ones or in honor of special individuals are represented by blooming plants in Spencer Hospital’s Grand Avenue Park. A special planting ceremony will be held in late May.

Garden of Life

Portion of East 11th Street on Healthcare Campus Closes to the Public on May 1st

Approximately two blocks of East 11th Street in Spencer will permanently close to through traffic on May 1 associated with the construction of Spencer Hospital's new emergency department and campus expansion.


Joel Wassom, hospital plant operations director, explained that initial work will entail the removal of four vacant hospital-owned houses along the south side of E. 11th Street to gain parking for the new emergency department. Early spring site work will also include raising the street elevation where the new structure will be built between the hospital and Spencer Medical Arts Building.

Construction Project

Spencer Hospital Offers Substance Abuse Evaluation, Care Coordination

Kasey Fear, substance abuse counselor with Spencer Addiction Services, a department of Spencer Hospital, offers substance abuse evaluation services for individuals needing assistance with abuse or addiction. This service helps individuals find and access the services needed. All services provided are confidential and individuals can self-refer. To call to schedule an evaluation: (712) 264-8473.

Substance Abuse Evaluations

Dizziness or Vertigo? Physical Therapy Can Help!

Feeling unsteady on your feet, or sometimes even when seated? Or, do you have a spinning sensation? The cause is likely dizziness or vertigo. There are many different types and causes of dizziness or vertigo, and while these two terms are not necessarily interchangeable, they can be related. Spencer Hospital Physical Therapist, Craig Cantrall, shares insight into the symptoms of vertigo in his latest blog.

Vertigo Blog

April is Occupational Therapy Month

Happy Occupational Therapy Month! At Spencer Hospital, our occupational therapists work with individuals to regain function and be independent in everyday tasks. Occupational therapists help patients improve their strength, motion, cognition, and development to improve their skills to live life to its fullest. Please take a moment with us to thank our Occupational Therapy staff - Karin Hogge, Naomi Rosendahl, and Ashley Jones - for everything they do for our local medical community!

Occupational Therapy Month

April is Occupational Therapy Month

Donate Life is the national symbol for the cause of organ, eye, and tissue donation. National Donate Life Month is celebrated every April - a time to provide education and encourage Americans to register as donors and consider living donations. This is also a time to celebrate those who have saved and healed lives through the gift of donation.


Did you know?

  • More than 100,000 people are waiting for lifesaving organ transplants.

  • More than 42,000 organ transplants from 21,000 donors brought new life to patients and their families in 2022.

  • More than 85,600 corneal transplants help to restore sight each year.

  • More than 1,900 children are on the transplant waiting list

  • More than 2.5 million tissue transplants heal lives each year.

  • More than 170 million people are registered organ, eye, and tissue donors.

  • One deceased donation - organ saves up to 8 lives, eyes restore sight to 2 people, and the tissue heals the lives of more than 75 people.


Click the button below to register to be a donor.

Donor Registration

 
 
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