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<\/a>\nFrom left to right Susan Wenger, President, Murphys Senior Center Board; Nicki Stevens, MTMC; Steve Shetzline, Executive Director, Murphys Senior Center; David Sackman, Deputy Director, Calaveras Behavioral Health Services; Elizabeth Thompson, Executive Director, Common Ground Senior Services; Doreen Schmidt, Planner, Area 12 Agency on Aging<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s honorees will be collaborating together under the project called: \u201cHealthy Seniors Now\u201d. Included
\nbelow in the program are the following organizations:
\n\uf0a7 Murphys Senior Center (provides free services to older adults including educational events, lunch and
\nexercise.);
\n\uf0a7 Common Ground Senior Services (supports the independence of individuals with disabilities through
\nresources, advocacy and services);
\n\uf0a7 Calaveras County Behavioral Health (provides the community with a wide range of mental health
\nservices for children, youth and adults in Calaveras County.)
\n\uf0a7 Area 12 On Aging (Information and Assistance, In-Home Support, Minor Home Repair, Care
\nManagement and Outreach.)
\n\uf0a7 Calaveras County Senior Center (provides exercise, lunch and social groups for seniors)
\n\u201cThis year we are pleased to award these organizations this opportunity to align with our core community health
\nprinciples, stated Bob Diehl, CEO at MTMC. \u201cThis program for many of our senior population will allow us to
\nfocus on disproportionate unmet health-related needs of our community, with an emphasis on our senior
\npopulation. The focus for this program will be on primary prevention and addressing underlying causes of health
\nproblems. Historically, we have seen the positive outcomes from our community partners who are the direct
\nbeneficiaries of our grants, and continue to believe that this effort will result in building community capacity by
\ndemonstrating collaboration.\u201d<\/p>\n
Health Seniors Now incorporates most of the Community Health Principles, primarily Building Community
\nCapacity, Demonstrating Collaboration and Emphasizing primary prevention. Community capacity and
\ncollaboration will be done throughout the program by addressing community exercise needs and providing classes.
\nIn addition, primary prevention will be completed by providing exercise and health classes to address health
\nproblems.<\/p>\n
Healthy Seniors Now addresses the significant health needs of adult diabetes and high blood pressure, also Healthy
\nSeniors Now addresses the added health needs of limited mental health resources. Healthy Seniors Now is also in
\nline with the MTMC Implementation Plan by providing Preventive Services including health education, classes
\nand workshops.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a pleasure to work with Dignity Health and our partners in developing activities for older adults, remarked
\nSteve Shetzline, Executive Director for the Murphys Senior Center. \u201cWe are excited to deliver innovative
\nprograms to keep folks mentally, socially and physically active.\u201d<\/p>\n
The MTMC Executive Leadership Team carefully evaluated the programs to determine which programs best
\naddress the unmet health needs as revealed in MTMC Community Needs Assessment. Six local nonprofit
\norganizations submitted proposals, requesting a total of $177,000.<\/p>\n
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\nAbout Mark Twain Medical Center
\nFounded in 1951, Mark Twain Medical Center is a 25-bed, critical-access hospital providing inpatient acute
\ncare, outpatient services and emergency services. The Medical Center\u2019s Medical Staff represents a broad
\nrange of specialties that ensure access to high quality medical care in a rural community. In addition to being
\na major provider of health services, Mark Twain Medical Center is also a major source of jobs for area
\nresidents. On average, more than 300 people are employed at the hospital and its five Family Medical Centers.
\nThe Medical Center is a member of Dignity Health, the fifth largest not-for-profit healthcare system in the
\nnation. For more information, please visit our website at www.marktwainmedicalcenter.org. Mark Twain
\nMedical Center is also on Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
San Andreas, CA…February 24, 2017\u2013 Mark Twain Medical Center (MTMC) is proud to announce the names of the several Calaveras County not-for-profit organizations to receive the Mark Twain Medical Center Community Grant for 2016. The hospital honored grant recipients at an awards luncheon held February 22, 2017. To date, more than $380,000 has been awarded […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,20,149,33,4,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-featured","category-financial","category-health-fitness","category-life-style","category-news","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/tcgramts17.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}