Hudson River Healthcare’s Forum

(Beacon) - Hudson River HealthCare presented Diabetes Forum: Making Healthy Choices, an informational program for diabetes health consumers that promotes a high quality Of life for people living with the disease. The December 7th event was sponsored by the Eastern Dutchess County Rural Health Network, of which Hudson River HealthCare is the lead agency and was generously hosted by the Church of Immaculate Conception Parish Center in Amenia, NY. Activities included an interactive, free Lunch and Learn session, health screenings, a short exercise program, and interactive health information sessions by led by a team health professionals and community partners including Hudson River HealthCare, Office for the Aging, Drug World Pharmacy, Dutchess County Department of Health and Hudson Health Plan. At the end, free glucometers were given to all participants courtesy of Drug World.

An estimated 1.5 million Americans will be diagnosed with diabetes this year, and diabetes already affects nearly 21 million adults and children in the U.S. With vigilance, awareness of family medical history and simple lifestyle changes, diabetes patients can avoid medical complications and live healthy, full lives.
Funding for the Diabetes Forum was provided in part by the NYS Department of Health’s Office of Rural Health.
For more information on all the programs and services available to diabetes patients and their families, please contact Liz Phillips, Manager of Health Education Services, at 914-734-8612.

Hudson River HealthCare is a network of thirteen community health centers located in Peekskill, Beacon, Poughkeepsie, Goshen, New Paltz, Walden, Amenia, Pine Plains, Dover Plains, Monticello and Greenport. In addition, HRHCare administers a voucher program to meet the health care needs of farmworkers in Sullivan County and Suffolk County in Eastern Long Island. HRHCare’s 400+ staff provides comprehensive high-quality, affordable, compassionate health care services to 42,000 individuals and families throughout the Hudson Valley.

Pictured Above: Ozle B. Williams, RD and Kathy Valoy. R.Ph (including Carol Gold, ANP, CDE not pictured) were the guest speakers at the Diabetes Forum: Making Healthy Choices, sponsored by the Eastern Dutchess County Rural Health Network.

Pictured to the Right: Volunteers from Hudson River HealthCare had a great time at the event as they serve up a delightful meal and engaged in conversations at the Diabetes Forum sponsored by the Eastern Dutchess County Rural Health Network.