In keeping with my reading great works of literature, I recently read an article in the May/June issue of Good Housekeeping by Shelby Deering titled "Design for Every Mind.” This article discusses how to design home interiors for neurodiverse people, offering advice on organizing spaces, lig…
CONWAY — Some nurses work in hospitals. Others in doctors’ offices. Some work in management and administration. But the nurses at Visiting Nurse Home Care and Hospice of Carroll County and Western Maine serve a unique role in delivering nursing care to their community, right in their patient…
CONWAY — In a proactive effort to combat the opioid crisis and empower local residents, Carroll County Coalition for Public Health will host a free Naloxone (Narcan) training and overdose prevention workshop at Pope Memorial Library in North Conway.
MANCHESTER — The American Red Cross is urging donors to give blood or platelets now to help hospitals and transfusion centers stay prepared to help all patients. Donors of all blood types and those looking to give for the first time are encouraged to book an appointment in the coming days or weeks.
EFFINGHAM — What and when you eat can directly affect how well you sleep, two facilitators told attendees at a Tea & Talk Time program at Effingham Public Library on Thursday.
CONWAY — Join White Mountain Community Health Center for the fifth annual Whitaker Wander 5k. On Saturday, May 9, at 9 a.m. runners and walkers will wend their way through the beautiful trails of North Conway’s Whitaker Woods. The 5k will be followed by a 1-mile Kids’ Fun Run at 9:45 a.m.
CONWAY — Visiting Nurse Home Care & Hospice of Carroll County and Western Maine is proud to announce Lindsay Knapp, adult program coordinator at the Fryeburg Recreation Department, as the inaugural recipient of the Susan M. Ruka Award for Excellence in Aging and Public Health.
Poor posture isn’t given nearly the credit it deserves in the cause of pain syndromes and eventual disease.
CONCORD — The New Hampshire State Commission on Aging recently announced that Gov. Kelly Ayotte has appointed Renee Wheaton and Rebecca L. Tolman as the commission’s newest representatives from Carroll County.
CONCORD — The New Hampshire State Commission on Aging has announced that Gov. Kelly Ayotte has appointed Rebecca Tolman and Renee Wheaton as the commission’s newest representatives from Carroll County.
CONWAY — April is America’s National Donate Life Month, and last Friday, April 10, was National Donate Life Blue & Green Day, designed to promote the importance of registering as an organ, eye and tissue donor.
CONWAY — The American Red Cross has several upcoming blood donation opportunities in the Mount Washington Valley.
CONWAY — Visiting Nurse Home Care & Hospice of Carroll County and Western Maine is joining organizations across the country in recognizing National Healthcare Decisions Day on April 16 — an annual effort to encourage adults of all ages to document their health-care wishes before a crisis…
CONWAY — Starting Point, a vital resource serving all of Carroll County, for survivors of domestic and sexual violence, stalking and human trafficking will start a volunteer training program on April 8.
By Nick Araza