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August 14, 2018
This month, as student athletes and their coaches prepare for the fall season, Gifford Health Care and Randolph Union High School (RUHS) make official an agreement to provide athletic training in the coming year for all high school and Vermont Principals’ Association (VPA)-required middle school sports. Per the agreement, a Gifford athletic trainer will cover…
Read More »August 2, 2018
Native Randolph resident Teresa Bradley possesses many of the personality traits attributed to Vermonters. She’s hardworking, closely connected to her community, and stoic—that last quality at times giving way to stubbornness, as demonstrated by her decade-long reluctance to undergo surgeries to replace her arthritic knees. In 2017, after years of chronic pain, she decided she’d…
Read More »For a quarter century, Susan Mascola looked after Randolph-area children while their parents worked. As director of Robin’s Nest, Gifford’s on-site daycare, she and her team led activities and lessons, bandaged knees, and played with their young charges. On any given day, Susan could be found crawling into a playhouse with toddlers, tending to the…
Read More »July 18, 2018
Gifford continues a central Vermont community tradition Aug. 17-18 with the 13th annual Last Mile Ride to support end-of-life care for patients and their families. The two-day, family-friendly event features a motorcycle ride, 5K run, and 1- and 2-mile walks to raise funds for palliative care and special services. Since 2006, Last Mile Ride has…
Read More »July 16, 2018
Watercolor paintings by Bonnie Fallon are on display through Aug. 15 in the Gifford Gallery at Gifford Medical Center. The exhibit, free and open to the public, includes 44 pieces showcasing the land and views surrounding Fallon’s Brookfield, Vt., home. “Magic summer days when I was a kid at my Wheatley grandparents’ farm on Ridge…
Read More »July 5, 2018
About an hour northwest of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, lies the village of Do Digue. It’s not on many maps, and roads in the region are few. As with all of Haiti, described by Oxfam as “one of the most unequal societies in the world,” it is a place of extreme poverty, little infrastructure, and devastation brought…
Read More »July 3, 2018
Gifford Health Care recently joined an energy management partnership of nine hospitals coordinated by Efficiency Vermont. The partnership, Continuous Energy Improvement (CEI), will provide Gifford with technical assistance, education, and support to develop a comprehensive approach to energy management in order to reduce waste, improve energy performance over time, and cut costs. As a CEI…
Read More »June 22, 2018
Continuing a longtime summer tradition, the South Royalton Band will open the 7th annual Gifford Community Concert Series at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 10, at Gifford Park. The free, family-friendly series features a different band each week through Aug. 21 and includes picnic-inspired refreshments provided by area nonprofit organizations. Families, friends, and neighbors are encouraged…
Read More »June 15, 2018
Tick season is in full swing in Vermont, bringing with it tick-borne illness, such as Lyme and West Nile, diseases which are on the rise across the United States according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Dr. Lou DiNicola, a pediatrician and medical director of primary care at Gifford Health Care, offers Vermonters tips…
Read More »June 11, 2018
The podiatry team at Gifford Health Care will provide free foot screenings by appointment during a series of five sessions throughout the summer. Open to all Gifford and non-Gifford patients, the screenings will take place at the following central Vermont locations: June 20 at Chelsea Health Center (canceled) June 26 at Gifford Health Center at…
Read More »June 7, 2018
Photography by Tina Valentinetti is on display through July 11 in the Gifford Gallery at Gifford Medical Center. The exhibit, free and open to the public, includes 26 photographs, from wildlife close-ups of egrets and a barn owl to still life and landscape scenes from throughout Vermont. Valentinetti has been taking photographs since 1951, when…
Read More »June 6, 2018
Gifford Health Care’s Menig Nursing Home in Randolph Center earned deficiency-free surveys from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of the Department of Health and Human Services after a site visit in May. The results make Menig the first nursing home in Vermont to complete a deficiency-free survey under new federal nursing home…
Read More »June 4, 2018
Gifford Health Care recently named Ursula Margazano the executive director of Gifford Retirement Community and administrator of Menig Nursing Home. Margazano brings to the role 20 years of long-term care experience in Vermont. The Gifford Retirement Community offers a variety of services as part of a continuum of care plan to support aging community members…
Read More »May 31, 2018
Maryellen Apelquist, a communications professional with 20 years of experience, recently joined the development, marketing, and public relations team at Gifford Health Care. As Gifford’s communications specialist, Apelquist will manage media relations and create content to engage and inform the greater Gifford community about patient services and providers, community health outreach, and new programs and…
Read More »Longtime Gifford Health Care Nurse Effie Farnham, whose career spans 51 years, retired in mid-May. Her friends, family, and colleagues will send her off with best wishes at a retirement party Thursday, June 7, marking the beginning of the next chapter in Effie’s community-minded life. “From her colleagues to her many patients, the Gifford community…
Read More »April 26, 2018
Gifford’s Rehabilitation Team is offering fall risk assessment screenings at the Kingwood Health Center in Randolph. These screenings are free and open to everyone, not just Gifford patients. While fall risk assessments can be done at any age, they are most beneficial for older patients and involve simple, functional movements to determine a person’s safety…
Read More »April 2, 2018
Psychologist Anne Pratt has joined Gifford’s Behavioral Health team, bringing more than 30 years of experience in private practice, clinics, medical settings, and the court system. “I strongly believe in a collaborative approach to psychotherapy,” she said. “I have been trained and have expertise on certain psychological problems, but clients are the experts on themselves…
Read More »March 30, 2018
Mobile dental clinic for children and adults expands services to Randolph HealthHUB’s mobile dental hygiene facility has a new site in Randolph. Thanks to support from Gifford Health Care, a new electrical connection is being installed that will allow the facility to park at Gifford Medical Center in the lot behind the OB/Gyn building. The…
Read More »March 20, 2018
Michelle Wade, MSN/Ed, NP–C, APRN, has joined Gifford’s team of Hospitalist providers. She most recently worked as the practice lead for the nursing home services of Community Health Centers of the Rutland Region, and in the Intermediate Cardiac Care Unit at DHMC. She brings years of holistic bedside experience in both acute and long-term care…
Read More »Six-part “Dose of Reality” series Wednesday evenings at Chandler Music Hall Gifford Health Care is sponsoring “Dose of Reality,” six community forums on drug addiction and prevention, on Wednesday evenings throughout the spring. Forums will start at 6:30 p.m. in the Esther Marsh Room (upstairs) of the Chandler Music Hall, 71-73 Main Street, Randolph, Vt.…
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