FOR RELEASE
January 25, 2012
Catawba Valley Medical Center’s Health First Center Addresses What’s
Normal About Aging
This is a 2012 series on Healthy Aging
HICKORY, NC – What’s Normal About Aging? This issue will be
addressed in the first session of a series of Aging and Elder Care workshops.
This session will be held on Tuesday, February 7 at 10:30a.m. at Catawba
Valley Medical Center’s (CVMC) Health First Center at Valley Hills Mall.
“These days, being old doesn’t necessarily mean being sick,”
says Glennie Daniels, PhD, CFCS, an extension agent for Catawba County’s
NC Cooperative Extension and the presenter for this series. “Participants
will learn the differences between normal and abnormal aging.”
Future sessions will deal with common diseases associated with aging and
elder care including dementia, Alzheimer’s Disease and stroke. Family
issues, care and living arrangements, family caretaking, taking care of
the caregiver, death and dying, first aid and home tips, are topics that
will be addressed in this series of free workshops, which are planned
for the first Tuesday in each month. To register for this series, please
call the Health First Center at 828/485-2300.
Catawba Valley Medical Center in Hickory, N.C., is the region’s largest
not-for-profit, public healthcare system and serves the community without
direct funding from taxes. CVMC provides and promotes physical, mental,
emotional and spiritual well-being of the public in addition to serving
as a center for health education, wellness services, preventive medicine
and acute care. CVMC has received three Magnet designations from the American
Nurses Credentialing Center and has been recognized for providing “An
Outstanding Inpatient Experience” for a fourth consecutive year
by J.D. Power and Associates. For more information, please visit
http://www.catawbavalleymedical.org.