- CANANDAIGUA – Ten years into her journey as a caregiver for a parent with Alzheimer’s disease, local artist Elaine Verstraete relies on her creativity daily as she finds ways to keep her mother stimulated and bring a smile to her face.
Now, Verstraete is using her creativity to help others who are living with Alzheimer’s, as well.
With a studio in Middlesex, Verstraete has illustrated more than a dozen children’s books and has done...
CANANDAIGUA – UR Medicine’s Thompson Health announces a call for applications for the 2016 fall cycle of the Mary Clark Thompson Health Grants. All local not-for-profit organizations whose programs improve the health and wellness of the community within the Thompson Health’s service area are encouraged to apply no later than Oct. 1 for funding through this opportunity offered by the F.F. Thompson Foundation.
Mary Clark Thompson’s spirit of community-minded...
CANANDAIGUA – “Healing Pathways,” a program offered by UR Medicine’s Thompson Health for those with ongoing illnesses or other sources of chronic stress, will begin soon, with the option of a Tuesday evening series or a Thursday afternoon series.
Tuesday sessions will take place from 6:30 to 9 p.m., Sept. 27 through Dec. 6, in the Community Room at Ferris Hills at West Lake, 1 Ferris Hills in Canandaigua. The Thursday sessions will take place from 1 to...
CANANDAIGUA – “Clucks for Bucks,” a chicken barbecue benefitting palliative care, will be held Thursday, Sept. 22, in the parking lot of Crosswinds Wesleyan Church, 3360 Middle Cheshire Road in Canandaigua.
The event will begin at 3 p.m. and continue until the chicken is sold out. The meals, by Grove Boys Catering of Naples, will include a marinated half chicken, salt potatoes, coleslaw and a dinner roll. They cost $10 per person, with proceeds benefitting the Palliative...
CANANDAIGUA - The Service Excellence Team (SET) at UR Medicine’s Thompson Health recently announced the third quarter recipients of the health system’s Service Excellence Awards:
- Pam Granger of Hemlock, Assistant Nurse Manager, Lakeview in M.M. Ewing Continuing Care Center
- Amy Quait-Swift of Canandaigua, Clinical Service Technician, Lab
- Valerie Roeland of Clifton Springs, Clinical Secretary, Associate...
CANANDAIGUA – Tickets are available for the Thompson Health Guild’s annual Fall Luncheon, to be held Thursday, Oct. 6, at Ferris Hills at West Lake in Canandaigua.
The guest speaker for this year’s luncheon is Gary Eisenhut of Mercy Flight Central. Registration begins at 11:30 a.m., with a cash bar open. Entrée Choices are a Monte Cristo sandwich with Waldorf salad or a chicken
Caesar wrap. All entrées include pumpkin bisque and apple crisp ala...
UR Medicine’s Thompson Health will hold the following public flu clinics in September and October:
- Monday, Sept. 12, 3-5 p.m., Fishers Fire Department, 380 High St., Victor
- Thursday, Sept. 15, 3-7 p.m., American Legion, 454 N. Main St., Canandaigua
- Monday, Sept. 19, 3-7 p.m., Hopewell Fire Department, 4018 Routes 5 & 20
- Wednesday, Sept. 21, 3-7 p.m., Shortsville Fire Department, 5...
CANANDAIGUA – The General Surgery Department at UR Medicine’s Thompson Health will offer a Hernia Screening Clinic on Saturday, Sept. 17, from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Constellation Center for Health and Healing,
located at Thompson Hospital, 350 Parrish St. in Canandaigua.
The screenings are free of charge. Two general surgeons – Dr. Joseph A. Talarico and Dr. A. David Peter – are conducting the screenings and giving a presentation. The presentation will include a...
CANANDAIGUA - Ferris Hills at West Lake is hosting a community bridge party on Friday, Sept. 23.
A buffet luncheon will be served starting at 11:30 a.m., followed by a bridge game from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Players may choose to play in either a duplicate bridge game or in a social bridge game. Winners will receive gift cards.
The cost is $15, and includes lunch. Seating is limited, so prior registration is required,...
CANANDAIGUA – Ferris Hills at West Lake, the independent living community at 1 Ferris Hills in Canandaigua, will host “Casino Night” on Friday, Sept. 30, to benefit the UR Medicine Thompson Health Senior Living Team’s contribution to the upcoming Walk to End Alzheimer’s.
Casino Night will run from 7 to 9:30 p.m., with each guest receiving $2,500 in chips for blackjack, poker, craps and roulette.
The cost is $25 per person, with appetizers included and a...