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Dunn Memorial Hospital is a not-for-profit, community-based hospital serving the “heart” of south central Indiana. We continue to provide healthcare for generations to the communities we’ve served since 1904. Dunn Memorial is proud to offer quality, personal healthcare from people you know.

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Dunn News

– Celebrate Speech and Hearing Month This May 2008

May is Better Speech and Hearing Month and The Dunn Memorial Hospital Speech Therapy Department will celebrate by offering free hearing and speech screenings at the Dunn Walk-In Clinic on Saturday, May 31 from 9am to 2pm. The speech-language and hearing screenings will be available to individuals of all ages. Dunn's speech therapist Dominick Scarfone, M.A., CCC-SLP, is always glad to participate in community screening and outreach programs such as this one: "I receive many calls from people in our community inquiring about their child's or even their own speech/language or hearing abilities.

Events Calendar

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May 6th, 2008 (Tue)
  Breastfeeding Beginnings Class
This class will teach you the basics for nursing your infant through the first few weeks. Included in the lessons are first feedings, skin to skin, milk production, postitions, trouble shooting and how to deal with early problems. A Support person is welcome.
May 6th, 2008 (Tue)
  Childbirth preparation and infant care Course
This is class 6 of a 6 session course that prepares you and your partner for labor, delivery, and recovery. Our curriculum blends traditional class lectures with time on the floor breathing and learning massage techniques.
Other covered topics include warning signals of pregnancy, signs and symptoms of labor, relaxation, medications, cesarean section and postpartum care.

A tour of the BirthPlaces labor and delivery suites with Jacuzzi tubs will also be completed. Time will be taken to fill out paperwork to ease and quicken the admission process. Our Baby care and feeding options class is also included.
 

Outreach screenings offer an open invitation to talk to your neighborhood professionals and ask advice." Mr. Scarfone emphasized the importance of age appropriate language abilities in children: "In this field, we are finding that poor speech and language skills in preschool children often lead to other developmental delays and in school children especially, delayed language can affect learning and reading skills and certainly socially they can be at risk as well. In adults, poor speech can seriously affect job opportunities and career advancement."

In addition, hearing difficulty will lead to frustration when trying to talk on the telephone or interact with family and friends. A recent survey revealed that almost half of teenagers have lost some hearing because their music player volume is set too high. "Once," Scarfone stated, "while waiting on line at the store, I could hear the music from the earpieces of a person standing at least 10 feet away. Obviously this behavior will have at least some effect on their hearing if not now then certainly later."

If you suspect any speech, language or hearing difficulty, please call 276-1305 to schedule an appointment for our screening on May 31. Mr. Scarfone and Tammy Roberts, M.A., CCC-SLP will be available from 9am to 2pm to screen abilities, answer questions and provide information and handouts.

 

– NEW HOURS FOR DUNN MEMORIAL'S WALK-IN CLINIC

Effective May 12th, 2008 the Walk-In Clinic in the Dunn Plaza on Mitchell Road will have new hours of operation.
The clinic will be open Monday - Friday, 8am - 6pm. Closed Saturday and Sunday.
For additional information you may call 276-1305.

 

– Dunn Memorial’s website has just received a fresh new look and feel!

We hope our current site allows easier access to our services and information about our hospital, so please take a tour. In addition, we will continue to build our site to better serve the community’s needs in health information. Dunn Memorial has and continues to play a key role in our community’s wellbeing for over a century.

We understand that our area has different health needs than others, and we wish to address these through not only the outreach programs we currently perform, but also through "your" community hospital's website

We have added appointment request forms for South Central Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, as well as Harmony Health Services for Women and Children. We hope this will add convenience in scheduling your appointment.

Dunn will be developing support groups that can have a platform to communicate through our site. Group meetings will be scheduled and posted, but support will continue through dunnmemorial.org

Podcasts about current health issues will come later in 2008. We will focus on seasonal health concerns, procedures, screenings and their importance, cardiac care, diet, etc.

We want to hear from you! If you have suggestions for topics we can address through our website or Heartbeat newsletter please contact us at 812.276.1096 or .

Upcoming Events:

• FREE SCREENINGS MAY 10th AT THE LOST RIVER MARKET AND DELI IN PAOLI

Saturday, May 10th, 2008 - 10am-1pm - Located at 26 Library St., NE First St., Paoli (Just off the Square)

- Cholesterol/Glucose - Blood Pressure - Carbon Monoxide

 

• FREE SPEECH AND HEARING SCREENINGS MAY 31st AT DUNN MEMORIAL'S WALK-IN CLINIC

Saturday, May 31st, 2008 - 9am-2pm - at Walk-In Clinic, please call 276.1305 for more information.

 

 

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