Health Care in Our Community

 Lewis Rathbun Wellness Center, 121 Sherwood Road (251-0595)

October 29, 1997

    "Leadership means influencing the community to face its problems" - Ronald Heifetz

 

8:30     Coffee and muffins

8:45     Welcome and Overview of Lewis Rathbun Wellness Center
  Ann Whisenhunt, house director

9:00     Understanding Adult and Longterm Care
  Nancy Smith-Hunnicutt, regional long-term care Ombudsman, Land-of-Sky Regional
    Council
  Crystal Shevley, chair, Adult Care Home Board

9:30     Health Mecca For All?: Asheville's African-American Medical History
             Lettie Polite (LAS X)

10:00   Medical Care and What's Available
  Dr. Robert Reynolds, chief of staff, Memorial Mission Medical Center

10:45   Break

11:00    Alternative Approaches
              Dr. Ron Rosedale

12:00   Lunch and Tour of Lewis Rathburn Wellness Center

1:00     Dental Care in Buncombe County
             Dr. Stephen Miller (LA 13), dentist

1:45     Politics and Promise in Healtcare
             Mark Gordon (LA 14), vice president of operation, Mission + St. Joseph's Health
              System

2:30     Thoms Rehab: What Is It?
             Scott Buchanan, director of planning, Thoms Rehabilitation Hospital

3:15     Wrap-Up               

            

Special thanks to John and Betty McClung and Lettie Polite (LAS X)

 

Suggested Activities:

                Visit the Health Adventure

 

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