Senior center to host lunch series about falls
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has proclaimed May “Older American’s Month.”
To recognized the month, Durango/La Plata Senior Center, 2424 Main Ave., will offer a Lunch and Learn Series to educate seniors and their families about fall risks and prevention.
To attend, people should call the center by 9:30 a.m. the day of the presentation. The salad bar opens at 11 a.m. with lunch served at noon. The fall-prevention presentation will begin at 12:15 p.m. The cost is $7 for people younger than 60 and a $4 for people 60 and older.
Presentations will include:
“Vision,” Wednesday.
“Hearing,” May 7.
“Medications,” May 14.
“Dehydration,” May 21.
“Physical Exercise and Proper Use of Assistive Devices,” May 28.
“Foot Heath,” June 18.
“Home Safety,” June 25.
For more information or to make a reservation, call 382-6445.
Women can register for horse-therapy program
Registration is now open for the spring “Horses and Healing” sessions at Medicine Horse in Durango.
Horses and Healing is a four-week program designed for women who are healing from trauma. The program will take place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. May 12 and 19, and June 2 and 9.
For more information or to register, call 749-3934 or visit www.medicinehorsecenter.org.
Animas Orthopedic announces new doctor
Animas Orthopedic Associates, 575 Rivergate Lane, has hired a new doctor who specializes in hand injuries and comprehensive patient care.
Dr. Brian Paul Butzen uses state-of-the-art, less-invasive practices and has extensive research knowledge from the University of Southern California.
Butzen was drawn to Durango for its outdoor recreational activities
For more information, visit www.animasorthopedics.com or call 259-3021.
Volunteers sought for Health Careers Camp
Southwestern Colorado Area Health Education Center is accepting applications for volunteer counselors to assist with the Health Careers Camp on June 11, 12 and 13.
Volunteers are needed to chaperone teen campers. Volunteers will be responsible for guiding students through shadowing activities, assisting with tours of health facilities, facilitating the fundraising run for Durango Derailers and more.
Volunteer hours may be documented to fulfill requirements for community service or education credits. Volunteers must be 21 years or older, and a background check will be required. The camp is for eighth-, ninth- and 10th-grade students from eight counties to explore the fields of the health-care industry.
For an application or more information, visit www.swcahec.org and go to the Health Careers Camp page or call 375-3250.
Red Cross offers apps to help people prepare
The Red Cross provides a variety of tools and information to aid personal preparedness for severe weather.
Among its resources are mobile apps. The apps provide information that can help plan for, respond to and understand different types of severe weather and scenarios.
The Red Cross offers 10 free apps about tornadoes, floods, wildfires and first aid. Many of the apps include features that can help create individual or family preparedness plans and set up the ability to push one-touch notifications to loved ones about a person’s well-being after a disaster.
For more information, visit www.redcross.org/prepare/location/home-family.
Herald Staff
