Your Health Hub: April 2012
NEW! be well Healthy Living Centers
The be well Health and Wellness Initiative of the Stapleton Foundation, in partnership with the City and County of Denver Parks and Recreation Department, will be opening two be well Healthy Living Centers this summer. The Centers will be located at the Central Park Recreation Center in Stapleton and at the Hiawatha Davis Jr. Recreation Center in Northeast Park Hill. The Centers will provide a variety of healthy living services free of charge and participants do not have to have a Denver Parks and Recreation Center membership to visit them.
Some of the services that will be offered at Centers include free physical activity and nutrition training programs from experts in the health industry, grocery store shopping tours, and general healthy living tips, brochures, and pamphlets. Experts will be on hand to offer enrollment assistance for Colorado’s Children’s Health Plan Plus, Medicaid, Colorado’s Food Assistance program, and the Denver Park and Recreation Scholarship program. The Centers will also host quarterly forums on changes to the health system.
Update on be well programs
In addition to the Healthy Living Centers, be well is continuing its educational outreach efforts with monthly town hall discussion on healthcare reform and Heart Health Screenings.
On Saturday, April 14th, be well will host a joint Heart Health Screening and town hall healthcare reform discussion at the Dahlia Square Senior Apartments, located at 3421 North Elm Street in Denver, from 9-11 am. Brittney Petersen from the Colorado Community Health Network will discuss Accountable Care Collaboratives in Colorado. As always, the discussion and screening is free and open to the public.
Heart Health Screenings are offered as part of the be well Block Captain Program to help reduce the risk of heart disease and chronic illness throughout the neighborhoods that be well serves. Screenings are free and open to the public. Participants can get their blood pressure, height, weight, glucose, and cholesterol levels checked.
In February, be well and the Scott United Methodist Church hosted a discussion on Medicare. Jason Marquez of the Colorado Gerontological Society discussed changes to Medicare and the different Medicare coverage choices. In March, be well partnered with the Office of State Senator Michael Johnston to host a discussion on the Affordable Care Act. Bob Semro from The Bell Policy Center discussed implementation of the ACA through 2015.