Offline 
My Badges
Create The Good
Background
Location:
Little Rock, Arkansas
United States
Little Rock, Arkansas
United States
vb_walk vol w cane tests walkability101.jpgA Message from Maria Reynolds-Diaz, AARP Arkansas State Director
Twenty AARP Volunteers in Central Arkansas were briefed on latest developments in health care reform (HCR) and trained on the newest message framework by Associate State Directors Herb Sanderson and Pat Jones. Separately, volunteers Billie Dougherty, Dwayne Van Sickle, and James Brooks. Associate State Director for Outreach Lou Tobian took the HCR message on the road to two regional health expos (1800 employees of the City of Little Rock and 125 seniors at the Cabot Senior Health Fair).Staff and volunteers also made HCR presentations to an alumni association, the Mountain Home Chapter, and the Arkansas Long-Term Care Balancing Advisory Group.
AARP National Board member, Dr. Bill Hall, was featured in an article on Health Care Reform in the October issue of Aging Arkansas.
Speaker of the Arkansas House Robbie Wills appoints Associate State Director Lou Tobian to the newly formed Advisory Committee for the state’s Housing Trust Fund. The fund was created during this year’s legislative session through the efforts of a broad coalition of groups. AARP Arkansas took a leadership role in the coalition.
AARP Arkansas Senior State Director, Maria Reynolds-Diaz joined the Arkansas Association of Nursing Home Reform, the Attorney General, and the State Ombudsman as a speaker at a press conference during National Long-Term Care Residents Rights Week. Speakers honored residents and caregivers in long-term care facilities and reaffirmed that all nursing home residents and their families should be aware of their rights so they may be empowered to live with dignity and self-determination. Also honored were local long-term care ombudsman programs and volunteers who work daily to promote residents rights, assist residents with complaints, and provide information to those who need to find a long-term care facility.
AARP and Walgreens attracted attention at the Arkansas State Fair during the fair’s final weekend. Staff Members, Maria Reynolds-Diaz, and Pat Jones joined Hub area lead volunteer, Emma Rand and members of AARP's Highland Park chapter to greet, distribute literature, and direct fair attendees to the AARP, Walgreen’s Health Screening bus. Over 420 were screened during the three days. Some participants shared their stories about lack of access to a regular physician, or health insurance and voiced concerns as to what to do if their results were found to be outside the normal range. The AARP Walgreens Health Screening bus was featured on the Channel 11, the CBS local affiliate on October 17. The segment covered the purpose of the national bus tour and showed interviews from Senior State Director, Maria Reynolds-Diaz, the Walgreen’s spokesperson, and a pleased recipient of services.
There are no comments for this item.
journal Details
Added: Oct 20, 2009
Views: 48
Comments: 0
Bookmarks: 0
Views: 48
Comments: 0
Bookmarks: 0
Groups
No groups selected.
Tags
No tags selected.
