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Latino Springfest and Health Fair – Saturday, June 20

The public is invited to visit the Latino Springfest and Health Fair, Lakewood Town Square, Clifton Avenue, Lakewood, Saturday June 20, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Latino Springfest and Health Fair, coordinated by Monica Guerrero, the owner of the Latino Community Connection, 111 Clifton Avenue, Lakewood, is an event designed to support…


Health Symposium at CareOne at Jackson

CareOne at Jackson and Right at Home Homecare, Brick, are sponsoring a Health Symposium and complimentary continental breakfast, open to the public, at CareOne at Jackson, 11 History Lane, Jackson, N.J., Tuesday, June 23 from 8:30 a.m. to noon in the dining room of CareOne. Health experts will discuss such topics as osteoporosis, total knee…


OHI to Participate in Latino Community Springfest and Health Fair

The public is invited to visit OHI’s tent during Latino Community Springfest and Health Fair, Lakewood Town Square, Clifton Avenue, Lakewood, Saturday June 20, 2015, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. to get free blood pressure screenings and information about OHI’s medical services for uninsured and underinsured families in Ocean County. The Latino Community Springfest…


Lakewood Township Band and Wrestling Summer Camps Set to Begin

Lakewood residents are invited to participate in Township summer recreation programs. The Lakewood Band and Wrestling day camps will begin this June at Lakewood Middle School. The three-week instructional Lakewood Band Camp, designed for students in grades 4 through 12, will meet June 24 through July 10, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.,…


CHEMED Holds Immunization Awareness Event

Adults are not too thrilled to get them. Children often cry or scream when they get theirs, but getting immunized protects children, entire families, and the community at large from getting sick and from spreading illness. As a way to promote the value of immunizations and the importance of avoiding germs, LRRC (Lakewood Resource and…


OHI to Participate in Stafford Township Founders Day

OHI (Ocean Health Initiatives), a federally qualified health center (FQHC) with offices in Lakewood, Toms River, Lakehurst and Manahawkin, will be joining Stafford Township residents to celebrate Stafford Township Founders Day at Manahawkin Lake Park, Saturday, June 13, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The public is invited to visit OHI’s tent during Founders…


Pediatric PT Specialist at Hands On Publishes Book on Special Needs Children

Kerry L. Walsh, PT MS*, Toms River, who has worked at Hands On Physical Therapy, 780 Route 37 West, Toms River, since 2009, specializes in treating children with such special needs as Torticollis, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Cerebral Palsy, Sensory Integration Disorders, developmental delay, and neurological and orthopedic conditions, among others. Walsh, herself, a parent of…


Ryan English Earns the Above and Way Beyond Award

It’s nice to know that when you just don’t have the strength, someone is willing to help you even when he doesn’t have to! Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services (PHCC), a company that provides medical services throughout New Jersey and Pennsylvania with headquarters in Eatontown, recently championed a client in Kenilworth, N.J., who…


Trenton Police Honor Nurse for Her Quick Thinking in Saving a Life

The Trenton Police Department recently awarded a Certificate of Commendation to civilian Esther Wentz, Williamstown, N.J., at an awards ceremony honoring several officers and civilians at the Masonic Temple, 100 Barracks Street, Trenton, N.J. While making her rounds visiting clients, Esther Wentz, an RN at Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services (PHHC)*, Mount Laurel,…


Are Health Care Costs Rising in Your Company? — June JSAHR Meeting

If your company is faced with ever increasing health insurance costs, attend the monthly meeting of JSAHR (The Jersey Shore Association for Human Resources), Thursday, June 11, 2015, at the from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m., Jumping Brook Country Club, 210 Jumping Brook Road, Neptune, N.J. Karen Smith, the director of Population Health Management for USI,…