Events To Enhance Cancer Awareness
October is breast cancer awareness month - and the American Cancer Society has planned numerous special events to help patients learn to work more closely with their doctors.
“Personal Advocacy” will be at 7 p.m. Thursday in Sacred Heart Medical Center’s Providence Auditorium. The workshop is to help alleviate the discomfort and confusion some women feel when dealing with their doctors. Further, patients can learn how to become more involved with their health care providers.
“Many cancer patients, unfortunately, feel that they’ve lost control of their health,” said Dr. Eric Taylor, president of the Washington State American Cancer Society. “An informed patient who can ask pertinent questions of her physician will gain a real sense of control over the situation, and this will have a direct benefit on the patient/physician relationship.”
The workshop is free and open to the public. For more information, call 326-5802.
Alzheimer’s walk
The Eastern Washington Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association will hold its second annual “Memory Walk” at 9 a.m., Saturday at Riverfront Park.
The scenic three-hour walk will increase community awareness about the disease and raise funds for local support services. In addition, “Memory Walk” will remember the millions of men and women who have died from the disease.
Walkers can choose a one-mile, two-mile or four-mile loop.
Registration is between 4 and 7 p.m., Friday, at Cavanaugh’s Inn at the Park. Registration is $5; $15 will pay for both registration and a T-shirt, and those submitting $25 or more will qualify for a prize raffle. Participants who raise the most money through pledges will receive prizes.
Check-in time starts at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Flour Mill entrance to Riverfront Park.
For more information, call the Alzheimer’s Association at 483-8456.
Depression screenings
Green Tree Behavioral Health, 524 W. Sixth, will offer free depression screenings on Thursday.
The anonymous tests will be given between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., and again from 4 to 6 p.m.
Some 17 million Americans are affected each year by depression, according to the National Health Institute. Less than half seek treatment.
For more information, call 838-4651.
Delusions video
The First Presbyterian Church will show a special video, “Understanding and Communicating with a Person Who Has Delusions” from 7 to 9 p.m., Wednesday, at the church, 318 S. Cedar.
The presentation, sponsored by the First Presbyterian Mental Illness Task Force, is directed toward anyone interested in learning more about mental illness as well as patients and their friends and families.
Call 747-1058 for more information.