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VOL 20 ISSUE 4
April 2013
ROGERS COUNTY NE Oklahoma’s Leading Consumer Newspaper
Don’t Forget Medicine Cabinets Staying Home on During Spring Cleaning Weekends Is Nutty Bring the family out to the Route 66 Nut House Trader Days April 19-21.
Prescription drug abuse and misuse is a growing problem in Rogers County and the state of Oklahoma.
By Susan Erler
By Cassie Woods Those looking for drugs no longer have to meet shady dealers in dark street corners. They are getting them right out of the medicine cabinets of their friends and family members. “Eight out of 10 calls that the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control receive are about abuse of prescription drugs,” said Trisha DeLozier, certified prevention specialist for the Healthy Community Partnership. In 2012, the CDC named Oklahoma as number one in the nation per capita for prescription drug abuse for all ages. In 2011, Oklahoma had 807 fatal and 2,748 non-fatal overdoses. Becoming more dangerous than street drugs, pharmaceutical (continued on page 28)
You’ve been there before: it’s Saturday morning and the kids are anxious to get out and do something fun, but you have no idea where you can take them.
Teresa Dexter holds a photo collage of her son Josh who died from a prescription drug overdose in 2010.
And in this economy, cost is always a concern. Hazel Ward, owner of The Nut House in Claremore, has the perfect (continued on page 28)
Tara, Adam and Hazel of The Nut House.
Let Our Family Take Care of Yours Since 1990, Community Home Health has been serving families’ home health care needs across eastern Oklahoma. By Cassie Woods
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Community Home Health, Inc. (CHH) has been providing home health services for over 20 years. The company is based in Claremore, but with three offices serving 11 counties, its service area spans from Vinita to McAlester. CHH strives to provide skilled, compassionate home-based health care to all of its patients across eastern Oklahoma. “Having professionally competent, licensed and certified health care providers is a necessity,” said Chief Operating Officer Jonathan Wohlgemuth. “But beyond that, families like to find medical
professionals who will genuinely care for their loved one and make a real difference in that person’s quality of life.” CHH is comprised of 110 employees who pride themselves in going beyond the minimum and being caring and compassionate health care workers with high levels of professional experience, training and dedication. Many of the nurses on staff have been with the company for 10 to 15 years. “We are a family-owned company and always have been. All of our employees are considered to be a part of our family, and we believe that really
makes a difference when going into a home,” said Wohlgemuth. “Our slogan ‘Let Our Family Take Care of Yours’ really is true in the way we run our company as well as the way we care for our patients.” The goal at CHH is to help families avoid unnecessary nursing home placements and costly hospital stays. To help achieve this, every patient has a case manager who is available for the patient or family member to call anytime to discuss patient care and answer questions. Serving people of all ages facing a variety of illnesses or medical (continued on page 28)
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