January 5, 2023
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January 9
Living Through Grief6 - 7:30 p.m.
FHN Memorial Hospital Cafeteria Dining Rooms - Lower Level
For more information,
call 815-599-7240.
January 10
FHN Family Fun:Virtual BINGO
6:30 p.m.
Online event
Join us online for virtual BINGO family fun with a chance to win prizes! No charge, but you must register your family by Monday, Jan. 9 at fhn.org/virtualbingo.asp.
January 11
Blood Pressure Screening12:30 - 1:30 p.m.
St. John’s Lutheran Church, 625 Country Lane, Lena
Open to the public; no cost or registration required.
January 12
Blood Pressure Screening10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Salvation Army, 106 W. Exchange Street, Freeport
Open to the public; no cost or registration required.
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Coming up in this week's issue of The Focus you'll find:
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Get Fit 2023 Begins Jan. 9! |
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FHN’s popular wellness program is back to help participants work toward their 2023 fitness goals. Get Fit 2023 is heavy on tips, videos, and recipes to help participants build a healthy lifestyle for years to come! Get Fit 2023 is a FREE 12-week, all-online program again this year. It’s not yet safe to gather people together for pre-event screenings as has been done in past years, so the team competition has been put aside for this year and the focus is on helping participants work toward their personal best. GetFit 2023 runs from January 9 through April 2. Registration is open now, but people can join at any time during the program. Participants will still be able to keep track of exercising, eating fruits and veggies, and getting enough water via recommended online wellness trackers, and FHN’s special Get Fit 2023 site will include videos with exercise and healthy diet tips, healthy cooking and shopping tips, recipes and more. Participants can take advantage of special offers from local fitness partners and participate in fun contests, and of course, win great prizes! Signup for FHN’s Get Fit 2023 at fhn.org/getfit. |
FHN Community Health Needs Assessment Available Online |
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Every three years, FHN Memorial Hospital (FHN) conducts a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) to identify community health needs and create a plan to address those needs. The 2022 CHNA Assessment and the associated Implementation Strategy document are available online at fhn.org/community-health-needs.asp. The CHNA is required by Internal Revenue Code, section 501(r) and the Affordable Care Act to gather information from community leaders and stakeholders across a broad range of interests. For the purposes of the CHNA, the FHN service area is defined as Stephenson, Jo Daviess, and Carroll counties in northwest Illinois. Surveys measured participants' perspective on a range of issues that affect the population’s health and well-being, including community resources, barriers to healthcare providers, and reasons for high rates of disease and mortality. Through the surveys, FHN also requested the collection of secondary data on a broad array of health indicators and demographic information from databases created by other agencies or organizations. Learn more about the CHNA and view or download the reports at the website linked above. |
Share Your FHN Pride! Shop Online for Gear and Gifts |
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Working at FHN means you help people for a living! Show your pride by wearing a logoed shirt, carrying an FHN water bottle, or using logoed golf balls, and share your pride by gifting a special FHN coffee mug, shirt and more. Log in to the FHN Online Store to find a variety of clothing for men and women, ranging from business attire to workout gear to scrubs, all bearing the FHN logo. You’ll also find sports goods like workout towels and golf balls, fun drinkware and lots of other options for gifts – or for yourself! “Hard goods” like drinkware and gift items will be delivered FREE via interoffice mail within 3 business days. Apparel and headwear items will be delivered within 10 – 15 business days and shipping charges do apply. All of the FHN Online Store items are exclusive to our store – we’ve coordinated with Lori’s Gifts at FHN Memorial Hospital to make sure there’s no selection overlap. If we don’t have the item you’re looking for, let us know and we may be able to add it to our selection! Bookmark the FHN Online Store and keep checking back – we add new items often! |
Help Spread the News: We’re Here, For You! |
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We have a lot to be proud of at FHN, from our talented, dedicated staff to the many advanced capabilities we offer our patients. We’re working hard every day to be sure we provide excellent care to our patients. Each week, look to the Focus for good news to share about FHN in the form of downloadable flyers you can print and post or hand out to patients who may be interested. Also look for links to our most recent radio interviews and past interviews to listen to and recommend to others. Don’t forget to Like us on Facebook! Please encourage patients, friends, and family to also take advantage of these FHN information resources. Thanks for your help in promoting FHN! |
| Have you heard the latest radio interviews? Catch up on our Radio Broadcasts page! |
Celebrating Diversity and Inclusion and Worldwide Health |
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January is …
National Glaucoma Awareness Month
National Birth
Defects Prevention Month
Cervical Health Awareness Month
Days to Note:
World Leprosy Day
2022 - January 29 The Iroquois Midwinter Ceremony is observed in January and February. The event lasts for 8 days, and each day is dedicated to an event such as Tobacco Invocation. January is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History Month in the United Kingdom. It was initiated in February 2005 by Schools OUT as an opportunity for all to learn more about the lives of LGBT people in Britain and Northern Ireland. People of the Sikh faith celebrate Guru Gobind Singh’s Birthday on January 5. He was the 10th and last living Guru of the Sikh faith. He founded the Khalsa brotherhood where the initiated adopted the five Ks: Kangha (wooden comb), Kara (steel bracelets), Kirpan (sword), Kaccha (pair of shorts), and Kesh (long hair). January 6 is Epiphany for Christians all over the world. In the Western church, this day celebrates the journey of the three wise men to Bethlehem to offer gifts to the infant Jesus. In the Eastern church, it is associated with the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist. Armenians celebrate Christmas on this day. In South America, Latin America, and parts of Europe, January 6 is Three Kings’ Day, the end of the Christmas season and a traditional time for gift giving. Coptic and Eastern Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas on January 7, according to the Julian calendar, which is currently 13 days behind the Georgian or Western calendar. The people of Japan celebrate Seijin No Hi on January 9. The day celebrates the coming of age of the youth of Japan who are 20 years old. They wear traditional clothes and visit the shrines where the family announce their adulthood to the spirits. |
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