BETTER THAN OBAMA? Therapist Mary Farnham guides Dot Luce through a virtual bowling game at the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Cape and Islands to improve Mrs. Luce’s walking, balance and endurance. Photos: Joye Creedon
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THE NURSE PRACTITIONER IS IN
Walk-In Clinics At Cape Pharmacies Loom As Answer To Doctor Shortage

The subject line seemed pretty straight-forward: What do you consider the major health care issues facing Cape Codders?

Members of the Advisory Board of To Your Good Health, A Health Care Newsletter, quickly narrowed this down during their most recent meeting at Cape Cod Community College:
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Cape Cod Kids Included In New Psych Programs

By Larry Fox
Landmark programs that would provide state support for home-based treatment of mentally ill children throughout the Commonwealth with the goal of avoiding institutionalization whenever possible are in the works. Cape Cod and the Islands are expected to play a key role in implementing some of these initiatives.
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Falmouth, Cape Cod Hospitals Get High Grades For Patient Satisfaction, Treatment Procedures

Just to keep everyone from getting a big head thanks to a brimming cup of kudos, particularly for cardiac care, the night staff at Cape Cod Hospital got its own wake-up call this spring from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
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Elsewhere In This Issue

Alzheimer’s Looms As Continuing—And Growing—Cape Cod Problem

Report From Iraq: Less Fighting Can Create Its Own Emotional Wounds

Limited Sight At 81 Doesn’t Keep Ornithologist Tethered To His Treadmill