Your Health Matters: Sickle Cell Lives Matter TM

Your Health Matters: Sickle Cell Lives Matter TM:     TOVA Sickle Cell Specialty Center will be relocating in June to Family Medicine at Greenhill in Wilmington Delaware. Due to failed negot...

Your Health Matters: Message from Dr. Nina: Small Business of the Year

Your Health Matters: Message from Dr. Nina: Small Business of the Year: Winning Delaware’s 2017 Small Woman-Owned Business of the Year has been one of the most proudest moments in my career. To my surprise, bein...

Message from Dr. Nina: Small Business of the Year

Winning Delaware’s 2017 Small Woman-Owned Business of the Year has been one of the most proudest moments in my career. To my surprise, being recognized for work in Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) by the business community brings great joy to my heart. Sickle Cell is a Rare Disease. Without public and private resources, TOVA is challenged to sustain programs that increase access to high quality of care. Creating an innovative model of care challenges the medical community to utilize a variety of healthcare professionals in a team approach. I want to thank SCORE Delaware and the SBA for their mentorship and support. My advice to entrepreneurs is to have tenacity despite facing numerous barriers. Never give up on your goals and keep on grinding. For more information visit, www.sba.gov.  All the best, Dr. Nina

Sickle Cell Lives Matter TM

    TOVA Sickle Cell Specialty Center will be relocating in June to Family Medicine at Greenhill in Wilmington Delaware. Due to failed negotiations since moving in at the Henrietta Johnson Medical Center c/o Southbridge Medical Advisory Council, a Federally Qualified Health Center, TOVA was unable to fully integrate services.
           

Sickle Cell Lives Matter TM

     We sincerely are saddened that this partnership was unable to work for many reasons. I still believe that comprehensive care services should encompass a team of healthcare providers who are willing to serve the sickle cell community. I want to thank my team for hanging in there despite not having adequate infrastructure to operate at full capacity. One-Stop-Shop access to high quality care requires a team of healthcare providers which include physicians, nurses, social workers, and community health educators all working together to improve patient health outcomes.

    TOVA’s mission is to provide Comprehensive Compassionate High Quality Care to persons with Complex Chronic Conditions like Sickle Cell Disease, which is historically underfunded. We encourage you all to contact your legislatures which includes: city council, county council, state legislature (state representative/senator), lieutenant governor, and governor to voice your concerns about the importance of equitable treatment and resources for sickle cell across the entire life span. If you have any further questions, please feel free to call. TOVA plans to expand their current programs and services with sustainable resources for the entire sickle cell community state-wide. TOVA’s aim is to help people “live well with sickle cell.”

                                        We've Moved:   Sickle Cell Specialty Center
                                                           213 Greenhill Ave.
                                                       Wilmington, DE 19805
                                                       (302) 429-5870 ext. 120

                                                          All the best,  Dr. Nina

Few Tips to Support Healthy Coping and Grieving

Dealing with the loss of a loved one or even a patient is oftentimes difficult,  Especially knowing what to say to a family, friend or caregiver, for worry to offend them or say the wrong thing.  Remember, Grieving is a natural human experience and we all have different ways of dealing with grief or loss.



Here are two Tips for Supporting Healthy Grieving
It can be hard to know how to interact with friends and family members dealing with loss.

   Ask how they are doing. Keep in mind those who are grieving will be very mindful of their loss. Don’t be afraid to mention the loved one’s name. People often find it very affirming and supportive to be asked how they’re doing and to hear their loved one’s name.  Allow them talk and share experiences about their loved one- this is therapeutic.

   Include them in social activities. It’s natural to think those who are grieving don’t want to be part of a party or get-together, but most people find it nice to be with others. They can decide for themselves if they want to go, but the most important thing is to be thought of, remembered and included.  Don't take it personal if they decline an event or social outing.  Try again at a later date.

by Stacy Remke, Social Worker

re-blogged from https://cehdvision2020.umn.edu/blog/dealing-grief-and-loss-holidays/. 

  JOIN the TOVA Sickle Cell Advocacy Network at HENRIETTA JOHNSON MEDICAL CENTER this Wednesday, June 7th at 12 noon for a Group Therapeutic Session, Coping with Grief and Loss. 

All the best, Dr. Nina

                                            TOVA Community Health

                                              Sickle Cell Specialty Treatment Center

                                                        601 New Castle Avenue

                                                        Wilmington, DE 19801

                                                      (302) 655-6187 ext. 500

                                               contact@tovacommunityhealth.org