Mindful Eating for Memory Care in the African American Community is the topic of a presentation on Saturday February 1, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. at the Kent County YMCA, 200 Scheeler Road in Chestertown. The presentation is being offered by the University of Maryland Shore Regional Health (UM SRH) Kent County Shore Community Outreach Team and Rural Health Care Transformation initiative in collaboration with the YMCA, the African American Health Advisory Committee and the Alzheimer’s Association of Maryland. UM SRH is a member organization of the University of Maryland Medical System.
Focusing on healthy living strategies for both brain and body, the event will feature two guest presenters, Baltimore chef Heather Smith and Crystal Day-Black, EdD, MSN, associate professor in the College of Health Professions at Coppin State University and volunteer community educator for the Maryland Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association. Their topics will include research in the areas of diet and nutrition, exercise, cognitive activity and social engagement. Cooking and exercise demonstrations also will be featured.
”This informative program is designed to help individuals maintain their best physical and cognitive health,” said Sandy Wilson-Hypes, Health Education Coordinator for UM SRH. “In addition to the presentations, participants will enjoy a free, light-fare breakfast and have the opportunity to tour the YMCA and learn about programs offered there.”
There is no charge to attend the event but advance registration is required. Interested persons may register by phone, 800-272-3900, or online at bit.ly/4eZUEhR. For questions, call Wilson-Hypes at 667-343-3151.
About University of Maryland Shore Regional Health
A member organization of the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS), University of Maryland Shore Regional Health (UM SRH) is the principal provider of comprehensive health care services for more than 170,000 residents of five counties on Maryland’s Eastern Shore: Caroline, Dorchester, Kent, Queen Anne’s and Talbot. UM SRH consists of approximately 2,000 team members, including more than 600 health care providers on the Medical Staff, who work with community partners to advance the values that are foundational to our mission: Compassion, Discovery, Excellence, Diversity and Integrity. For more information, visit https://www.umms.org/shore.
About the University of Maryland Medical System
The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is an academic private health system, focused on delivering compassionate, high quality care and putting discovery and innovation into practice at the bedside. Partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine and University of Maryland, Baltimore who educate the state’s future health care professionals, UMMS is an integrated network of care, delivering 25 percent of all hospital care in urban, suburban and rural communities across the state of Maryland. UMMS puts academic medicine within reach through primary and specialty care delivered at 11 hospitals, including the flagship University of Maryland Medical Center, the System’s anchor institution in downtown Baltimore, as well as through a network of University of Maryland Urgent Care centers and more than 150 other locations in 13 counties. For more information, visit www.umms.org.
