Classes and support groups are offered by Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center to help provide people with similar concerns. The locations of all programs are posted daily in the Main Lobby of the Health Center. The facilitator listed at the end of each description below may be contacted for more information and for meeting locations.

Wellness

Center for Healthy Living
A medical center through which participants receive a custom-designed exercise and lifestyle program to manage chronic illnesses. Provider referral is required.
217-238-3488

First Aid for Emergencies & Adult & Pediatric CPR
Instructors certified by the American Heart Association. Scheduled periodically, $50 fee for each class.
Shirley Sherwood
217-258-2403

Healthy Directions
A six-month community weight-management program.
6:30 pm, every Thursday at SBL
Denise Bloemer, RD, LDN
217-258-2199

Hearing Aid Services 
Offered at Sarah Bush Lincoln, SBL Effingham Clinic, and the Paris Community Hospital.
217-258-2568

Living with Diabetes* 
This program is for people with diabetes and focuses on managing it through nutrition and exercise.
Paula Enstrom, RN
217-238-4808

Step in the Right Direction*  
A FREE six-month program for people with pre-diabetes.
Paula Enstrom, RN
217-238-4808

Pulmonary Rehabilitation
This program is for people with COPD, Pulmonary Fibrosis and other respiratory conditions.
11 am, 12:30 pm, 1:30 pm every Tues. and Thurs. in the METS department.
Cathy Matheny
217-238-4973

Tobacco Cessation Services
A program to help you quit smoking or using smokeless tobacco.
SBL Wellness Services
217-258-2140

Weight Management Program
A clinically monitored weight management program for people of all ages.
Kristina Adams, RD
217-238-4774

Support Groups

A.W.A.K.E.
Open to anyone suffering from sleep disorders, primarily sleep apnea.
6 to 8 pm, first week of March, June and October
Lumpkin Family Center for Health Education at SBL
Rodney Wildman, RPSGT
217-238-4908

Diabetic Support Group
7 pm, second Tuesday of the month in March, June and September at SBL
Cindy Foster, RD, certified diabetic educator
217-258-2199

Hopeful Horizons
A grief and education support group open to anyone seeking support about the bereavement process.
1 to 2:30 pm, third Thursday of each month
Prairie Pavilion 2, at Lincolnland Hospice.
1-800-454-4055

Ostomy Support Group
Evening meetings four times a year in Mattoon and Effingham. Call for dates, times and locations.
Jenna Kreke, BSN, RN
217-238-4804

Pathways Through Grief
A support group open to anyone who has lost a loved one.
7 to 8:30 pm, first Wednesday of each month (Due to this date falling on July 4, July’s class will be July 11)
Lumpkin Family Center for Health Education at SBL
Lincolnland Hospice
1-800-454-4055

Prepared Childbirth

Oh, Baby!
Preregistration fee: $60 per couple.
Financial assistance available.
Allison Masse, RN, CLC
217-258-2278

Parent 2 Parent
A FREE service offering information, discussion and support about becoming a parent.
6 to 7 pm, first Tuesday of each month
Kyla Ballinger
217-962-0765

Birth Companions
A service for expectant mothers to have a specially trained nursing student serve as a professional labor assistant.
217-258-2278 

Financial Assistance

Affordable Care Act
Navigators are available to help people in the seven-county area (Coles, Clark, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie, Shelby) to enroll in health insurance. The healthcare insurance marketplace is open from Nov. 1 to Jan. 31.
217-238-4994

Financial Assistance
If you have any questions about the SBL Financial Assistance Program, please call Patient Financial Services between 8 am and 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday.
1-800-381-0040. Download a Financial Assistance form.

*Funded in part by WomenConnected, a women’s giving circle within the SBL Health Foundation.

 

Article From:  Sarah Bush Lincoln