COVID-19 Symptoms Self-Checker
A guide to help you make decisions and seek appropriate medical care.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html
Service Providers for Seniors
Area guide to services for seniors in the Greater Grand Forks area (North Dakota).
SilverSneakers
A fitness program for seniors that’s included with many Medicare Advantage plans. Membership includes access to every participating gym and fitness center in the network. Fitness classes are offered for all abilities led by our SilverSneakers trained instructors.
CDC’s National Registry of Recognized Diabetes Prevention Programs
Lists contact information for all CDC-recognized organizations that deliver evidence-based type 2 diabetes prevention programs in communities across the United States.
Articles
When it comes to old age, illness, and death, little remains to us of common meaning or shared social rituals.
https://hedgehogreview.com/issues/the-evening-of-life/articles/no-country-for-old-age
National POLST Paradigm
A POLST form tells all health care providers during a medical emergency what you want.
Learn more at https://polslt.org
North Dakota Honoring Choices – Physicians Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment (POLST)
The POLST paradigm’s goal is to effectively communicate the wishes of patients facing serious illness or end of life: to have OR to limit medical treatment as they move from one care setting to another.
Learn more at https://acpnd.org/polst