Submitted by BG MANOR
“Treating Pain Responsibly,” free event will be held on Wednesday, May 30, 4:30-7:15 at the Wood County Senior Center, at 305 N. Main Street, Bowling Green. The free event will feature dinner at 5:30 p.m and presentations beginning at 4:30 p.m. from Dr. Nancy Orel, Emeritus Professor at BGSU, Dr. Jeff Swartz, physician at Falcon Health Center, Dr. Mickey Frame, Chiropractor at Whole Health at Falcon Health Center, Lon Muir, pharmacist at Falcon Health Center and Stephanie Wise from Zepf Center.
Dr. Nancy Orel will be presenting from 4:30-5:30 p.m. on “The Impact of the Opioid Crisis on Older Adults” Her presentation will start with an overview of how the opioid crisis impacts older adults. She will discuss more than just the increasing rate of opioid overdose deaths amongst older adults. Instead, she will include discussion on how opioids for chronic pain may be more difficult to obtain (due to recent policy), the problems with misusing opioids, how to safely disposal of unused opioids, and how grandparents are being asked to raise their grandchildren because of the opioid crisis. She will also discuss the economic and emotional toll of the opioid crisis.
Dr. Swartz, Dr. Frame and Lon Muir will be presenting from 6-7 p.m. on the “Whole Health Approach.” Stephanie Wise from the Zepf Center will be doing a Narcan training/distribution from 7-7:15 p.m.
The event is sponsored by Bowling Green Care Center and Bowling Green Manor, for more information, contact Jeff Miller at 419-351-6514.
