LEWISTON — “Welcome Home: The Patient-Centered Medical Home” will be the topic of the fifth installment of a six-part mini-medical school educational series sponsored by Central Maine Medical Center and the Central Maine Heart and Vascular Institute.

The program will be offered from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, in
Conference Room H, located on the lower level of the 12 High Street
medical office building, adjacent to CMMC. Due to construction, those attending
the presentation should enter the building through the 12 High Street
entrance.

Open to the community, the forums explore a variety of topics, often providing information about the latest breakthroughs and debates in medical science and how the issues relate to an individual’s health. A background in science or medicine is not necessary to attend the programs.

The series takes the form of an ongoing case study following a hypothetical patient facing health care issues commonly confronted by the elderly. In this case, the patient has been injured in a fall and as a result faces various medical challenges.

The Nov. 4 presentation will feature Dr. Edmund Claxton Jr. of the Central Maine Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program.

Claxton will discuss the patient-centered medical home, a model that facilitates integration of health care services for patients. The presentation will explain how the patient-centered medical home helps pull together the multiple factors associated with complicated care, including end-of-life issues.

The final mini-medical school presentation, “Mental Health in the Golden Years,” with Deborah Taylor, Ph.D.,
associate director of the Central Maine Medical Center Family Medicine
Residency Program, will be held on Wednesday,
Nov. 11.

Anyone wishing to register for any of the programs or seeking more information, is urged to call 795-8448 or e-mail [email protected]. All mini-medical presentations are being presented at no charge.
Interpreter services are available upon advance request.