A Princeton Family Physician’s Perspective on Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) – part 6

Part 6, the final video in this series: ‘Tips for Talking about Alcohol Use’.

Presentation by Dr. Andrew Ashley, Clinical Advisory Committee Member of the Canadian Alcohol Use Disorder Society.

Please note: This mini-series has been created from a presentation originally given to the town of Princeton, BC, Nov. 16 2022. These videos do not constitute medical advice. Visit a primary care provider to learn if a medical treatment approach to treating alcohol use disorder may be an option or a fit for you.

A Princeton Family Physician’s Perspective on Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) – part 5

In Part 5 of ‘A Family Physician’s Perspective on Alcohol Use Disorder’ mini series, listen in to an example patient visit.

Presentation by Dr. Andrew Ashley, Clinical Advisory Committee Member of the Canadian Alcohol Use Disorder Society.

Please note: This mini-series has been created from a presentation originally given to the town of Princeton, BC, Nov. 16 2022. These videos do not constitute medical advice. Visit a primary care provider to learn if a medical treatment approach to treating alcohol use disorder may be an option or a fit for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwcAJEvtbfI

A Princeton Family Physician’s Perspective on Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) – part 4

In this part learn about treatment options for alcohol use disorder, available medications and how/when they are prescribed.

Presentation by Dr. Andrew Ashley, Clinical Advisory Committee Member of the Canadian Alcohol Use Disorder Society.

Please note: This mini-series has been created from a presentation originally given to the town of Princeton, BC, Nov. 16 2022. These videos do not constitute medical advice. Visit a primary care provider to learn if a medical treatment approach to treating alcohol use disorder may be an option or a fit for you.

A Princeton Family Physician’s Perspective on Alcohol Use Disorder – part 3

In this video, learn about the bio-psycho-social model, which helps understand what social factors might be leading to alcohol use disorder, and which can then help target treatment options.

Presentation by Dr. Andrew Ashley, Clinical Advisory Committee Member of the Canadian Alcohol Use Disorder Society.

Please note: This mini-series has been created from a presentation originally given to the town of Princeton, BC, Nov. 16 2022. These videos do not constitute medical advice. Visit a primary care provider to learn if a medical treatment approach to treating alcohol use disorder may be an option or a fit for you. 

A Princeton Family Physician’s Perspective on Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) – part 1

This six-part video series is based on a slideshow originally presented by Dr. Andrew Ashley in Princeton, BC (Nov 16/22). It was intended to provide background information on alcohol use disorder, alcohol effects on the brain, treatment options and a sample patient care journey. *Please note that these videos do not constitute medical advice and are not a substitute for medical care, which should be discussed with an individual’s care provider as a part of their overall care plan.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OEDFQc23vE

9 Questions to the Candidates by SOHC

This past week Save Our Hospital Coalition conducted interviews with the two candidates for mayor, Rosemary Doughty and Frank Armitage, and the two candidates for councillor, Doug Pateman and Rob Rubis. Each candidate was asked nine questions regarding health care issues in our community. Here are the results of those interviews.

Question 1: If you become mayor/councillor, where would you place the health care issue on your list of priorities for Princeton?

Rosemary Doughty (RD): Health care would be my first priority. When I go door to door it is the only thing that people talk about. Whatever the community wants is what I would stand for.
My model of a good mayor is Walter Despot who worked hard for Keremeos’ healthcare. I would be involved in the issues. When I went to the ER closure demonstrations, I did not see the Mayor or Council there. I would like to see Council start a monthly open information session where they share with Princeton residents what they are doing and planning to do. If I become mayor, I would like to give more information and share more information. Leadership and being pro-active are part of my platform. Continue reading

Office open for business

The Save Our Hospital movement now has a place to call home.  Thanks to the generosity of Councillor Kim Maynard and assistance from Save Our Similkameen (SOS),the Community Hospital Forum building is open for business.  The building located at 259 Vermilion Ave. is a gathering place for not only the Save Our Hospital Coalition, SOHC but any concerned citizen who would like to assist in the struggle to have 24/7 Emergency Room services restored to the Princeton General Hospital.

The office will be open Monday to Saturday 12 noon to 6pm.

SOHC is looking for volunteers to staff the office on an ongoing basis anyone who wishes to assist even for a few hours a week are asked to please come into the office and sign up.