Caregiver Support for TJR Patients

The Bone and Joint Center at Northern Dutchess Hospital is pleased to offer a new information session for caregivers and loved ones of patients undergoing total joint replacement surgery. It will be held Wednesday afternoons in the Medical/Surgical family waiting room from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Topics will include pain management, new medications and side effects, activity levels, home preparations and discharge options. The session completes the circle of care given at the award-winning center, which also offers a pre-operative class for patients to answer all of their questions. For more information, please call Lori Armstrong, RN, ONC, Bone and Joint Coordinator at 871-4101.