Keep active at home with the Leduc Beaumont Devon Primary Care Network Exercise Specialist

Our PCN Exercise Specialist, Adrien, has worked hard during quarantine to keep you active while staying at home. Check out our YouTube Channel, which is full of videos from Adrien like:

• warm up routine
• 7-stage abdonminal test
• hip exercises
• push up progressions
• stretching routines
• Move Into Health workouts
• Stand Up to Falls workouts
• sciatica exercises
• low back exercises
• rotator cuff exercises 
• knee pain exercises
• Theraband workouts

He also provides great tips for how to get up from a fall, using household items in a workout and much more!

Leduc Beaumont Devon Primary Care Network relaunch

Registered Nurses

Registered Dietitians

Exercise Specialist

Mental Health Therapists

Behavioural Health Consultants

All of our Team-Based Care providers, Leduc Eldercare Consultation team and visiting specialist are now offering in-person appointments for those who would like to come see them in the office. Of course, telephone and video appointments are still available as well.

For more information on our relaunch, visit our website.

June is Recreation and Parks Month!

In support of June is Recreation and Parks Month and our friends at the City of Leduc, our PCN Exercise Specialist Adrien encourages you to get outside and discover all of the recreation opportunities in Leduc. In this short video, Adrien shows you to the outdoor fitness area at William F. Lede park near Telford Lake.

For more information about the outdoor fitness area, please visit: https://www.leduc.ca/william-f-lede-park/lede-park-outdoor-fitness-area

Help with sciatic nerve pain

Leduc Beaumont Devon Primary Care Network Exercise Specialist Adrien shows you some stretches and exercises for those with sciatic nerve pain, also called sciatica. You will need a chair and a stool or step for this activity. Coach Luna keeps an eye on Adrien and approves of his techniques.

Watch the video by clicking the image, below.

If you are new to physical activity, if you are returning to physical activity after injury or illness, or if you have a medical condition that might make physical activity difficult, please consult with your family doctor before starting a physical activity program. Adrien also suggests that if you are at risk of falls, please have someone present with you while you do the falls prevention exercises.

If you have questions for Adrien, please add a comment on our YouTube channel. Also, please subscribe to our channel so you can get notification as Adrien adds more videos.

June is Stroke Awareness Month

June is Stroke Awareness Month

A stroke happens when blood stops flowing to any part of your brain, damaging brain cells. The effects of a stroke depend on the part of the brain that was damaged and the amount of damage done. Learn more...



Are you at risk of a stroke? Take the stroke assessment test.

Our PCN healthcare providers can help those who are at risk or who have had a stroke. Ask your PCN family doctor to our Team-Based Care program.

June 2020 newsletter now available

Our June 2020 newsletter is now available! In this edition, you will learn about:

- how our Team-Based Care and Leduc Eldercare Consultation Team are seeing patients

- resources available to you online

- our exercise specialist's workout videos

- our new Warburg Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic (opens TODAY!)

- COVID-19 supports

and more! Read the newsletter, here.

Warburg Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic opens June 1

Nurse Practitioner clinic to open in Warburg June 1

Announced earlier this year, the underserviced towns of Thorsby and Warburg, and their surrounding communities, are going to be receiving primary care support from a dedicated Nurse Practitioner (NP). Michelle Williams, NP, has been hired by the Leduc Beaumont Devon Primary Care Network (LBD PCN) through a grant provided by the Government of Alberta via the Nurse Practitioner Support Program.

After months of preparation, the Warburg Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic is now ready to serve the community.

Clinic hours will be:

Monday, Wednesday, Friday

9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Closed for lunch between 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. and on statutory holidays

To contact the clinic for a meet and greet, please call:

825-320-3000

(825 is an Alberta area code that was introduced in 2016 and covers the entire province)

·       The clinic space has been provided by and is located in the Village of Warburg office.

·       The entrance to the clinic and parking for clinic patients is located at the back of the village building.

·       Those with limited mobility can access to the elevator by entering the building through the front office door; a ramp is available.

·       Funding for the NP clinical administrator has been provided by the County of Leduc.

Michelle will provide health services to individuals, families, and communities including health promotion, disease and injury prevention, and treatment of acute and chronic illness. NPs provide healthcare that is grounded in nursing care and includes the physical, emotional, social, and psychological aspects of your health. NPs can:

·       Diagnose and treat illness and injury

·       Perform physical examinations and screening interventions

·       Order and interpret diagnostic tests, such as lab tests and x-rays

·       Provide counselling and education

·       Refer you to other healthcare professionals and specialists

·       Prescribe medications

·       Manage chronic diseases such as diabetes, COPD and asthma

• ·       Provide palliative care

The Thorsby Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic will be located in the Thorsby Public Health Centre and is expected to open in June. In the meantime, Thorsby residents are welcome to book appointments at the Warburg clinic.

To read the previous news releases, please click here and here.

For more information, please see the attached FAQ or see the contacts available, below.

To find out about programs and services offered at the LBD PCN, please see our website.

If you have any questions about this program or how to access it, please contact the PCN.