Tag Archive: #parishnurse

Understanding the Pandemic’s Effects on Your Child’s Mental Health

In two years, COVID-19 completely upended our way of life. As a society, we’ve been through so much in a short time: masking, isolation, disruption of routines, deaths, new health protocols and much more. Adapting to these challenges – and [read more...]

How to Keep Kids Safe This 4th of July

Fourth of July weekend can be exciting, especially for kids. But with fireworks can come safety hazards. Dr. Shannon Staley, division director of pediatric emergency medicine at Advocate Children’s Hospital has spent more than 9 years in an emergency department, [read more...]

Flu Shots: Save The Date!

Our Lady of the Wayside will be giving Flu Shots When: Saturday, October 1, & Sunday, October 2 Time: Before and after Saturday, 5 pm, and Sunday, 7:30, 9:30 and 11:30 am, and 6 pm masses Where: OLW Gathering Place [read more...]

What To Do if You Find a Tick on Yourself?

Warmer weather is here. That means more time outside at parks, hiking trails and participating in other outdoor activities. Unfortunately, this could also mean ticks, and with them, Lyme disease. Lyme disease is spread through the bite of infected ticks, [read more...]

5 Ways to Remember Dad – Managing Grief on Father’s Day

Father’s Day can be a hard holiday to handle when you’ve lost your dad. If it’s a recent loss, the omnipresent messages of Father’s Day may feel like too much to bear. If more time has passed Father’s Day may [read more...]

SAVE THE DATE: Bystander CPR Classes @OLW

SAVE THE DATE! Illinois Heart Rescue is offering Bystander CPR classes to the Our Lady of the Wayside Community. Classes will be held in the Gathering Place after all the masses on Saturday, August 27 & Sunday, August 28, 2022. [read more...]

What are the Different Kinds of Dementia?

Memory loss that disrupts daily life, confusion with time or place and decreased or poor judgment are some of the early signs and symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. “Other warning signs such as loss of sense [read more...]

How to Improve Your Mental Health

At times, it can be easy to neglect, but your mental health is an important influence on how you move through life. As this topic often arises, Dr. Marla Hartzen, medical director of AMG Park Ridge Behavioral Health at Advocate [read more...]

How to Foster Resilience in Children

Life can be tough no matter your age. Even children face challenges. That’s where resilience comes in. Resilience is our ability to persevere and adapt to changes and stressors in our world. It does not mean that we don’t experience [read more...]

Overcoming the Stigma of Mental Illness

Meeting Mental Health with Grace Ministry Stigma is when someone views you in a negative way because you have a distinguishing characteristic or personal trait that’s thought to be, or actually is, a disadvantage (a negative stereotype). Unfortunately, negative attitudes [read more...]