94-02-07 UVa nursing school expands clinic

                                      Contact:  Katherine Jackson

                         MEDIA ADVISORY
               U.VA. NURSING SCHOOL EXPANDS CLINIC
     You are invited to the grand opening of the new Crescent Halls
clinic, Tuesday, Feb. 8 at 4 p.m.  Crescent Halls, a public housing
facility located at 500 S. 1st Street, houses about 115 elderly and
disabled residents. Assisted by a five year $1.2 million grant and
local funding, an existing clinic has been expanded and will be
maintained full-time by faculty and students from the University of
Virginia School of Nursing.
     Previously health care was provided to the residents on a
part-time basis from the janitor's closet.  The clinic bridges a
large health care gap for residents, who aren't eligible for care
at the Charlottesville Free Clinic, says Doris Glick, project
director and assistant professor of nursing at U.Va.
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Charlotte A. Buttner, Program Support Technician, Health Sciences
Center News Office McKim Hall Room 3116, #429, Charlottesville, Va.
22908, 804-924-5679, cab2j@virginia.edu


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               07 Feb 94 12:31:22 EST]