CSUEB nursing students help Tri-City seniors

• September 12, 2011 5:27am

Marty Fraga, a Cal State East Bay professor of public and community health in the nursing program, commits her nursing class of about 10 students every quarter to help homebound and underserved seniors serviced by the Fremont-based nonprofit group Life Eldercare.

Their worked was profiled by Oakland Tribune reporter Chris Metinko in his article, "Nursing professor helps seniors." Read article.  

Students teach preventive health techniques, take blood pressures, check medications, and conduct home safety checks on seniors who Life Eldercare employees determine may need health care assistance.

"They check just about everything to make sure the seniors are safe," said Fraga, who estimates her students make about 130 visits to homes every three months. "I'm most happy with the program because not only do the seniors benefit, but it's also eye-opening for the students," Fraga said. "They get an up-close view of the state of health care in their community and what people are going through."

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