Goodwin Community Health Expanding Dental Services Goodwin Community Health is expanding the Goodwin Dental Center by building and equipping a new operatory and hiring additional staff. The expansion is part of a $700,000 grant award from Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).

Goodwin is committed to expanding access to preventive and routine dental care for the underserved populations of Strafford County. “When we increase our capacity we avoid dental conditions requiring more costly emergency dental treatment,” says Goodwin Dental Center Director Whitney Goode, DMD. “More preventive access to oral care helps us to drive down health care system costs and reduce health disparities in the communities we serve.”

The new operatory is under construction and will open this fall. Recruitment is underway for new dental staff. The funding will also allow for transportation assistance and expanded hours.

QUALI TY HEALTH CARE FOR L I FE Newsletter Fall 2016

311 Route 108Somersworth, NH 03878

Janet Laatsch

Rock with the Docs on November 18 It’s back and YOU ARE INVITED! Band members from No Heavy Lifting and Revolving Door will come together for one rockin’ night! Bring your dancing shoes and rock the night away. Rock with the Docs is underwritten by Garrison Family

Thank you to our sponsors for making this event possible.

Dear Friends,

Community Health – a time of expansion – expansion of our Dental Center with construction of a new operatory underway, expansion of our services with a new on-site pharmacy, expansion of programs with two new patient programs aimed at substance misuse recovery, expansion of much needed access to recovery services with two new SOS Recovery Centers opening doors in Durham and Rochester.

It is very rewarding that we are beginning to hear stories of successful recovery. You will read about one success story in these pages. I am grateful for the support received from grants and donors that has allowed us to provide these new services and positively impact the substance misuse crisis.Current challenges come in many forms. Most prominent is a national shortage of primary care providers during a time of particularly high demand. At Goodwin, our staff members are our most valuable resource. Most health centers are struggling to recruit and retain clinicians because the current nationwide demand for practitioners outweighs the supply. New Hampshire health centers report

that we are hiring.

to help make our communities healthier and stronger. We

resources. Your support and investment in our programs and

successes, rise to meet new challenges and change the lives of those most in need.Janet Laatsch, CEO

Employee of the Quarter Please join us in congratulating the recent Employees of the Quarter.

Deni Lozier

She has a true heart for our patients. She has a compassion and kindness for newly pregnant and new moms that shows in her work.

She has been known to stay late to get a new mom a pump that can’t get in during regular WIC hours. She has also stayed many days during her lunch break to help new moms-to-be that had a prenatal visit that ran over. One co-worker notes, “I can depend on her to answer my questions (no

make them happy, and take calls that have questions I can’t answer and always with a smile.” She is truly dedicated to Goodwin and WIC in all she does. Deni volunteers for many

people to volunteer.

Sandy Gelinas

to work with, patient, kind,

almost any position’ are few of the common compliments we heard about this quarters

Goodwin employee of the quarter. One co-worker noted, “She has worked at Goodwin for over a decade and is a very loyal employee.

When you watch her working with elderly or with young moms, she treats them with respect and courtesy. She makes their experience at Goodwin a positive one.” Another nomination stated, “She does everything! She always has

takes time off, we all notice her absence.”

Jerry Yergeau

Jerry is always smiling. He is always willing to move things when needed, changes the water constantly without being asked and takes care of the “WICettes” by

carrying things in or out to cars, etc. At one of the All Staff meetings, he got more pats on the back (star cards) than the rest put together.

Tri-City Subaru in Somersworth has once again selected Goodwin Community Health as its local charity of choice for its annual, “Share the Love” program. From November 17th to January 3rd , Tri-City Subaru customers buying or leasing a Subaru will have the option of directing a $250 donation to Goodwin Community Health. In 2015, this

County families access quality health care services at Goodwin Community Health.

“Community support of this magnitude goes a long way in helping many local uninsured people get access to life changing services like dental care, mental health care or services to help them better treat chronic diseases like asthma and diabetes,” said Janet Laatsch, CEO of Goodwin Community Health. “We are very grateful to the Tri-City Subaru staff for partnering with us and their efforts to keep donations local.”

Gary DeColfmacker, Goodwin Community Health; John Hayes, Subaru of New England; Robert Arthur, Tri-City Subaru; Janet Laatsch, CEO at Goodwin Community Health; Jordan Plante, Tri-City Subaru and Ken Plante, Tri-City Subaru

Tri-City Subaru & Goodwin Kick-off ‘Share the Love’

Garrison Family DentalFrisbie Memorial HospitalSeacoast Pediatric DentistryD.F. Richard EnergyDr. Neil S. HiltunenHenry Schein DentalNew Hampshire Healthy FamiliesOptima Bank & TrustWell Sense Health PlanWentworth-Douglass HospitalNortheast Delta Dental

D.M. Burns Security Inc.DPL Retirement Advisors LLCDr. H. J. Ludington and TeamFormaxGranite State GlassHoly Rosary Credit UnionLenk Orthodontics, Dr. Jason LenkRW InsuranceScarponi Electric, LLCSomersworth Storage, LLCWatterworth Orthodontics

WHEN Friday, November 18th from 6 p.m. - 10 p.m.WHERE Rivermill at Dover Landing, 2 Washington Street, Dover, NHTICKETS $35 each; $40 at the door; $300 for a table for 10 Purchase tickets online at GoodwinCH.org

Thank You for Your Support, Optima BankOptima Bank & Trust, a locally-owned, commercial bank headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire has invested $4,500 in the health of Strafford County residents. Optima Chairman, President & CEO, Daniel Morrison and Executive Vice President, Pamela Morrison presented a check to Goodwin Community Health CEO, Janet Laatsch.

Optima Bank & Trust purchased the last available Community Development Finance Authority (CDFA) tax credits awarded to Goodwin Community Health and helped us reach our $150,000 tax credit goal. Optima’s investment will help Goodwin meet the community need for increased access to quality, integrated health care for some of the

to additional patients.

“Everyone deserves to have access to quality health care, and through this tax credit donation we will make our investment

they do best,” said Daniel Morrison, Chairman, President & CEO of Optima Bank & Trust.

Pictured Left to Right: Janet Laatsch, CEO of Goodwin Community Health; Optima Chairman, President & CEO, Daniel Morrison and Executive Vice President, Pamela Morrison

YOU ASKED FOR IT…Banff is Coming for Two Nights!

Mark your calendars for March 14th & 15th. The Banff Mountain Film Festival will be returning to the Portsmouth Music Hall for two nights. Tickets on sale in November, visit www.GoodwinCH.org to purchase tickets.

A-D Archambault Plumbing & HeatingAdam KurishAlan M. HymansonAlan R. WestonAlexander SmithAlexander Walsh GellerAlix HandelsmanAlphonse J. “Skip” HomiczAmitha HarishAmy Moore CoombsAndrea HeroldAndrea Marie & Robert VibbertAndrew & Joan Corsiglia BreenAnn & Gregory LynchAnna O. SwanAnne H. KalterAnonymousAnthony C. ZwaanApril WeeksArchie McGowanAristotle DamianosAroma Joe’s CoffeeArul MahadevanBank of New HampshireBarbara CivielloBarbara DeuellBarry C. GendronBenjamin M. LannonBrenda FritzBrett RankinBurns, Bryant, Cox Rockefeller, & DurkinCarol KalseimCarolyn ChaseCatherine Ann McLaughlin-Hills, CNMCatherine MarkovskyCharles & Laura HancockCharles M. BlitzerCharles PinkertonChris & Lisa BentonClark InsuranceClaudia & Scott CunninghamColette Tilton & Dennis BurnsideCommunity Church of DurhamConvenientMDCoreen ToussaintCynthia Paciulli & Donald BarbaritsDaniel J. BrownDavid & Margaret Cunningham

David & Monika Olken, DODavid ItkinDenise NiesDonato & Joan Skinner SistoDonna ClaveauDr. David & Maureen Staples, DDSDr. John & Patricia NovelloDr. Thomas & Vicki DeckerDrs. Robert & Cynthia BearEileen & William SutherlandEileen Walsh BehanElisa BoltonElisabeth S. Robinson, APRNElyse Barry & Leonard KornEric & Elizabeth NordgrenEric AndersonEverett & Elizabeth MoitozaFrederick K. ThalerGarrison Family DentalGarrison Women’s Health CenterGary & Deborah DeColfmackerGreat Bay Oral Surgery Associates, PAGwendolyn Gladstone, MDHannafordHilary CrowleyHillside Landscaping Inc.Holy Rosary Credit UnionHossam AlgamilIrene P. Rupp HodgeJames & Casey BloomerJames L. MorseJanet LaatschJannell LevineJeanne & Derek SternJeffrey A. WadeJeffrey ThurlowJeffrey WagnerJennifer A. McConathyJo Ann M. WarrenJoann Buonomano & Thomas ReichheldJocelyn KingJohn G. AntonakakisJonathan Holzaepfel, MD

Kanchana GaneshappaKareen K. WorrellKaren Howard

Katherine Hollister & Michael DanielskiKathleen & Ralph RossKathleen BotsclairKathleen Grace-BishopKathleen M. LeavittKaty LillyKerri TurgeonKerry Lee NortonKevin RoelofsKohl’sKulli BarrettLara D. WillardLaura RubinLaurie A. McCray, NHLiberty MutualLilac City Pediatrics, PALong Term Care Partners, LLCLynn & Michael MarshMadolyn BucklessMalcolm & Jenny RosensonMara C. Lamstein, APRNMargaret F. HodgesMargaret I. StewartMargaret Mary MossMark F. GrazianoMark P. BoulangerMark R. HarrisonMayo A. NoerdlingerMichael A. UrbanoMichael DavidsonMichael J. MichaelsMichelle HannonMolly M. BuzdonMorry El-Badry, MDNaomi Rather, LCMHCNortheast Credit UnionO. Robert StevensPamela Henry KodalPatricia CrothersPatricia M. Ford, APRNPaul & Helene CassPaul TungPeggy LynchPelmac IndustriesPiscataqua Dental Partners PAPiscataqua Savings BankPortsmouth Pediatric AssociatesRenee Napolitano

Richard P. LampertRobert KarelitzRobert P. HeroldRobert Walsh HickeyRoger M. Epstein Revocable TrustRosemary EganSafran Aerospace CompositesSandra M. LovellSandra Rose

Scott J. MurcinSeacoast General SurgerySeacoast Orthopedics & Sports MedicineService Credit UnionShaheen & Gordon PAShannon C.C. Nedelka, M.D.Sheila A. Kennedy, DDSSomersworth Physical TherapyStephen T. ChristoStrafford County Recovery Center Donation JarsSuzanne SonnebornTheresa HuangThomas & Lisa ShermanThomas LydonThomas McCormackThomas P. Clairmont, M.D.Timothy FinelliTimothy KeenanTown of DurhamTri-City SubaruUnited Way of the Greater SeacoastWallace HubbardWalter & Mary Ellen HoermanWell Sense Health PlanWendy McLaughlin Thank you for your support & generosity!Go green! Sign up for our e-newsletter!Please take a moment to share your email address with us at spellerin@GoodwinCH.org.

New ProvidersPaige McCarthy, APRN

Practitioner. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing in 2011 from Husson University located in Bangor, Maine. Paige has experience working as a Registered Nurse in a variety of healthcare settings including an acute cardiopulmonary care unit, home health, and Goodwin Community Health. She earned her Masters of Science at the University of New Hampshire and became

by the American Academy of Nurse

(AANPCP). Her goal is to assist patients

in achieving quality care by providing a positive, supportive, and encouraging provider-patient relationships.

Kelley McLaughlin, DMDDr. Kelley McLaughlin is originally from Northern Vermont. She fell in love with the NH Seacoast while attending the University of New Hampshire where she received her B.S. in Biology in 2009. She later earned her D.M.D. from Boston University at the Henry M. Goldman School of Dental Medicine in 2014. She worked in a private practice for two years before joining Goodwin Community Health. She is a member of the American Dental Association and New Hampshire Dental Society.

Monica Lord, FNPMonica was hired as a Family Nurse Practitioner in 2016. She earned her Nurse Practitioner degree from Sacred Heart

several years of experience working as a Registered Nurse on a busy, medical unit in a Connecticut hospital where she cared for many types of patients including those with arrhythmias, congestive heart failure, pneumonia and COPD. She also has some experience working with pediatric patients in the public school system.

Monica strives to develop a positive, lasting relationship with her patients and values their individual insights when developing care plans.

“This program has been a savior for me” Interview with Medication Assisted Therapy (MAT) patientShe had nowhere left to go and nothing left to lose. No home, family, friends or money. She was a single mom addicted to oxycodone when she came to Goodwin and hoped to join the Medication Assisted Therapy (MAT) program. To protect this patient’s privacy, she will be referred to as Claire.

experienced traumatic events as a young girl including sexual assault, feelings of abandonment and PTSD. She lost her father to heroin and her brother suffers from substance misuse disorder.

Despite her dark past, at one point, Claire had all she ever wanted. “I had a beautiful family and friends. I had a beautiful home. I had what most people dream of having.” Claire’s drug dependency began by taking prescription pain killers in response to pain and injuries. When the small amount she started taking wasn’t enough to curb the pain, she began to take more until eventually she felt she needed it to survive.

Her battle with addiction lasted three years until she hit rock bottom. She became homeless and had to sleep in the back of her car, even in freezing cold weather. Family members cared for her two kids which she describes as a horrible feeling. “One of the hardest struggles was to give my children away because of my bad choices. That’s when I hit rock bottom. I had lost everything I ever worked for. I burned every bridge I had. Everyone who once believed in

me was gone. That’s when I realized I didn’t have anything else to lose. My kids inspired me to be a better person.” While Claire’s children motivated her to seek treatment, she knew this was something she needed to do for herself.

Claire researched local recovery options

right path and staying strong enough for the fear of the unknown. It’s easy to continue doing something that you’re trapped in or comfortable doing because it’s something you know. It’s easier to deal with the predictable. The hardest time for an addict is coming out their addiction and into a whole unknown world.” It was then that she heard about the MAT program at Goodwin Community Health.

Select providers at Goodwin are licensed to prescribe buprenorphine (Suboxone) and Vivitrol to adult patients. These medications decrease cravings and withdrawal symptoms which helps patients focus on other aspects of their treatment plan to recovery. While these medications won’t cure opioid addiction, they can assist in the development of healthy and effective skills to be free and rid of opioids entirely.

“It was the people that work [at Goodwin] that helped me get to where I am today. The process to get into recovery can be overwhelming. I remember going through the recovery paperwork thinking, ‘What am I doing? What am I signing up for?’ I was afraid of failing again. The [Goodwin staff] believed in me. They gave me insight that I didn’t see in myself. This program has been a savior for me. I am so grateful for it. There is nothing quite like this program because of the community here. If you need something it is all in one building; everyone is connected.”

Goodwin is able to offer this program to those with stories similar to Claire’s because of generous support from donors. Funding was available to help Claire pay

could not afford it. Support from donors

on the path to successful recovery.

“Without this program, I honestly wouldn’t have been able to do this myself. I don’t know where I would be if it wasn’t for this program and being able to get the funding I needed. I could have died, could have been another statistic, could have left my children without a mother. I am so grateful for this program.”

Claire continues receiving treatment through the MAT program at Goodwin. She enjoys spending time with her children outdoors, playing frisbee or going to museums. “I felt like, for a while, I was absent and I was clouded. Now I can enjoy being with my children in the moment.” Claire was even able to save enough money to celebrate her daughter’s second birthday. “I never would have been able to do that before. That was a huge accomplishment for me.”

“This program, these people, this community has set itself apart from other programs. The people I have met here have taken me in as family, and they make me feel that I am worth helping.”

Farewell Carol Garlough After 36 years, Carol Garlough retired as the WIC Director and COO at Goodwin. Carol’s well-deserved retirement was celebrated in July at the Governor’s Inn in Rochester. These days, Carol enjoys spending time with her husband and grandchildren.

Top Donors Donated more than $100 between 1/1/16-6/30/16. A big THANK YOU for all those that have supported Goodwin Community Health!Goodwin Annual Meeting

Goodwin will hold its public Annual Meeting at The Oaks the evening of December 13th. Please join us. RSVP by November 23rd to eclemence@GoodwinCH.org.

We Are Hiring MD/DO ~ Family PracticeFamily Nurse PractitionerPsychiatrist Or Psychiatric Nurse Pharmacy Technician (8 Hrs./Wk.)Behavioral Health Specialists (Per Diem)Behavioral Health Specialists (24 Hrs./Wk.)

Registered Dental Hygienist (Per Diem)Patient AdvocateFor details about all of the above positions please visit our Employment Page at goodwinch.org/about-us/employment/