Community
Perry Local School District and Lake Hospital System Partner to Expand Community Fitness Center.
The Perry Local School District and Lake Hospital System are excited to announce a partnership to expand the present Community Fitness Center into a Community Health and Wellness Center on Perry School District's 100-plus-acre campus.
The Community Health and Wellness Center will provide health care services for students, faculty, staff and the residents and neighbors of Perry Village, Perry Township, North Perry Village and surrounding communities. The center will also create educational opportunities in the health care profession for Perry students as well as create health and fitness awareness for students, staff and the community at large.
The partnership with Lake Hospital System will allow the Perry School District to create a personal health, fitness and wellness plan for every Perry Schools student with the goal of helping each student understand nutrition from an early age. The strategic alliance will also permit the Perry Schools to expand the scope of health care education beyond the traditional classroom by providing curriculum opportunities, mentoring and "shadowing" programs, internships, scholarships, training and collaboration with local colleges and universities.
The Community Health and Wellness Center will use existing space inside the Perry Community Fitness Center located on the Perry School campus. Lake Hospital System will integrate both health care and wellness practices into the center and will seek collaborative programming with the Perry School District, community organizations and area businesses.
The Community Health and Wellness Center will include the following services:
- Urgent Care/Walk-in Center
- Primary Care Medicine
- Pediatric and Specialist Care
- Sports Medicine -- Including a full-time sports medicine physician.
- Rehabilitation Services -- Physical therapy and occupational therapy.
- Premier Athlete Services -- Lake Hospital System will offer Performance Enhancement Camps, which provide sports-specific and general conditioning to elite athletes and athletic teams.
- Mental Health Services -- In collaboration with Lake Hospital System, Crossroads and local pediatricians have developed a Behavioral Health Pediatric Practice that will have a presence in the Community Health and Wellness Center.
- Imaging Services -- On-site radiology services will be provided.
- Lab Services -- On-site lab services will be provided.
- Senior Health
- Health & Wellness Services -- Including smoking cessation, diabetes management, weight management, stress management, fitness programming, osteoporosis prevention, health risk assessments, health screenings and health lectures.
- Health Education
- Health Care Career Development