We would like to welcome to our staff:

We would like to welcome to our staff:

Dr. John Clark Sams, M.D.

Dr. Sams comes to LaSalle Family Medical Clinic from a private practice in Alexandria. He has over 20 years of experience and specializes in Internal Medicine.

Tracy Thrash, NP

Tracy has joined the LGH team as Nurse Practitioner on 2nd floor. She comes to us from Alexandria Cardiology Clinic. Tracy has 8 years of experience as an NP.

Kristen Johnson, NP

Kristen will be at our Jonesville Clinic, LaSalle Primary Healthcare, full time. She has previously been at a medical clinic in New Iberia.

We would like to welcome these three to our staff here at LGH!

kelly tant

July’s Employee of the Month is KELLY TANT! Kelly is an RN and has been with LGH since 2009 and has been described as very kind, dependable, proffessional, and always willing to help out her coworkers. We appreciate your hard work! Congrats again!!

2012 employee service party

On May 15, 2012 at our monthly Employee of the Month party LaSalle General Recognized the employees who have been at our hospital from 5-35 years. They were given, certificates, pins, plaques, and our retiring employees were given rocking chairs. Below is a listing of those employees and the years of service that have given to LGH along with a slide show from the reception.

Retiring Employees 

 Lilly F Butler

James Dosier Norris

Christine Wright

35 Year Employees

Ann Paul

Connie Parker

30 Year Employees

 Lynn Huffman

Karen Wilkinson

25 Year Employees

 Sallie Teague

Stephanie McCarroll

Kathy Lambeth

Sheryl Paul

20 Year Employees

Vicky Bignar

Todd Fannin

Daneen Walters

Connie Lambeth

15 Years Employees

Rachael Stevens

Gloria Purvis

10 Year Employees

Ellen Brown Douglas

Hank Brown

Stephanie Thacker

Cassandra Trisler

Marquitta Reeder

Norma Jean Brown

Carrie Porter

Tariq Ahmed, MD

5 Year Employees

Raymond Phillips

Ilene Capps

Leslie Bruner

Becky Estis

Amy Franklin

Phillip Postlewait

Ernest Peyton, Jr.

Edna Thompson

Barbara Brown

Sarah Hudnall

Sherrie Allison

Gloria McCoy

Michelle Sanders

Cheryl Dorsey

Julie Barton

Teresa Nelson

June 14th is National Nursing Assistant Day!!

June 14th is National Nursing Assistant Day!!

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 A Certified nursing assistant provide invaluable services for the elderly in  hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living  facilities. They also work with hospice patients and persons confined to home  but in need of nursing care, including helping with daily living (hygiene,  mobility, nutrition). WE have a great group of CNA’s that help keep our patients happy! We thank you for everything yall do.

Please take a moment to THANK our great group of CNA’s… These ladies provide wonderful care to our patients and we appreciate everything that they do!

Rod Brady Technical College BLOOD DRIVE

Rod Brady Technical College will be holding a
BLOOD DRIVE
Thursday, June 14 @ 9-12 am 
They are located at 521 Bradford Street, Jena. 
For information call 318-992-2910.  
Please take the time to go out and donate!! 

May is Better Hearing and Speech Month

~May is Better Hearing and Speech Month~

We would like to recognize our speech therapy department here at LaSalle General Hospital and say THANK YOU for all you do for the hospital and your patients! Pictured below are:

Rosalyn Hall, SLP and Amanda Greer, M.S., CCC-SLP

Speech Language Pathologists (SLPs) can evaluate, treat, and help prevent communication disorders and other specific impairments with individuals of all ages.  SLPs can work in a wide range of settings. Clinical environments may include: public and private hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, long-term acute care facilities, hospice, home health, and school settings.

Acommunication disorderis impairment in the ability to receive, send, process, and comprehend concepts or verbal, nonverbal and graphic symbol systems. A communication disorder may be evident in the processes of hearing, language, and/or speech. A communication disorder may range in severity from mild to profound. It may be developmental or acquired. Individuals may demonstrate one or any combination of communication disorders. A communication disorder may result in a primary disability or it may be secondary to other disabilities.

Aspeech disorderis an impairment of the articulation of speech sounds, fluency and/or voice.

Anarticulation disorderis the atypical production of speech sounds characterized by substitutions, omissions, additions or distortions that may interfere with intelligibility at   the word, sentence, or conversational levels of speech.

Afluency disorderis an interruption in the flow of speaking characterized by atypical rate, rhythm, and repetitions in sounds, syllables, words, and phrases. This may be              accompanied by excessive tension, struggle behavior, and secondary mannerisms.

Avoice disorderis characterized by the abnormal production and/or absences of vocal quality, pitch, loudness, resonance, and/or duration, which is inappropriate for an individual’s age and/or sex.

Alanguage disorder is impaired comprehension and/or use of spoken, written and/or other symbol systems. The disorder may involve (1) the form of language (phonology, morphology, and syntax), (2) the content of language (semantics), and/or (3) the function of language in communication (pragmatics) in any combination.

Form of Language

Phonologyis the sound system of a language and the rules that govern the sound combinations.

Morphologyis the system that governs the structure of words and the construction of word forms.

Syntaxis the system governing the order and combination of words to form sentences, and the relationships among the elements within a sentence.

Content of Language

Semanticsis the system that governs the meanings of words and sentences.

Function of Language

Pragmaticsis the system that combines the above language components in functional and socially appropriate communication.

Communication Variations

Communication difference/dialectis a variation of a symbol system used by a group of individuals that reflects and is determined by shared regional, social, or cultural/ethnic factors. A regional, social, or cultural/ethnic variation of a symbol system should not be considered a disorder of speech or language.

Augmentative/alternative communication systems attempt to compensate and facilitate, temporarily or permanently, for the impairment and disability patterns of individuals with severe expressive and/ or language comprehension disorders. Augmentative/alternative communication may be required for individuals demonstrating impairments in gestural, spoken, and/or written modalities.

Dysphagia is a swallowing disorder that may be due to various neurological and/or structural impairments.  Dysphagia most often reflects problems involving the oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus, or gastro esophageal junction. Dysphagia can cause food to enter the airway, resulting in coughing, choking, pulmonary problems, aspiration or inadequate nutrition and hydration with resultant weight loss, failure to thrive, pneumonia, and possible death.

If you recognize any of these problems and would like more information please contact our knowledgeable speech department at LaSalle General Hospital at (318)992-9200 Ext 2270 or contact your physician for more information.

We love the support that our therapy  departments show one another. Pictured below are the OT and PT department in the shirts they made in support of our Speech Therapists!!