Norfolk Community Health and Wellness Fair welcomes all

Lyndsey Ross, owner of Absolute Respiratory and Absolute Homecare, is dedicated to bringing health and wellness education through community engagement.  Absolute will be hosting its first ever Community Health and Wellness Fair at the Port Dover Community Centre on April 5. 

Alex Hunt 

Advocate Correspondent

Absolute Respiratory and its division branch Absolute Homecare will be hosting a community health and wellness fair on April 5 at the Port Dover Community Centre.

The event will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will feature a variety of different vendors such as Port Dover Senior Centre, Norfolk Hearing Clinic, Norfolk County Fire, Norfolk Family Health Team, and other community participants.

“A five-hour event targeting health and wellness is an amazing thing because everybody who’s coming in wants to be there,” said Lyndsey Ross, owner of Absolute Respiratory and Absolute Homecare.

“Four weeks ago, I knew I was going to do this. I started making a list of the different venues to use and finally settled on the Port Dover Community Centre due to its great location. It is very accessible and it’s the perfect size. Anything that we profit from will be donated to the Student Nutrition program at West Lynn Public School.”

Ross said that the Norfolk Community Health and Wellness Fair will be a free admission event featuring prizes, children’s activities, and immersive hands-on vendor to guest experience. Vendor participants will include chiropractors, physiotherapists, massage therapists and healthcare practitioners.

Absolute Respiratory, which opened in Spring 2011, specializes in providing home oxygen equipment and care for patients who are living with respiratory conditions, such as obstructive sleep apnea. Oxygen and CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure) therapy is provided for patients within their homes from nurses and therapists.

Ross said that a person diagnosed with a sleep disorder is four times more likely to have a stroke.

“A lot of times when someone is diagnosed with something like high blood pressure, diabetes, and different heart conditions, then the following protocol is to get screened for sleep apnea, because of the correlation when you stop breathing and not getting into deep sleep then it's affecting your cardiovascular health system.”

Ross is happy when she hears from their patients that they made their lives better and sometimes the end of someone’s life better, as well as establishing connections with people of the community. 

Vendors interested in participating in the Community Health and Wellness Fair can contact Absolute Respiratory at 519-426-1113 or email simcoe@absolute-respiratory.com .