Comfort from a Team of Palliative Care Experts When facing a serious illness, Munson Healthcare Palliative Care can make you more comfortable and help you achieve a higher quality of life. Our experts bring care and compassion to patients wherever they live across northern Michigan. At any stage in your treatment, we offer medical management for pain and other debilitating symptoms, as well as counseling and spiritual guidance, help with decision-making, and financial information. As a part of Munson Healthcare, our physicians, nurse practitioners, licensed master social workers, registered

Healthy Ways to Manage Your Weight Maintaining a healthy weight is one of the most important things you can do to safeguard your health. However, reaching a healthy weight and staying there can be a real challenge. That’s why Munson Healthcare offers a variety of programs, services, and resources in northern Michigan that provide practical help in achieving and maintaining a healthy weight. Why Healthy Weight Matters Healthy weight is not about how you look or the size of your clothes. It really is about being healthy. A healthy weight: Helps you avoid serious chronic diseases, such as heart

Experienced General Surgery Team for Improved Outcomes Each year, thousands of patients get excellent results from general surgery procedures performed in Munson Healthcare’s state-of-the-art facilities. Our experienced surgeons offer open, endoscopic, and laparoscopic procedures — as well as other minimally invasive surgeries — for a wide range of conditions. Every surgeon is supported by a skilled team of board-certified anesthesiologists, certified registered nurse anesthetists, registered nurses, surgical technologists, and other specially trained clinical staff. Working together with

Feel Safe with the Munson Healthcare Medical Alert System The Munson Healthcare Medical Alert System is a locally managed personal emergency response system that links subscribers to 24-hour assistance at the push of a button. Everywhere you go — at home or while traveling — our Medical Alert System can go with you. We partner with a 24-hour call center to provide immediate professional response to our subscribers. As part of Munson Healthcare, you can trust us to deliver the highest quality care and attention. Highly trained, experienced customer service staff are happy to assist you every

Munson Manor: Your Home Away from Home Planning Your Stay Each patient is welcome to make a reservation for one guest room. Donations Food donations of single serve items can now be dropped off by appointment. Click below to view our current wish list. Consider supporting other efforts by donating to the Munson Manor. Office Hours: 6:30 am - 12 pm and 1 - 8 pm Munson Manor Hospitality House is a “home away from home” in Traverse City for out-of-town patients, family members, and caregivers who face the added stress of traveling during a loved one’s hospitalization. Comfortable, affordable

Partial Hospitalization Program is Your Safe Haven for Healing & Recovery Improving behavioral health and wellness is a process, not a one-time event. As you learn new ways to cope, you may be challenged by life’s changes in ways that feel overwhelming or threatening to your healing. If that happens, Munson Healthcare’s Partial Hospitalization Program can help. It can offer you an extra level of service that supports your recovery without disrupting your daily life. What Is Partial Hospitalization? Partial hospitalization offers access to a safe, structured treatment environment for adults who

Behavioral Health Recovery Support As with any illness, there’s more to getting better than just treating or managing symptoms. Recovery is a process. While it takes time and effort, it’s important to know that people and families can and do heal from behavioral illness and/or substance abuse disorders — and treatment works. At Munson Healthcare, our therapists take a holistic view of each person and consider how social, emotional, spiritual, environmental, intellectual, and physical factors influence overall well-being. Treatment is based on a recovery model, emphasizing resilience and

Expert Emergency Care in Northern Michigan Munson Healthcare Emergency Rooms are located throughout northern Michigan and are open 24 hours every day. ERs are staffed with emergency medicine specialists and specialty trained teams of physician assistants, nurses, and technicians. Excellent emergency care is available in a hospital near you in Cadillac, Charlevoix, Frankfort, Gaylord, Grayling, Kalkaska, Manistee, and Traverse City. Emergency Room visits are meant only for serious illness and injury, including medical, surgical, or psychiatric care: Change in mental status (such as confusion)

Nutrition Counseling in Northern Michigan What you eat and drink plays an essential role in your overall health and well-being. Nutrition counseling helps people who need to adjust or improve their diet because of diabetes, cancer, heart or kidney disease, have an eating disorder, or simply want to manage their weight more effectively. Munson Healthcare’s team of registered dietitians are food and nutrition experts. They provide guidance based on the latest research and are members of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Nutrition counseling is available throughout northern Michigan at