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Recognizing a Heart Attack and Seeking Treatment Koffee Klatch • First Apartments • Monday, Feb. 24 • 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. • Barbara Columbus RN, Cotton-O’Neil Heart Center Free • Reservations: (785) 354-5225. What is Atrial Fibrillation? Dessert and Coffee • McCrites Independent Living • Tuesday, Feb. 25 • 2 to 3 p.m. Carol Bragdon, APRN, Cotton-O’Neil Heart Center • Free • Reservations: (785) 354-5225. Tips and Treatment for Keeping Your Balance Dessert and Coffee • Atria Hearthstone Wednesday, Feb. 26 • 2 - 3 p.m. Pat Pfannenstiel, P.T., Stormont-Vail Rehabilitation Services • $5 per person Reservations: (785) 354-5225.
HEALTHWISE 55 CLINICS The Health Wise 55 Resource Center hours are 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Monday through Thursday. The office is located at 2252 S.W. 10th Ave #B, Topeka, KS. For appointments and information on clinical services, please call (785) 354-6787. Blood Pressure Clinics • Free • No appointment necessary • Call (785) 354-6787 for more information. Walk-ins are welcome at the following locations: • Every Tuesday • 10 a.m. to noon HealthWise 55 Resource Center, 2252 S.W. 10th Ave. #B • First Thursday • 9 to 10:30 a.m. West Ridge Mall (lower level, Main East Entrance), 1801 S.W. Wanamaker Rd. • Second Thursday • 9:30 to 11:00 a.m. Southwest YMCA, 3635 S.W. Chelsea • Third Thursday • 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. Oakland Community Center, 801 N.E. Poplar • Third Thursday • 9 to 10 a.m. Rose Hill Place, 37th and Gage • Fourth Thursday • 9 to 10:30 a.m. Kuehne Branch (North) YMCA, 1936 N. Tyler St.
SHICK (Senior Health Insurance Counseling for Kansans) For questions and assistance with Medicare, Supplemental, Long Term Care Insurance or the Medicare Prescription Drug Program HealthWise 55 Resource Center • Free • Call (785) 354-6787 for times and appointment. Medication Clinics • (NEW DATES) Every Wednesday • Bring questions to our trained pharmacy staff regarding your medications (prescriptions or over-the-counter) 12:30 to 4:30 p.m. • HealthWise 55 Resource Center • Free • Call (785) 354-6787 for an appointment. Nutrition Clinics • (NEW DATES) Wednesdays, Dec. 18, Jan. 15 and Feb. 19 Discuss your nutrition questions with our trained dietitian staff • 10:30 a.m. to noon HealthWise 55 Resource Center • Free • Call (785) 354-6787 for an appointment. Zostavax Clinics • (NEW DATES) Every Tuesday and Thursday • Ask your primary care doctor if you are a candidate for the shingles vaccine. (Prescription required.) • 8 a.m. to noon • HealthWise 55 Resource Center • Call (785) 354-6787 for an appointment. Information and Referral • Assistance to help connect you with resources in the community FREE • HeathWise 55 Resource Center • Call (785) 354-6787 for assistance.
AARP DRIVING PROGRAMS AARP Driver Safety Programs • Thursday and Friday, Dec. 5 and 6 • $12 per person for AARP members, $14 per person for nonmembers. New prices starting in January. $15 per person for AARP members, $20 for non-members • Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 3 and 4 • 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. • Pozez Education Center • Must bring your AARP membership card at time of registration. Bring your HealthWise 55 membership card for a discount in the Food Connection if you plan to eat lunch at Stormont-Vail • Registration: (785) 354-5225.
HEALTHWISE 55 EXERCISE Exercise Programs Available to HealthWise 55 Members Call Health Connections at (785) 354-5225 to have a packet of information mailed to you regarding these exercise programs. • HealthWise 55 exercise group meets in the Pozez Education Center every Tuesday and Thursday, 9:30 to 10:45 a.m. Included in the schedule: chair aerobics, strength training, balance and flexibility. Cost is $25 for 20 times. • YMCA Exercise Programs with special rates for HealthWise 55 members. • Great Life Golf and Fitness with special rates for HealthWise 55 members. The YWCA and many other locations are managed by Great Life. A list of locations is included in the packet. • Kansas Rehabilitation Hospital offers aquatic exercises classes, Wavemakers and Tai Chi • Healthy Steps: A walking program sponsored by Stormont-Vail HealthCare and West Ridge Mall.
HEALTHWISE 55 LINE-UP ON TV The following HealthWise 55 television programs are available on WIBW-TV, Channel 13. HealthWise After 55 “HealthWise After 55” airs from 9 to 9:30 a.m., the first and third Fridays of each month. It offers interviews on health topics of interest to seniors, as well as the 20-minute exercise segment. Sponsors are AAA Travel and Insurance and Aldersgate Village. for Family Caregivers “for Family Caregivers” airs the second and fourth Fridays of each month, from 9 to 9:30 a.m. The show highlights information for people who are providing caregiving services to loved ones and a 20-minute exercise segment for caregivers and their loved one. Sponsors are Brewster Place, Caregivers Home Health Care and Jayhawk Patient Supply. The Exercise Programs are sponsored by Topeka Ear, Nose and Throat.
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