NAMI offers support
The Pasco County Chapter of National Alliance on Mental Illness offers the following support groups:
Family & Friends Support Meetings for family and friends of those with mental illness:
- Atonement Lutheran Church, 29617 State Road 54 in Wesley Chapel, first and third Tuesday of every month, at 7 p.m. This is a new location for the group.
- Medical Center of Trinity West Campus, 5637 Marine Parkway in New Port Richey, second and fourth Monday of every month, at 7:30 p.m.
NAMI Connections for those living with mental illness:
- NAMI Pasco Office, 6480 Jallo Plaza, 6480 Land O’ Lakes Blvd., in Land O’ Lakes, every Tuesday, at 7 p.m.
- Medical Center of Trinity West Campus, 5637 Marine Parkway in New Port Richey, every Wednesday, at 7 p.m.
For information, call (727) 992-9653.
Gulfside orientations
Gulfside Hospice will host orientations for new volunteers as follows:
- Feb. 5 and Feb. 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at Gulfside’s Center for Hospice Care, 5760 Dean Dairy Road in Zephyrhills, for East Pasco volunteers.
- Feb. 9 and Feb. 10 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at Gulfside’s Bereavement and Community Outreach Center, 6230 Lafayette St., in New Port Richey, for West Pasco volunteers.
For information, call Kathie Poole at (727) 845-5707 for NPR class, or Tracey Thompson at (813) 780-1235 for East and West orientations.
Health, human services seminars
Pasco-Hernando State College will offer a new Community Awareness Series to students, faculty, staff and the community to learn about services provided by local agencies.
The sessions will highlight health and human services programs available in Pasco County, including public benefit, nutrition and pregnancy services.
All sessions are free, run about 90 minutes, and will be at PHSC Porter Campus at Wiregrass Ranch, 2727 Mansfield Blvd., in Wesley Chapel.
Alice Delgardo of United Way of Pasco County will present the first session Feb. 6 at 10 a.m.
For information and a list of upcoming seminars, visit PHSC.edu/calendar.
Lunch and learn in Dade City
Bayfront Health Dade City, 13100 Fort King Road, will offer a free Lunch & Learn on the topic of the Affordable Care Act on Feb. 6 at noon, at Medical Plaza I, classroom 108.
The seminar will include enrollment and renewal sessions.
To RSVP, call (352) 518-2000, ext. 5015.
Free dental care Feb. 6
Monticciolo Family and Sedation Dentistry, 5139 Little Road in New Port Richey, will offer free dental care at its annual “Dentistry From The Heart” event Feb. 6.
The first 500 people in line will have a choice of a free dental cleaning, filling or extraction.
The services will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis for those ages 18 and older.
Registration begins at 4:30 a.m., on that day and patients will be seen through 5 p.m.
Those who would like to be seen should dress for the weather and bring chairs, water and snacks as they wait outside.
For information, visit DentistryFromTheHeart.org, or call (727) 849-2002.
National Heart Month events
The Medical Center of Trinity, 9330 State Road 54, will celebrate National Heart Month with a variety of events.
During the month of February, the outside of the hospital will be lighted red to promote heart disease awareness.
On Feb. 6, the hospital staff, volunteers and visitors are asked to wear red to promote awareness.
Every Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the dining room, a different healthy lunch will be featured with a recipe card. The cost is $5.
Starting Feb. 9 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., there will be a six-week health seminar series on Mondays, presented by Community of Aging and Retirement Services. Reservations are required. Guests should call (727) 834-5630.
On Feb. 24 at 10 a.m., there will be a nutrition seminar on the concepts of heart healthy eating. Reservations are required. Guests should call (727) 834-5630.
Heart events at Regional Medical
The Heart Institute at Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point is encouraging people to participate in National Wear Red Day on Feb. 6, to raise awareness that heart disease is the No. 1 killer of American woman and is a disease that must be prevented.
Regional Medical also is having a 3K Run for Life or 3K Heart Walk Feb. 7 at 8 a.m., on the campus at Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point in Hudson.
Participants will meet at the Rao Musunuru, M.D. Conference Center, 14100 Yosemite Drive.
Registration begins at 8 a.m., with a warm-up at 8:30 a.m. The run/walk begins at 9 a.m., followed by a reception.
There will be music entertainment and raffle drawings.
For information and to register, call (727) 869-5500.
Health Fest at Bayfront
Bayfront Health Dade City, 13100 Fort King Road, will have a free Enrollment & Health Fest Feb. 7 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Medical Plaza I, classroom 108.
There will be enrollment for ACA, Medicaid and Kidcare, along with renewal sessions.
For information, call (352) 518-2000, ext. 5015.
Tuesday Tutorials
The Heart Institute at Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point will present a series of Tuesday Tutorials with complimentary lunch at the Rao Musunuru Conference Center, 14100 Yosemite Drive in Hudson.
All programs begin at noon. Upcoming tutorials are:
- Feb. 10 is “What to do When Your Heart Does Attack You.”
- Feb. 17 is “Intimacy and the Heart,” for adults only.
For information and reservations, call (727) 869-5498.
Heart health seminar
Florida Hospital Wesley Chapel is hosting a free Heart Health Seminar Feb. 10 from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Sessions include “Women’s Heart Health” at 10 a.m., “Chest Pains and Coronary Computed Tomography Angiography” at 11:15 a.m., and “Heart 411: The Insight on Radial Cardiac Catheterization” at 12:30 p.m.
Lunch will be provided.
For information and to register, call (813) 929-5432.
