NCH Offers Free Programs for Seniors in December

Posted December 02, 2014 10:00 pm

Northwest Community Healthcare

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (December 3, 2014) - Northwest Community Healthcare (NCH) is hosting several free programs for adults over age 55 in December at the Arlington Heights Senior Center, 1801 W. Central Road, Arlington Heights. To register for the following programs at the Senior Center, call 847.253.5532. You do not need to be an Arlington Heights resident to attend.

• Thursday, December 4 - Brains and balance - 11 a.m. to noon

• Thursday, December 4 - Oh, my aching neck - noon to 1 p.m.

• Wednesday, December 10 - Healthy cooking demonstration - 9 to 10 a.m.

• Thursday, December 11 - Dealing with darkness: the holiday blues - 10 to 11:30 a.m.

• Monday, December 15 - Ergonomics and body mechanics - 10 to 11 a.m.

• Tuesday, December 16 - How to take your medications - 11 a.m. to noon

• Thursday, December 18 - Motivated to exercise? - 11 a.m. to noon

• Thursday, December 18 - Coumadin - What you need to know - noon to 1 p.m.

About Northwest Community Healthcare (NCH)

Serving Chicago's northwest suburbs since 1959, NCH is a comprehensive, patient-centered system of care that serves more than 350,000 outpatients each year and more than 20,000 inpatients treated annually at the 496-bed acute care hospital in Arlington Heights. The award-winning hospital holds the prestigious Magnet designation for nursing excellence, is designated as a Primary Stroke Center, earned the Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval in 2011, and was awarded the Leapfrog Group's designation as one of the nation's Top Hospitals based on quality and safety criteria. NCH has four Immediate Care locations in the northwest suburbs and operates an NCH Easy Access walk-in clinic in Palatine. NCH has a medical staff of more than 1,000 physicians, which includes the board-certified primary care doctors and specialists of the NCH Medical Group. These physicians have selected our facility as a place where they want to treat and care for their private patients. For more information, or to find a doctor on the NCH Medical staff, visit www.nch.org.

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