NCH offers free programs for seniors in December

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. (December 4, 2015) - 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.

• Wednesday, December 9 - Healthy cooking demo: Dairy-free eggnog - 9 to 10 a.m.

• Wednesday, December 9 - Managing your diabetes 101 - 9 to 10:30 a.m.

• Thursday, December 10 - Anxiety education and support group - 10 to 11 a.m.

• Thursday, December 10 - Music and the brain - 11 a.m. to noon

• Wednesday, December 16 - Parkinson's support group - 6:30 to 8 p.m.

• Thursday, December 17 - Stroke support group - 2 to 3:30 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 489-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, and earned the Joint Commission's Gold Seal of Approval in 2015. 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.