Alzheimer's program offers ID bracelet for dementia sufferers
By EBONY WINDOM, Times Staff Writer
Published December 5, 2005
Alzheimer's Family Organization offers the Wanderers Identification Program for sufferers of dementia. Patients can get a ID bracelet or pendant with a code and phone number on it. If the person gets lost, he or she can be identified. The IDs are free for Alzheimer's Family Organization members and $20 for nonmembers. For information, call (727) 848-8888 or toll-free at 1-888-496-8004.
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Alzheimer's Family Organization offers these support group meetings:
--10 a.m. Tuesday at Baypoint Village Clubhouse, 7927 State Road 52, Hudson. Call Maria Curley at (727) 856-2196 or Joan Thaxton at (727) 863-3081.
--6 p.m. Wednesday at La Casa Grande, 6400 Trouble Creek Road, New Port Richey.
--2 p.m. Wednesday at CARES Service Center, 7505 Rottingham Road, Port Richey. Call Michael Noel at (727) 841-4207 or Maureen Bell at (727) 856-6147.
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Women's Cardia Bypass support group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point, 14000 Fivay Road, Hudson. Call Marie at (727) 843-9362.
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A free program, Alzheimer's Disease: What Caregivers Need to Know, will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday at USF Suncoast Gerontology Center at 1201 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. Advanced registration is required. Call toll-free, 1-800-633-4563 or (813) 974-4355.
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Man-to-Man a prostate cancer support group will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday at Morton Plant North Bay Hospital, 6600 Madison St., New Port Richey. Call Don Miller at (727) 868-3208.
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A breast cancer support group will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Bayonet Point Regional Medical Center, 14000 Fivay Road, Hudson, on the second floor. Call Diane at (727) 861-3713 or Deb at (727) 847-0604.
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Look Good, Feel Better program will be at 2 p.m. today at Florida Cancer Institute, 8763 River Crossing Blvd., New Port Richey. Call Sharon at (727) 842-8411.
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A free seminar, Is it Cancer? The Latest Innovations in Breast Biopsy, is at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point Conference Center, 14000 Fivay Road, Hudson. To reserve a seat, call (727) 869-5498 or toll-free 1-888-741-5119.
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Hernando-Pasco Hospice offers these 90-minute workshop on holiday grief:
--2 p.m. today at East Pasco Medical Center, 7050 Gall Blvd., Zephyrhills.
--2 and 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Hernando-Pasco Hospice, 37445 Clinton Ave. in Dade City.
--Noon Thursday at Our Lady of the Rosary, 2348 Collier Parkway, Land O'Lakes.
--6:30 p.m. Thursday at Victorious Life Church, 6224 Old Pasco Road, Wesley Chapel.
For information, call the hospice toll-free at 1-800-486-8784.
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A free seminar, Respiratory Related Sleep Disorders, will be at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at 1395 South Pinellas Ave., Tarpon Springs. To reserve a seat, call (727) 943-3600.
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Post Polio Supporters will meet at 2 p.m. today at Olive Garden, 9690 U.S. 19, Port Richey. The meeting is open to the public. Call Pat Morgan at (727) 844-7810.
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There will be a program about Medicare D Prescription Drug Coverage at noon Wednesday at Holiday United Church of Christ, 4826 Bartelt Road. Martha Gray from the Office of Elder Affairs will be the guest speaker. the meeting is open to the public. Call the church at (727) 937-1520.
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