Lauderdale Lakes teams up with Broward Health for educational seminars
Lauderdale Lakes, Fla. – Broward Health Gold Coast Home Health Services and the City of Lauderdale Lakes is hosting a series of community education seminars to provide awareness and education on healthcare and skilled nursing resources available in the local community. The following four community education events are being held at The City of Lauderdale Lakes Resource Center at 4320 NW 36th St, Lauderdale Lakes, FL 33319:
Advanced Directives
Date: March 6, 2013
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Presenter: Jinny Shearer, BHGCHHS staff
Congestive Heart Failure
Date: April 3, 2013
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Presenter: Broward Health Gold Coast Home Health Services
Grief and Loss: How do we heal?
Date: May 1, 2013
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Presenter: Jackie Matuseski, BHGCHHS staff
Laughter is the Best Medicine
Date: June 5, 2013
Time: 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Presenter: Deborah Shockley, BHGCHHS staff
“The City of Lauderdale Lakes Resource Center is proud to co-host community education events that bring significant value to our seniors and caregivers on topics of interest to them and their families” saidTreasa Brown Stubbs, director for The City of Lauderdale Lakes Resource Center. “Broward Health Gold Coast Home Health Services is fully committed to provision of quality skilled nursing services to residents of The City of Lauderdale Lakes and all that we serve” said Kermit Springstead, administrator of Broward Health Gold Coast Services.
Broward Health Gold Coast Home Health Services’ community education seminar series are designed to leverage our community ties with Broward County’s faith/community based organizations as well as municipalities in our service area. Broward Health Gold Coast Home Health Services and The City of Lauderdale Lakes have leveraged their cultural competence to reach underserved seniors and caregivers of people coping with the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. The City of Lauderdale Lakes senior community has a well-defined need to obtain pertinent information on access to viable healthcare options accessible within Broward Health Gold Coast Home Health Services and Broward Health Hospice of Gold Coast.
“The City of Lauderdale Lakes’ seniors is a great group of seniors that relayed good questions and viewpoints on their position concerning home healthcare and what home healthcare means to them,” said Kermit Springstead, administrator of BHGCHHS. “Within our home health operation, we want our community to know that we are a support resource for them to use when decisions need to be made within their families concerning their care”.
For more information about Broward Health Gold Coast Home Health Services or to find out additional information on community education programs, contact (954) 785-2990.
Broward Health, providing service for more than 70 years, is a nationally recognized system offering world class healthcare services to our neighbors in South Florida. Broward Health includes Broward Health Medical Center, Broward Health North, Broward Health Imperial Point, Broward Health Coral Springs, Chris Evert Children’s Hospital, Broward Health Weston, Broward Health Community Health Services, Broward Health Physician Group and Broward Health Foundation. For more information, visit BrowardHealth.org.
