Schmieding Center sets October programs

The Schmieding Center in Bella Vista is offering several free health-related programs for Bella Vista residents.

All but the Planning Ahead and Lunch and Learn presentations will take place at the Bella Vista Health Resource Center in Highlands Crossing, 1801 Forest Hills Blvd.

• Right At Home In Home Care & Assistance will present "Design Your Mind" from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Oct. 1.

• Miracle Ear will clean and check hearing aids from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1.

• BrightStar Home Care will offer a blood pressure and equipment check from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Oct. 7.

• Health South will present "Fall/Risk Prevention" from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8.

• Highlands Health Care and Rehabilitation will do a glucose screening from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 9.

• Alliance Home Health will provide blood pressure screenings from 9 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14.

• Ellen Creakbaum will present a Family Caregiver Workshop class on Basic Home Caregiving Skills, "Preventing Falls," from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Oct. 14. This will be in partnership with Village House Care Recipients.

• Elite Home Health will offer a blood pressure and equipment check from 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15.

• Tracy Lynn Cox will present the program "Rest, Relax, Rejuvenate" from 3 to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 15.

• Better Hearing & Balance Connection will do hearing tests and aid adjustments from 1 to 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16.

• Sue Collins and Jacque Nelson will present a program on Planning Ahead, "Facebook and Other Internet Basics," from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21. This presentation will be held at Highlands Church, 371 Glasgow Road, in Bella Vista. Admission is one nonperishable food item.

• Schmieding Aging Services will offer a memory screening from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Oct. 22.

General News on 10/01/2014