Health

Alzheimer's Association

Serves individuals and caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease through: education, patient/family services, advocacy for improved legislation, and funds for research.

Gallatin Senior Citizens Center

• Provides recreational activities, information/referrals, volunteer opportunities, outreach services, health screening activities and community services information to persons, age 60 and over, living in the Gallatin area.

Mid Cumberland Human Resource Agency - Homemaker Program

• Provides services to homebound senior adults.  Services include: cleaning, meal preparation, cooking, budgeting and bill paying, shopping, errands, personal care and bathing assistance, and emotional support.

Mid Cumberland Human Resource Agency - Long-Term Care Ombudsman

• Works to protect the rights and dignity of senior residents of long-term care facilities, through investigation and resolution of their complaints.

Mid Cumberland Human Resource Agency - Meals on Wheels

• Provides nutritious noon meals each weekday to persons, age 60 and above, at a group site or to homebound seniors.

Nurses for Newborns

• Provides nurse home visits to pregnant women and young families (children under 2) to promote healthy pregnancies and infant health through: assessments, education, and positive parenting skills.  Services provided to teen mothers, medically fragile infants, and mothers who have medical or mental challenges.

Portland Senior Citizens

• Provides recreational activities and health screenings to enchance the physical, mental and emotional well-being of senior adults living in the Portland area.

Pure Life Abstinence Education Program - Cumberland Crisis Pregnancy Center

• Provides accurate abstinence education in the community and to 6th - 12th grade students in public and private schools, and other settings.  Purpose of the program is to raise awareness of and reduce teen pregnancies and sexually-transmitted diseases, through engaging and creative classroom presentations and assemblies.  Teen Panel presentations (performed by trained, volunteer students) provide dramas and testimonials.

Salvus Center, Inc.

• Provides health care to uninsured, working individuals and families.  Services include: primary health care, diagnostic services, disease prevention, and prescription assistance.  Services provided on sliding scale, based on income.

Senior Citizens of Hendersonville

• Provides the facility, equipment, and programming necessary to enhance the physical, mental and emotional well-being of persons, age 60 and older, living in the Hendersonville area.  Also provides reassurance calls and home visits to homebound seniors through its Outreach Program.  Prearranged transportation is provided for medical appointments, physical therapy, or other needs.

Tennessee Poison Center

• Provides a 24-hour telephone hotline for emergency poison information, as well as promoting poison prevention through education and community outreach programs.