Category: health-fitness

CRESTVIEW — Silvercrest Health and Rehabilitation Center in Crestview is celebrating an Excellence in Action award from My Inner View, a National Research Corporation program that focuses on long ter…

CRESTVIEW — Resident deaths are inevitable at nursing homes.
But at Crestview Manor, the dying, their family members and caregivers, along with facility staffers, receive comfort from an unexpected…

CRESTVIEW —The O Negative blood supply has reached extremely low levels due to high use in area hospitals, according to OneBlood. An immediate appeal is being issued for all O Negative donors to dona…

FORT WALTON BEACH — The Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County urges residents willing to volunteer during a local emergency to sign up now before one takes place.
“Spontaneous volunteers …

FORT WALTON BEACH — No Okaloosa County parks have potentially hazardous bathing water, the Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County stated Oct. 9.
No parks failed tests based on EPA-recommen…

CRESTVIEW — A Covenant Hospice volunteer training workshop will be held 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21 and Wednesday, Sept. 23 at First United Methodist Church-Crestview, 599 8th Ave.
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The Home Instead Senior Care office serving Okaloosa and Walton counties is launching a campaign to make the community more Alzheimer’s friendly.
Through the Alzheimer’s Friendly Business program, …

CRESTVIEW — Sacred Heart Medical Group in Crestview has opened a walk-in clinic for minor injuries and illnesses.
The clinic — 550 Redstone Ave. W, Suite 200 — will see patients 12 and older.
A b…

CRESTVIEW — Sept. 4-7, blood donors will receive a “Born To Give” T-shirt, a $10 gift card and a wellness check-up of blood pressure, pulse, temperature and iron count, along with a cholesterol scree…

TALLAHASSEE – Shoal Creek Rehabilitation Center is among nine Florida nursing homes recognized with a Governor’s Gold Seal Award. The long-term care facilities deliver consistently excellent quality …