SPARC Open Walks
Attention walkers! SPH is hosting free open walks for all, every Monday at SPARC from 11:45-12:45pm starting in January! Join us on Monday January 13th at 11:45am for a kick-off event with PTA Emilie Otis! Learn about how to establish a safe and healthy walking structure, tips on injury prevention, and proper stretching techniques!
Chaos Compass – South Peninsula Hospital
MINDFULNESS COURSE
Chaos Compass-Start date delayed to January 16th!
Ready to navigate life’s chaos with confidence?
Introducing “Chaos Compass,” a free four-week course designed for teens aged 14-18, led by Homer Medical Center’s Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Devry Garity. Explore a brain-based understanding of yourself and others as we journey through techniques to strengthen our minds, sharpen focus, manage emotions, make wise decisions, and cultivate deeper connections. Let’s chart our course together!
Date: Thursdays: January 16th – February 6th
Time: 4:15-5:30pm
Cost: Free
Location: KPC Campus
Audience: Teens ages 14-18
Email wellness@sphosp.org to register
Open Enrollment for Health Care Coverage
Don’t miss your chance to get affordable health insurance!
Open Enrollment for the Affordable Care Act is November 1 through December 15, 2024.
Visit www.healthcare.gov to sign up, or call our Financial Navigator at 907 235-0994 to make an appointment.
We’re here for you!
Wellness Wednesday: Micro Yoga – a Therapeutic Practice with Jacquelyn Forster, OTR/L, CLT
Wednesday, November 20. Micro Yoga is a practice based on the Cantienica Method developed in Germany. It is a technique that focuses on body awareness, deep inner core, breath, and visualizations to hold your body’s joints in proper placement to perform poses and exercises. This technique encourages proper alignment and will extend the life of your joints increasing your health and mobility now and for years to come.
Wellness Wednesday: Stress Management and the Art of Being at Peace with Dr. Rob Downey
Big thanks to Doc Downey for sharing his expertise with the community time and time again! He recently gave a great presentation at a Wellness Wednesday event titled “Stress Management and the Art of Being at Peace”. This presentation was recorded, you can check it out below, and learn more about his upcoming retreat being held in Costa Rica this February!
SPH is grateful to have Seaworthy Functional Medicine on our team!
https://healthacceleratorfx.com/yoga-and-functional-medicine-in-costa-rica/
View the power point slides here: https://bit.ly/Doc-downey-peace
Wellness Wednesday: Thyroid Health with Dr. Hennigan
Join SPH Specialty Clinic Provider and Endocrinologist Dr. Michael Hennigan as he shares with us the basics of thyroid health! The thyroid is an important endocrine gland that makes and releases certain hormones. The thyroid’s main job is to control metabolism (i.e- how the body uses energy!). Come learn more at Wellness Wednesday!
End of Life Decision Making – recording now available
Thank you to all the many community members who attended this year’s installment of the free educational presentation “End of Life Decision Making” with Dr. Giulia Tortora from Homer Medical Center, local Estate Planning Attorney Lindsay Wolter, and Hospice of Homer Death Doula Morgan Laffert! These amazing professionals gave their presentation on end-of-life planning covering living wills, medical power of attorney, legal and medical decisions, and emotional considerations. For those of you who could not attend in person, or just want to watch again, we are happy to provide this recording, as well as the slides and handouts.
Alaska POLST (Physician Orders for Life Sustaining Treatment) Form
Chaos Compass: Mindfulness with Teens
Ready to navigate life’s chaos with confidence? Introducing “Chaos Compass,” a free six-week course designed for teens aged 14-18, led by Homer Medical Center’s Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Devry Garity. Explore a brain-based understanding of yourself and others as we journey through techniques to strengthen our minds, sharpen focus, manage emotions, make wise decisions, and cultivate deeper connections. Let’s chart our course together!
Chaos Compass: Mindfulness with Teens
Date: Thursdays: August 22nd – September 26th
Time: 4:15-5:30pm
Cost: Free
Location: KPC Campus
Audience: Teens ages 14-18
Email wellness@sphosp.org if interested.
Panel Discussion Set on Addiction Treatment Services
Routes to Recovery, a panel discussion of local treatment options for substance misuse, will take place on Wednesday, June 5 at 5:30pm at the Kachemak Bay Campus on Pioneer Avenue.
This event will feature panelists from Homer Medical Center’s Medication for Addiction Treatment program, Set Free residential program, Ninilchik Traditional Council’s treatment and peer support program, Cook Inlet Counseling and SPH Serene Waters Mental Health Services. Panelists will discuss local options for residential and outpatient treatment, counseling services and peer support programs.
This event is free and open to the public, and designed for anyone interested in learning more about local substance misuse treatment for themselves, friends, family or anyone impacted by addiction. Individuals working the field of recovery are encouraged to attend as well.
This event is co-sponsored by South Peninsula Hospital and All Things Recovery. Call Annie Garay, SPH Health & Wellness nurse educator, at (907) 235-0285 for additional information.
