The week's events

  • - Free Childbirth & Newborn Care Classes with West Wing Midwives
    Free Childbirth & Newborn Care Classes with West Wing Midwives

    Free Childbirth & Newborn Care Classes with West Wing Midwives

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    January 15, 2019

    Childbirth, Newborn Care, and Breastfeeding classes offered free of charge to Homer Medical Center clients.  These classes are all held on Tuesday Evenings from 5:30pm - 7:30pm in the South Peninsula Hospital Conference Rooms 1 & 2 (park in the lower parking lot and enter through the double doors by the cafeteria).

    You may bring a coach with you to class, you may bring food, and you may come to all, just a few or even one class!

    For questions contact Dana Whittaker, CNM or Julie McCarron, CNM at (907) 435-3040

    2019 Class Schedule:

    Tuesday, January 15th with Dana Whittaker, CNM: 3rd Trimester, anatomy, labor and birth.

    Tuesday, January 22nd with Dana Whittaker, CNM: Breathing & relaxation techniques, other pain relief options.

    Tuesday, January 29th with Dana Whittaker, CNM: Complications of labor and birth, tour of the Birth Place at South Peninsula Hospital.

    Tuesday, February 5th with Julie McCarron, CNM or Sonja Martin-Young, CNM: Newborn care.

    Tuesday, February 12th with Julie McCarron, CNM: Breastfeeding.

     

  • - Living Well Alaska: Self-Management Workshops for Ongoing Health Conditions
    Living Well Alaska: Self-Management Workshops for Ongoing Health Conditions

    Living Well Alaska: Self-Management Workshops for Ongoing Health Conditions

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    January 16, 2019

    Wednesdays January 16 – February 20

    Living Well Alaska is a six week group workshop for people dealing with ongoing health conditions or their family or caregivers.  People with all kinds of long term conditions such as arthritis, asthma, diabetes, heart disease, and other illnesses can benefit.   It offers fun with others while you practice skills to live life to the fullest and meet day-to-day challenges. At a Living Well Alaska workshop, you will learn the skills to set goals, problem solve understand and handle symptoms, eat well and be active, deal with difficult emotions and work with your health care team

    The cost is only $10 for the entire six-week series.  Registration is required.  For more information and to register, please call the hospital’s education department at (907) 235-0258.

    Download full flyers here

  • - American Heart Association CPR/AED and First Aid Classes
    American Heart Association CPR/AED and First Aid Classes

    American Heart Association CPR/AED and First Aid Classes

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    January 18, 2019

    South Peninsula Hospital offers American Heart Association CPR/AED and First Aid Classes to the public regularly - please contact the Education Department at (907) 235-0258 for more information and to register. Click here for more information.

  • - Walk with a Doc! with Bobbi Cleary, MSCP, LPC - Seasonal Affective Disorder: what it is and ways to cope.
    Walk with a Doc! with Bobbi Cleary, MSCP, LPC - Seasonal Affective Disorder: what it is and ways to cope.

    Walk with a Doc! with Bobbi Cleary, MSCP, LPC - Seasonal Affective Disorder: what it is and ways to cope.

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    January 19, 2019

    Join South Peninsula Hospital and Homer private practice counselor Bobbi Cleary, MSCP, LPC at SPARC (600 Sterling Hwy next to Homer Middle School) for our next “Walk with a Doc”! All are welcome Saturday, January 19th from 9:00 am-10:00 am for Bobbi's brief talk on Seasonal Affective Disorder - what it is and ways to cope with it and spend the rest of the hour walking at your own pace, chatting & asking any questions. This is a free event, open to all ages and abilities! There is parking up at the SPARC and down below in the Homer Middle School Parking lot. Find out more on Facebook or our page on the Walk with a Doc National website!

    Walk with a Doc is a nationwide walking program for everyone interested in taking steps for a healthier lifestyle. What better way to start your weekend than on your feet making strides to help your heart and improving your general health to live longer! While you walk at your own pace, you’ll have the opportunity to have questions answered by local physicians.

    There will be free blood pressure screenings, prizes, and refreshments!

    Please bring clean indoor walking shoes.

    Upcoming walk: February 2nd with SPH Physical Therapist Kristen Rubio, DPT on exercise & chronic pain.

    Email wellness@sphosp.org, or call the SPH Health & Wellness Department at (907) 235-0970 with questions or for more information!