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	Home Behavioral and Mental Health Cancer Children's Health Critical Care Emergency & Trauma Geriatrics (Older Adults) Great Plains Rehabilitation Services - Medical Products Heart and Vascular Home Care and Hospice Medical Imaging & Radiology Neuroscience Orthopedics Renal Services Rehabilitation Services The Clinics of St. Alexius Surgical Services Women's Health		Geriatics (Older Adults) Center of Excellence The Eldercare Program at St. Alexius provides a variety of services for seniors, their family members, and professional caregivers. An Eldercare Community Education Program is held on the second Thursday of each month. This is open to all ages. For information on upcoming topics, select the ‘Classes, Events & Support Groups' link below or call 701-530-7700. A free membership program for those age 60 and better, and their caregivers, is the "Especially For Seniors" program. "Especially For Seniors" members receive free quarterly newsletters with health information of interest, reduced registration fees at education programs, and free information about services for senior adults at St. Alexius and in the community. Anyone wanting a membership application should call the St. Alexius Eldercare Program at 701-530-7755. Senior Adult Services in the Bismarck/Mandan Community Especially for Seniors Newsletter Classes, Events & Support Groups Geriatric Physicians The St. Alexius Human Performance Center is one of the area's premiere therapeutic and rehabilitation facilities. It offers physical and occupational therapy in order to treat many of the conditions associated with aging. Some of the most common conditions treated at the HPC are Arthritis, Balance and Dizziness, Vertigo and Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV). The therapists at the HPC will utilize a variety of modalities and manual treatments in order to reduce pain and swelling associated with Arthritis. Balance and Dizziness, and Vertigo are treated with a series of specialized exercises and may include the use of sophisticated equipment from NeuroCom within its Balance and Dizziness Center. St. Alexius has the only NeuroCom equipment in the region for the treatment of Balance and Dizziness. Ask the care providers of the Geriatrics COE if referral to the Human Performance Center is appropriate for you. For more information about the St. Alexius Human Performance Center and its care of age related conditions, please call 701-530-8100 or 800-222-7858. Support the Geriatrics (Older Adults) Center of Excellence

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