The bus is one of two vehicles that travel the state providing free, one-stop dementia education and resources.
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Polk Agencies Join Forces To Help Inmates’ Behavioral Health
The program continues after they leave incarceration as Polk County combats a mental health crisis.
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Barnett Family Encourages Lakelanders to ‘Walk to End Alzheimer’s’ on Dec. 9
The family is raising funds and awareness in memory of philanthropist Carol Jenkins Barnett, who died of Alzheimer’s in 2021.
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Lakeland Regional Health Opens Kathleen Road Facility
The new location offers primary care and family medicine. An emergency department is coming soon.
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Boxing Class Helps Parkinson’s Patients ‘Stay Strong and Fight Back’
The PunchWorX program at the Kelly Recreation Center uses intense exercise to slow the progression of the degenerative disorder.
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LRH Going to Barber Shops to Educate Men About Health Risks
The ShopTalk program, focusing on men of color, offers health screenings and information about preventive care.
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Construction Begins on Orlando Health’s Seven-Story Lakeland Highlands Hospital
Swedish construction firm Skanska is building the $109 million, 302-bed hospital which is scheduled to open in 2026.
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Local Demand for Vasectomies Is Up, But So Are Wait Times
Lakeland has a limited number of urologists who offer the procedure, which has increased in popularity since the reversal of Roe v. Wade.
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Lakeland Regional Health Agrees to Repay $4 Million in Medicaid Funds
The U.S. Justice Department said LRH made “improper donations” in order to receive matching funds from the Medicaid program.
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Interpretation of Abortion Law Delays Ending Woman’s Non-Viable Pregnancy
An exception was written into the law, but the mother said Lakeland Regional Health’s legal team “gathered … that the mother’s life has to be affected.”