46. Cheek-Powell Wellness Center
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (727) 462-7656
Address: 455 Pinellas St.
Description: The Cheek-Powell and Palm Harbor Wellness Centers are part of the Morton Plant Mease BayCare Health System. Each offers fitness programs, including one tailored to the needs of adolescents, nutrition classes and coaching, massage therapies of many types, and personal training. Child care is offered (call in advance). The centers are open from 4 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Friday and 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Go to www.mpmhealth.com, click on “MPM Facilities,” and look for Wellness Centers.
47. Palm Harbor Wellness Center
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (727) 772-2222
Address: 32672 U.S. 19 N.
Description: The Cheek-Powell and Palm Harbor Wellness Centers are part of the Morton Plant Mease BayCare Health System. Each offers fitness programs, including one tailored to the needs of adolescents, nutrition classes and coaching, massage therapies of many types, and personal training. Child care is offered (call in advance). The centers are open from 4 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Friday and 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Go to www.mpmhealth.com, click on “MPM Facilities,” and look for Wellness Centers.
48. Pinellas Wellness Corner
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (727) 820-4114 (Office of Chro
Address: 205 Martin Luther King St. N.
Description: This virtual Wellness Corner, includes recipes, exercises to do at your desk, and lots more. Join the 100 Mile Club or check out the Kidz Bite Back page which features a “kid-created, kid-led, and kid-spread campaign” to expose the Big Fat Industries and the Couch Potato Companies.
49. State of Florida’s Elder Helpline
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Health Care
Description: Hillsborough County Department of Aging Services provides a wide range of programs and services including respite care for caregivers, community care for the elderly, senior centers, senior adult day care programs, and other services. Check their Calendar of Events for programs like the Seniors’ Prom, the Tampa Bay Senior Games, Seniors’ Day in the Park, and other events. Hillsborough County’s Elder Helpline is (813) 273-3779.
50. Florida Department of Elder Affairs
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (850) 414-2000
Address: 4040 Esplanade Way
Description: Hillsborough County Department of Aging Services provides a wide range of programs and services including respite care for caregivers, community care for the elderly, senior centers, senior adult day care programs, and other services. Check their Calendar of Events for programs like the Seniors’ Prom, the Tampa Bay Senior Games, Seniors’ Day in the Park, and other events. Hillsborough County’s Elder Helpline is (813) 273-3779.
51. Hillsborough County Department of Aging Services
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (813) 272-5430
Address: 601 E. Kennedy Blvd.
Description: Hillsborough County Department of Aging Services provides a wide range of programs and services including respite care for caregivers, community care for the elderly, senior centers, senior adult day care programs, and other services. Check their Calendar of Events for programs like the Seniors’ Prom, the Tampa Bay Senior Games, Seniors’ Day in the Park, and other events. Hillsborough County’s Elder Helpline is (813) 273-3779.
52. Pinellas County Health and Human Services Department
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (727) 464-8400
Address: 2189 Cleveland St.
Description: Pinellas County Health and Human Services Department provides prescription drug assistance, medical care to the indigent and uninsured in our community, dental assistance, and other care programs including elderly assistance programs.
53. City of Clearwater Office on Aging
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (727) 562-4830
Address: 100 S. Myrtle Ave.
Description: Clearwater’s Office on Aging is part of the Parks and Recreation Department. Clearwater is tackling its “age wave” head on by providing services such as an Aging Well Center at the Long Center. Also at the Long Center, the city hosts the Good Life (Senior) Games, part of the Florida Sports Foundation (www.flasports.com/page_seniorgames.shtml). The city’s police department offers a Senior Academy.
54. Clearwater Senior Academy
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (727) 562-4167
Description: The Clearwater Police Department offers the Clearwater Senior Academy, three weekday sessions focusing on issues of particular interest to seniors including the state attorney’s Triad Program (reducing victimization of the elderly), fire safety, and services available to seniors. Cost is free.
55. City of St. Petersburg Office on Aging
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (727) 893-7102
Description: The City of St. Petersburg’s Office on Aging is part of the city’s Recreation Department. A number of programs, including Neighborly Senior Services offices, a Women’s Resource Center, and Suncoast Mental Health Services, as well as organized activities, are offered at the city-sponsored senior centers.
56. City of Tampa Parks and Recreation Department
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (813) 348-1180
Address: 1801 N. Lincoln St.
Description: The City of Tampa’s Barksdale Senior Citizens Center offers programs and activities ranging from low-impact aerobics to social dancing, art classes, and other activities. Each year, the city also hosts the Tampa Bay Senior Games, a program affiliated with the Florida Sports Foundation (www.flasports.com/page_seniorgames.shtml).
57. Area Agency on Aging of Pasco-Pinellas, Inc.
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (727) 570-9696
Description: Meals on Wheels of Tampa, which began in Tampa in 1975, prepares and delivers between 500 and 600 meals each day to Tampa residents.
58. Meals on Wheels of Tampa
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (813) 238-8410
Address: 550 W. Hillsborough Ave.
Description: Meals on Wheels of Tampa, which began in Tampa in 1975, prepares and delivers between 500 and 600 meals each day to Tampa residents.
59. Neighborly Care Network
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (727) 573-9444
Address: 13945 Evergreen Ave.
Description: Neighborly Care Network provides Meals on Wheels, senior dining centers, transportation to medical appointments and grocery stores, the Neighborhood Pharmacy, Alzheimer’s Care support groups for caregivers, homemaker/companion services, and other programs and services to help seniors remain in their homes for as long as possible. Many of the programs are state or federally subsidized, but many of the services are fee-based.
60. West Central Florida Area Agency on Aging, Inc.
City: Tampa Bay, FL
Category: Health Care
Telephone: (813) 740-3888
Address: 5905 Breckenridge Pkwy
Description: Both Area Agencies on Aging manage public funds, private grants, and donations for senior services for their designated geographical areas. The West Central Florida Area Agency on Aging, Inc., includes Hillsborough County and several other counties in its service area. Look for the SHINE (Serving Health Insurance Needs of Elders) program for help in navigating the Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance mazes. The Pasco-Pinellas website includes a page just for caregivers (www.agingcarefl.org/caregiver).