We can all laugh off those occasional "senior moments" when the brain just seems to take an unscheduled break right in the middle of something, leaving its owner with a puzzled look muttering, "Why did I come in this room?" Morton Plant Mease and Community Aging and Retirement Services are offering "Memory Fit Training," a five-week course to improve memory. The course will be offered from 10 a.m. until noon Tuesdays beginning Oct. 28 at the CARES Rao Musunuru, M.D., Enrichment Center, 12417 Clock Tower Parkway, Hudson. ...more

October 18, 2008

Besides the medical conditions that send people to the hospital in the first place, there are many other things big and small to endure as a patient: bedpans, gowns that never seem to conceal everything in back, no home cooking, boredom and limited TV options. ...more

February 11, 2008

To overcome the problem of patient isolation, Morton Plant Mease Health Care recently set up a page on its Web site. Through it friends and family can send e-mails to inpatients at: Morton Plant North Bay Hospital, New Port Richey; Mease Countryside Hospital, Safety Harbor; Mease Dunedin Hospital, Dunedin; Morton Plant Hospital, Clearwater; and the Madonna Ptak Morton Plant Rehab Center, Clearwater. ...more

February 9, 2008