Great River Health offers a calendar full of classes, events, programs, and support groups throughout the year to help you live a healthier, happier life.
Classes
Diabetes Education
The Diabetes Education Center at HCHC offers individual and group class settings. Classes are taught by a variety of medical professionals including a physician, registered nurse, dietitian, pharmacist, social worker, and podiatrist.
Programs
Sports medicine clinics
Parents and high school athletes, if you suspect an injury or concussion, don't wait! Our certified athletic trainers are available for on-the-spot evaluations.
Support groups
Bariatric support group
Connect with others who understand your bariatric journey. Share your experiences, feelings, and challenges in a supportive community. Find encouragement, motivation, and friendship as you navigate this chapter.
Bariatric support group events
Caregiver support group
Being a caregiver can be rewarding and fulfilling, but it can also be exhausting and isolating. Connecting with people who understand what you are experiencing as a caregiver is important. Palliative Care -Southeast Iowa Regional Medical Center hosts a monthly support group to help people connect with others and provide education on available resources.
Caregiver support group events
Diabetes
Many educational and motivational speakers present topics of interest. There is no charge, and healthy refreshments are served.
Rays of Hope
This is a free workshop to help youth navigate loss. For youth ages 8 to 15, participants will connect with peers who have had similar life experiences, create a keepsake remembrance of their loved ones, and learn strategies to cope with grief.
Stroke support group
Life after a stroke requires some adjustments. Learn how to make them and live better from healthcare professionals, other stroke survivors, and caregivers.
Survivorship 101
Let us help you adjust to your “new normal” with specially trained facilitators while you connect with the only people who can truly understand your journey—other cancer survivors and their caregivers. This nine-week program provides practical guidance for your next steps, including research-based advice on topics like nutrition, exercise, intimacy, and reducing anxiety.
Tear Soup
Based on the book "Tear Soup," the workshop provides a better understanding of grief and many suggestions for working through grief and helping others with their grief. Participants learn how to perform the “art” of grieving and how to fill the void in life left by a loved one’s death. This workshop is offered in the fall.
Tender Heart Tuesday
A community grief group led by bereavement specialists that meets on the first Tuesday of every month.