Health

Implementing preventative care and critically-needed services, helping seniors stay in their own homes and providing age-appropriate mental and physical health resources.

Gallatin Senior Citizens Center
200 East Franklin Street, Gallatin 37066
(615) 451-1531  http://www.gallatinseniorcenter.org/
Hours: Monday-Thursday 9am-3pm, Friday, 9 am-1 pm.
Provides recreational activities, information/referrals, volunteer opportunities, outreach services, health screening activities and community services information.

Interfaith Dental Clinic
1721 Patterson Street, Nashville 37203
(615) 329-4790  http://www.interfaithdentalclinic.com/
Hours: Monday - Wednesday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Thursday 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Friday 8:30 a.m.-12p.m.
Restore, protect, and improve the oral health of uninsured low-income, employed individuals, their families and the elderly in Middle Tennessee through access to affordable quality dental care, oral disease prevention, and oral health education.  Interfaith offers comprehensive and emergency treatment by appointment only. 

Mid-Cumberland Human Resource Agency
1101 Kermit Drive, Suite 300, Nashville 37217
(615) 331-6033  http://www.mchra.com/
   Homemaker Program
(615) 850-3909
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Provides services to homebound seniors. Services include cleaning, meal preparation, cooking, budgeting & bill paying, shopping, errands, personal care & bathing assistance and emotional support.
   Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program
(615) 452-5259 or (615) 452-1687
Hours:  Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Works to protect the rights and dignity of senior residents of long-term care facilities through investigation and resolution of their complaints.
   Meals on Wheels and Senior Dining Program
Gallatin: (615) 452-4022
Hendersonville: (615) 824-0811
Hours:  Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Provides nutritious noon meals each weekday to persons 60 and above at a group site or to homebound seniors. 

Nurses for Newborns
50 Vantage Way, Suite 101, Nashville 37228
(615) 313-9989 or (888) 654-7427   http://www.nfnf.org/
Hours:  Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Services provided to teen mothers, medically fragile infants, and mothers who have medical or mental challenges. Individually scheduled RN home visits focus on promoting healthy pregnancies and infant health through assessments, education, and positive parenting skills. Service may begin during pregnancy and infant may be followed up to two years.

Portland Senior Citizens
114 Main Street, Portland 37148
(615) 325-0922
Hours: Monday - Thursday, 9a.m. -  4:30p.m.
Provides recreational activities and health screenings to senior citizens.  WeCare Telephone Outreach Program, as well as senior service provider information available in our library.

Pure Life Abstinence Education Program - Cumberland Crisis Pregnancy Center
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 1037, Hendersonville 37077  
Physical Address: 2229 Nashville Pike, Gallatin 37066
(615) 451-1717  
Hours:  Monday - Friday, School hours and by appointment for evening and summer events
Provides accurate abstinence education in the community and to 6th - 12th grade students in public and private schools, and other settings. Purpose of the program is to raise awareness of and reduce teen pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, through engaging and creative classroom presentations and assemblies.

Salvus Center, Inc.
556 Hartsville Pike, Gallatin 37066 (615) 451-0038
107 Imperial Blvd. Suite 3, Hendersonville 37075
(615) 822-0804    http://www.salvuscenter.org/
Hours: (By Appointment Only)
Gallatin Location: Monday, Wednesday and Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Tuesday: 12:30p.m. - 7:30p.m. and Thursday: 7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Hendersonville Location: Monday, Wednesday & Friday: 7:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m, Tuesday: 7:30a.m. - 2:30 p.m. & Thursday: 12:30  -7:30p.m.
Provides health care to uninsured, working individuals and families. Services include: primary health care, diagnostic services, disease prevention, and prescription assistance.  Services provided to those who work or live in Sumner County. Fees are on sliding scale based on income and number of dependents living in household.

Senior Citizens of Hendersonville
223 Campus Drive, Hendersonville 37075
(615) 822-8758   http://www.hendersonvilleseniors.org/
Hours: Monday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Provides the facility, equipment, and programming necessary to enhance the physical, mental and emotional well-being of persons 60 years and older.  Also provides reassurance calls and home visits to homebound seniors through its Outreach Program. Prearranged transportation is provided for medical appointments, physical therapy, or other needs.

Tennessee Poison Center
Poison Help Hotline: (800) 222-1222
Administrative: (615) 936-0760   http://www.tnpoisoncenter.org/
Admin. Hours: Monday - Friday, 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Provides a 24-hour telephone hotline for emergency poison treatment advice, as well as promoting poison prevention through education and community outreach programs. All calls are free of charge.