CAC-Florida Medical Centers Hosts Community Grand Opening For Its New Wellness And Activity Center In Miami's Little Havana On Saturday Feb. 12

Online, February 3, 2011 (Newswire.com) - CAC-Florida Medical Centers will host a free community event for the grand opening of a new wellness and activity center in Little Havana, Florida. Often called "La Casita" or "Little House", CAC's Wellness and Activities Centers offer CarePlus Health Plans members and Original Medicare patients a variety of educational programs. The Wellness and Activities Centers are a social hub for many patients providing area residents with group activities that focus on wellness, healthy aging, socialization, and lifestyle enrichment, as well as games that stimulate the body and mind. CAC-Florida Medical Centers provides more than health care; the services provide quality of life through health maintenance, disease prevention and the treatment of acute and chronic conditions through both conventional and alternative healing methods.

What: Over 500 local seniors are expected to attend the Sat., Feb. 12 grand opening event, which is free and open to the public. The new wellness and activities center will be open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and will offer participants daily lunch, exercise classes, educational seminars on a variety of medical topics, such as diabetes, hypertension and depression, hurricane and emergency preparedness seminars, slip and fall prevention classes, English classes, arts & crafts, bingo, dominoes, monthly birthday celebrations among many other activities.

When: Saturday February 12, 2011, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Where: Little Havana CAC-Florida Medical Center at 1119 SW 1st Street, Miami, FL 33135
Who: Top executives of CarePlus Health Plans and CAC-Florida Medical Centers, including CAC-Florida CEO Dr. Mayda Antun and CarePlus CEO David Jarboe, along with Miami Mayor Tomas Regalado, Miami-Dade County business, political and community leaders. The event will include an invocation, ribbon cutting, live entertainment, tours of the new Little Havana Wellness & Activity Center, food and refreshments, as well as healthy lifestyle tips and demonstrations for seniors.

Why: CAC-Florida Medical Centers opened its doors in 1964 under the name Clinica Asociacion Cubana. CAC-Florida Medical Centers holds the distinction of being Florida's first managed care facility granted a license to operate as a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) as a result of the Congressional HMO Act of 1973.

Today, the CAC brand is recognized throughout South Florida for its commitment to members of communities throughout Miami-Dade County and the provision of quality, readily accessible health care. CAC-Florida Medical Centers operates 11 full-service, multi-specialty medical centers in Miami-Dade County, staffed by more than more than 100 primary care physicians and medical specialists practicing cardiology, dermatology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, geriatric medicine, gynecology, ophthalmology, neurology, urology, orthopedic surgery, otolaryngology and podiatry. For more on CAC-Florida Medical Centers, visit us at www.cacmedicalcenters.com.