News from Wheeler

Wheeler's Health & Wellness Center team will have eight walk-in clinics available to assist with SNAP, SAGA, TANF, HUSKY and Access Healthcare.

Wheeler's community health center at 43 Woodland Street in Hartford is now open on Saturdays from 9 am to 1 pm as well, providing walk-in and scheduled care for cold and flu symptoms, aches and pains, minor cuts and bruises, behavioral health, addiction services, and more!

Education classes for Wheeler primary care patients with diabetes and pre-diabetes will be offered at our community health centers in Hartford and New Britain starting in December.

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Wheeler's Health & Wellness Center team will have eight walk-in clinics available to assist with SNAP, SAGA, TANF, HUSKY and Access Healthcare.

The primary five-story building at Wheeler’s flagship community health center in Hartford will be renamed the Susan Walkama Family Health & Wellness Center this spring, the Board of Trustees announced on October 29.

A matching gift campaign from an anonymous former Wheeler trustee honors retired President and Chief Executive Officer Susan Walkama, LCSW, and raises support for Wheeler’s nutrition programming, matching gifts 1:1, up to $25,000 in total.

Sabrina Trocchi, PhD, MPA, has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Wheeler Clinic effective November 2, 2019, the Board of Trustees announced today.

Susan Walkama, LCSW, who transformed Wheeler Clinic into a leading statewide provider of integrated health care services, will retire on November 1, 2019, the Wheeler Board of Trustees announced today.

Wheeler's Health & Wellness Center team will have eight walk-in clinics available to assist with SNAP, SAGA, TANF, HUSKY and Access Healthcare.

Heidi Joseph, DNP, RN, vice president, Health Center Operations, and other community health center providers, recently were featured in a Community Health Center Association of Connecticut (CHCACT) video highlighting the success of the Transforming Clinical Practices Initiative (TCPI).

Late-night stories. Songs by the campfire. Hikes, games, and more. These were among the many memories made by nearly 100 Connecticut foster children, including youth in Wheeler’s care, and their siblings, at the 11th Annual Siblings Connections Camp, August 4-9, at WFSB-TV Channel 3’s Kids Camp in Andover.

Almost one in five Americans lives with chronic pain, often so great that it affects their daily life. At the same time, the ongoing opioid crisis fuels discussions of the role that pain medications play in the epidemic and new examinations of alternative ways to treat pain. Wheeler is at the forefront, with specially trained staff who integrate behavioral health therapies and alternative approaches into plans of care at the Family Health & Wellness Center in Hartford.