Sacred Heart Hospital's Senior Services' program will present a free seminar on preventing financial abuse and fraud on Thursday, March 19, with the choice of two different sessions on the same topic. The day session will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart Senior Services, 5225 Carmel Heights Road, located behind Sacred Heart's Ninth Ave. parking garage.

The evening session will take place from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Mainstay Education Center, 2810 E. Cervantes Street, at the corner of Cervantes and Perry in Pensacola.

The seminar, presented by Mainstay Financial Group in Pensacola, will teach attendees strategies for recognizing, preventing and dealing with financial scams, fraud and identity theft.

Registration is required and seating is limited. To register, call (850) 416-1620 or 1-877-416-1620, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Sacred Heart SENIORSpirit is a free program for persons 55 and older.  Benefits include free screenings, seminars, special in-patient benefits such as three free guest meal tickets per hospital admission, a monthly calendar of events detailing all SENIORSpirit events, and a quarterly newsletter containing health and event information

For more information, please call Sacred Heart at (850) 416-7000 or visit us online at www.sacred-heart.org.

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