Happenings

Windsor Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in South Yarmouth has scheduled a spring open house for healthcare professionals to show off its new Healing Garden May 11, 4-6:30 p.m. RSVPs requested to 508-349-7654 or www.berkshirehealthcare.org.

Cape Medical Supply has established a memorial foundation to honor company co-founder Mark Sheehan, who passed away April 2 after a lengthy battle with cancer. The Cape Medical Supply Mark Sheehan Memorial Foundation will address community needs with special focus on end of life care and cancer support services. The foundation will be professionally managed in partnership with the Cape Cod Foundation. To learn more about the foundation and learn how to get involved or make a donation, visit www.CapeMedical.com/foundation or e-mail Foundation@capemedical.net.

Demolition work has begun on several construction projects at Cape Cod Hospital. The work will include renovation of the patient registration area, main corridor and front façade of the hospital. For the patient registration area renovation, the gift shop will be temporarily relocated to the Lorusso Conference Room in the Mugar Wing of the hospital. The Casual Gourmet snack bar has been closed. All three projects are expected to be finished by June 4.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts has recognized Falmouth Hospital as a Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement SM. The designation is given to “leading institutions that meet clinically-validated quality standards and deliver better overall outcomes in patient care,” according to Dr. Allan Korn, Chief Medical Officer of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.

Neurosurgeons of Cape Cod in expanding its practice has moved down the street to 46 North Street in Hyannis, same phone number, 508-771-0006.

During Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Children’s Cove, the Cape and Islands Child Advocacy Center, in conjunction with TD Bank, is setting up 15 “Pinwheels for Preventions” gardens across Cape Cod. Every location will have 200 blue and silver pinwheels, each one representing one of 200 children who reported sexual abuse to Children’s Cove last year. In total, the 15 locations represent the more than 3,000 children that Children’s Cove, a department of Barnstable County, has helped in the 12 years since its inception.

The Upper Cape Family Network and Young Children First announce they have merged to form the new Coalition For Children. For information on programs, events and classes in the four Upper Cape towns visit www.thecoalitionforchildren.org.

Home Instead Senior Care in Centerville recently celebrated its 12th anniversary providing homemaker and companion care for Cape Cod seniors