Southcoast Visiting Nurse Association announces the May schedule for free health assessments, screenings and wellness education for seniors.

This program is designed to help improve the health and well-being of seniors, age 60 and older, who reside in the Greater New Bedford area and is funded in part through a grant from Coastline Elderly Services Inc., and the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs.

Community clinics include health screenings for blood pressure, pulse rate, oxygen levels and blood sugar conducted by Southcoast VNA nurses.

Community clinics will also feature an educational component to address medication monitoring, chronic disease management, nutrition and home safety.

The May community clinic schedule is as follows:

•  Tuesday, May 1, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Buttonwood Senior Center, 64 Oneida Street in New Bedford.

•  Wednesday, May 2, from 10 a.m. to noon at Brooklawn Senior Center, 1979 Acushnet Avenue in New Bedford.

•  Tuesday, May 8, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Marion VFW, 465 Mill Street in Marion. This screening includes a medication review with a Pharmacist.

•  Thursday, May 10, from 10 a.m. to noon at Immigrants Assistance Center, 58 Crapo Street in New Bedford.

•  Wednesday, May 16, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Hazelwood Senior Center, 553 Brock Avenue in New Bedford.

•  Thursday, May 17, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Rochester Council on Aging, 67 Dexter Lane in Rochester.

•   Thursday, May 17, from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Ashley Park Drop-In Center, 543 Rivet Street in New Bedford

•  Wednesday, May 30, from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at Downtown Senior Center, 572 Pleasant Street in New Bedford.

The program also provides individual, in-home assessments for those who cannot attend a community clinic. The individual assessment with a Southcoast VNA nurse includes a personal health assessment, an assessment of the individual’s medications as well as one on one wellness education.

Participants identified as having a need for better management of a chronic disease may be offered an in-home monitor that will take daily vital signs in the comfort of the individual’s home.

The program will also provide free immunization education and immunization clinics to improve the immunization rate of the elderly in the Greater New Bedford region.

For more information on community clinics, individual assessments or immunization education and clinics, call 800-698-6877.