Caring & Professional

Swift, reliable access to quality healthcare is critical to businesses and residents alike. Dover has been home to Wentworth-Douglass Hospital since it was founded in 1906. The hospital is the largest in the New Hampshire and Southern Maine Seacoast region, with a progressive medical staff, skilled nurses, and other employees providing a full array of services, as well as a number of specialty programs and facilities.

The hospital’s Seacoast Cancer Center serves patients within a 50-mile or greater radius and features a simulator unit, providing convenient high-quality cancer care in one location. Wentworth-Douglass Hospital consistently has demonstrated its commitment to the health profession and the community through the numerous healthy lifestyle programs that it provides for children and adults throughout the Seacoast.

The Avis Goodwin Community Health Center also provides invaluable services to the community, including health and wellness programs and education, prenatal through senior-focused comprehensive healthcare services, diabetes treatment programs, dental services, and much more. For the insured as well as the uninsured, this facility has received many honors for the quality of its services.

A number of specialty services are located in Dover, including Dover Pediatric, Dover Foot Specialty Center, Coastal Neurology Services, Great Bay Neurosurgical Association, Garrison Women’s Health, and Dover Women’s Health. The professional staffs at these health centers are committed to meeting the healthcare needs of the greater Dover community.

The greater Dover area also offers an array of health services for employers. Occupational Health Services specializes in workplace wellness, work-related physicals, injury management, and physical therapy. Seacoast RediCare provides occupational healthcare, including physical examinations, drug and alcohol testing, and treatment for work-related injuries. REHAB 3 provides outpatient physical and occupational rehabilitation and speech therapy. Located on Route 108, it is the largest locally based network provider of rehabilitation services in the Seacoast.

Alternative healthcare methods are also taking root in the Dover area. Dover Yoga Studio offers instruction in many different styles of yoga. Chiropractic services include the Blackman Chiropractic Center, Forbes Family Chiropractic, and Wellspring Chiropractic Center. For acupuncture, visit Essential Energy; Makai Naturopathic Center and Health Spirit Center also offer a range of healing treatments.

Kaleidoscope East Hypnosis Center, which helps people change habits and cope with life in healthier ways, is located in the same building as the Herbal Path, a natural pharmacy offering a variety of remedies. There also are a large number of massage providers in the area, and the McIntosh Massage Therapy Clinic provides reduced-price massages as training for the school’s students.

Opportunities for exercise abound in Dover, with variations to accommodate just about every workout style. The Works Health and Fitness Center features a multipurpose athletic facility with racquetball and tennis courts, three pools, two cardiovascular centers, weight training and more. World Gym Health and Fitness is a popular gym, offering a full complement of equipment and fitness programs. Curves for Women and Ladies Workout Express specialize in hydraulic resistance strength training, cardiovascular exercise, and weight loss counseling. Tri-Star Gymnastics and Dance offers gymnastics classes for all ages and competitive team programs. Fusion Dance Academy provides instruction for all ages in ballet, pointe, tap, jazz, hip hop, modern creative movement, video jazz, and funk.

Downtown Dover’s recreation complex, located in Henry Law Park, consists of Butterfield Gym and a year-round indoor pool. The gym features a regulation basketball court, two fully equipped exercise rooms, a boxing loft, and a teen center. The center offers several recreational programs as well as an outdoor playground and picnic area. The Rotary Club of Dover was instrumental in the building of the adjacent Rotary Arts Pavilion, an exceptional and popular venue for concerts and productions.

The City of Dover’s Guppey Park features a 50-meter outdoor pool named for Dover’s Jenny Thompson, one of the top U.S. Olympic swimmers of all time. Also within the park is the year-round Dover Arena, home to a youth hockey program and the Great Bay Skating Club, which offers figure skating lessons for all ages. Guppey Park also features four lighted softball fields, volleyball courts, and a picnic pavilion.

The greater Dover community also offers a number of services for elders and others with disabilities. The VNA
provides nursing, home health aids, homemaker assistance rehab therapies, and a health clinic. The Wentworth Home, Wadleigh House, Saint Ann Healthcare Center, Langdon Place of Dover, and the Inn at Spruce Wood in Durham all offer a full continuum of retirement healthcare, independent living, support, and care of people with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. Community House Calls helps elders continue to live in their homes by providing everyday services.

Wentworth Homecare and Hospice provides nursing, health aide, and therapy services in the home, and Dover Rehab and Living Center is a nursing home specializing in medical and subacute care. The Homemakers Health Services provides comprehensive home health, adult medical day care, Alzheimer’s respite care, clinics and wellness programs, and services for the elderly and disabled. Seacoast Hospice provides caring hospice service as well.

Community Partners assists individuals with developmental disabilities in becoming active members of the community by providing opportunities for independent living, day services, residential service, health services, and more. Odyssey House serves the needs of troubled and substance abusing youth in New Hampshire and Maine.