Chardon Senior Center, 12555 Raven-wood Drive, Chardon, 440-279-2130. Parkinson's Support Group: Oct. 21, 11 a.m. The group will view a DVD of "Dance…
Senior Center Events
Chardon Senior Center, 12555 Raven-wood Drive, Chardon, 440-279-2130.
Parkinson’s Support Group: Oct. 21, 11 a.m. The group will view a DVD of “Dance for PD at Home,” an internationally acclaimed dance program.
Middlefield Senior Center, 15820 Ridge-wood Drive, Middlefield, 440-632-0611.
Celebrate Life: Past, Present and Future: Oct. 22, 10 a.m. UH Geauga Medical Center will present a lecture on urinary disorders.
Understanding Your Meds: Oct. 22, 11 a.m. Presented by Gateway Solutions.
West Geauga Senior Center, 11414 Caves Road, Chester, 440-729-2782.
Heart/Stroke/Coumadin Support Group: Oct 22. Rachel Hutchensin will speak about Coumadin and warfarin drugs, including what they do and why do one needs to monitor them so closely.
What’s Happening in our Parks: Oct 23. Interim director John Orosz will answer questions, helping seniors to get the facts.
Chagrin Falls Senior Center, 7060 Woodland Ave., Bainbridge, 440-247-8510.
Book Discussion: Oct. 20, 10 a.m. Kris from the Bainbridge Library will be at the center. Stop in for next month’s book.
Thompson Senior Center, 8091 Plank Road, Thompson, 440-298-3822.
What Should I Take: Oct. 16, 12:15 p.m. Geauga County Board of Mental Health and Recovery Services will present a lecture giving tips on planning for an emergency and how developing a plan can relieve anxiety.
Blood Pressure Checks: Oct 16.
Health and Wellness
The Geauga County Department on Aging has been focusing on health and wellness in many of its programs and services in order to better serve local seniors.
Education is a large part of the equation. The Department on Aging has sponsored health talks with specialists at each senior center. Each month a new topic can be found in the Geauga Senior Newsletter.
Ravenwood Mental Health offered informational pieces on “Proper Use of Medications,” “Aging and Dealing with Depression,” “Depression Screening, Emotional and Psychological Trauma from Stressful Events,” “How to Influence Good Mental Health,” “How What You Eat Influences Your Mental Health,” “How to Plan for Emergencies,” “Signs of Stress” and “Agencies Who Help with Mental Health.”
University Hospitals experts also included articles and a corresponding presentations on each subject at the five senior centers that included “Arthritis issues,” “How Proper Nutrition Becomes Increasingly Important as We Age,” “Stomach It’ssues and Treatment,” “How Eyesight is Affected as we Age,” “Thyroid,” “How to Communicate with Your Doctor,” “Urinary Tract It’ssues” and “Exercise Safety.”
Support groups can be found meeting each month at the Department on Aging’s local senior centers to further educate and assist seniors. Groups include the Parkinson’s Support Group, Veterans Support Group, Heart/Stroke/Coumadin Support Group, Grief Support Group, Low Vision Group, Caregivers Support Group, Alzheimer’s Support Group and Diabetes Support Group.
The health and wellness of seniors cannot be improved unless programs and services are offered at each senior center and at different times. A few of the programs that have been offered in 2014 are strengths and weights, floor exercise, floor yoga, chair yoga, Arthritis Foundation chair exercise, tai chi, tai chi arthritis, walking clubs (also offered off site), water exercise (off site), Zumba and chair Zumba.
The Department on Aging updated the meals program in order to offer healthy meals to our Home Delivered Meal recipients, which include no salt and therapeutic diabetic meals. The congregate meal program has also begun offering soup and salad days for a healthier diet.
To learn more about these and other health and wellness programs, call the Department on Aging at 440-279-2130.
