Well being community to provide September workshops

The Wholesome Residing for ME community plans to provide unfastened and cheap workshops starting in September.

The workshops are being held in numerous areas all through the state through community companions and are open to grownup Mainers of every age. Moreover, the Higher Well being Now with Ache workshop is held through telephone so it may be simply accessed through other folks any place within the state, in keeping with a information unlock from the community.

Wholesome Residing for ME additionally welcomes referrals from healthcare suppliers. The community’s evidence-based programming can assist sufferers organize and save you stipulations sooner than they transform extra severe or lead to emergency eventualities.

“From Aroostook County to the midcoast, Wholesome Residing for ME’s companions are offering Mainers with a lot of alternatives to make stronger their well being and wellness. The a lot of in-person workshops starting in September give grownup Mainers the danger to be a part of a supportive workforce whilst finding out methods to regulate continual stipulations or taking part in health actions,” mentioned Monica Lizotte, program coordinator of Wholesome Residing for ME.

Residing Neatly for Higher Well being — This workshop is helping members care for ongoing stipulations similar to diabetes, COPD, arthritis, and hypertension. Subjects lined come with dealing with frustration, fatigue, ache and isolation; suitable workout for keeping up and bettering power, flexibility, and staying power; suitable use of medicines; speaking successfully with circle of relatives, buddies, and well being pros; diet; and comparing new therapies.

Residing Neatly for Higher Well being is being introduced in user in Citadel Fairfield through Aroostook Company on Growing older, a Wholesome Residing for ME community spouse. The workshop starts on Sept. 6. It is going to be held from 10 a.m. to twelve:30 p.m. Tuesdays, via Oct. 11. There is not any value to members.

Higher Well being Now with Ache — This workshop is designed for many who enjoy long-term ache; their buddies, circle of relatives, and/or caregivers also are welcome to sign up for. Members on this workshop obtain a toolkit within the mail and paintings with a pacesetter both through themselves or in small teams. Subjects lined come with pacing and making plans, medicine control, and the Shifting Simple Program.

Higher Well being Now with Ache is carried out over the telephone and is scheduled to run Sept. 6 via Oct. 11. This workshop is being introduced through Wholesome Residing for ME community spouse, MaineGeneral’s Peter Alfond Prevention & Wholesome Residing Heart. There is not any value for members.

Bingocize — This workshop combines a bingo-like sport with workout and well being schooling with the function of accelerating older adults’ practical health, well being wisdom, and social engagement.

There are 3 in-person classes of Bingocize to be had beginning in September; one in Lewiston, one in Caribou, and one in Topsham. There is not any value for members.

Wholesome Residing for ME community spouse, SeniorsPlus, is providing Bingocize at its Training Heart in Lewiston. Categories are held from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays first of all, shifting to simply Thursdays in later weeks, from Sept. 13 via Dec. 22.

Aroostook Company on Growing older is providing Bingocize in Caribou from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Categories start Sept. 13, and run via Nov. 22.

Wholesome Residing for ME community spouse, Spectrum Generations, is providing Bingocize in Topsham from 10 to 11 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. Categories start Sept. 14 and run via Nov. 28.

Tai Chi for Well being and Stability —  This workshop is involved in working towards Tai Chi, which will assist other folks make stronger stability and well being in addition to relieve ache.

Wholesome Residing for ME community companions, MaineGeneral’s Neighborhood Well being division and the Peter Alfond Prevention & Wholesome Residing Heart, are providing this workshop in user in Waterville. Categories will probably be held from 11 a.m. to midday Tuesdays and Fridays. The workshop runs via Nov. 18. There’s a $40 value for members.

Residing Neatly for Higher Well being — This workshop is helping members care for ongoing stipulations similar to diabetes, COPD, arthritis and hypertension. Subjects lined come with: dealing with frustration, fatigue, ache and isolation; suitable workout for keeping up and bettering power, flexibility and staying power; suitable use of medicines; speaking successfully with circle of relatives, buddies and well being pros; diet; and comparing new therapies.

Wholesome Residing for ME community spouse, Northern Gentle Sebasticook Valley Health center, is providing this workshop in user in Pittsfield. Categories will probably be held from 9 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays, starting Sept. 21. The workshop runs via Oct. 26. There is not any value for members.

Registration is needed for those workshops. For more info, location, cope with and to check in, touch Wholesome Residing for ME at 800-620-6036 or [email protected]. Registration additionally may also be completed via healthylivingforme.org.

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