Health Promotion
Better Choices - Better Health
If you are at least 18 years old or older and have a chronic disease or care for someone who has a chronic disease this program can help. Each workshop is six weeks, meeting 2 ½ hours per week. The classes are fun with time for sharing and providing suggestions to help others. Peer Leaders are in the process of scheduling workshops in various cities, to attend or to schedule a class for your group, call Siouxland Aging Services for more information.
Better Choices - Better Health Goals
- Bring people with chronic diseases together in a community setting
- Introduce tools to improve the quality of daily life
- Participants gain self-confidence in their ability to be good self-managers
- Control how their health problems affect their lives
Better Choices - Better Health Characteristics
- Highly interactive
- Introduces a variety of skills
- Focuses on goal setting
- Practices using management skills
- Shares experiences while helping others
- Emphasizes mutual support
Matter of Balance
Do you have concerns about falling? A Matter of Balance is an award winning program that can help reduce the fear of falling, reduce the risks for falling, and increase the activity levels of older adults who have concerns about falling.
A Matter of Balance classes help participants view falls and fear of falling as controllable. Participants learn to set realistic goals to increase activity and to reduce risk factors for falling. Participants learn exercises that have been proven to be effective in increasing strength, flexibility, and improving balance.
A Matter of Balance is for older adults who have concerns about falling or have experienced a fall, who have restricted their activities because of their fall concerns, or are interested in improving their strength, flexibility, or balance.
The only requirement for participation in A Matter of Balance workshop is you must be aged 60 or older, able to problem-solve, and be able to walk with or without some assistance.
Siouxland Aging Services is also looking for coaches to teach participants A Matter of Balance within the five counties that we serve (Cherokee, Ida, Plymouth, Monona, and Woodbury).
If you are interested in becoming a coach or if you would like to attend a workshop, please call Siouxland Aging Services.
Both these programs are listed on the Iowa Healthy Links web site: www.iowahealthylinks.org