Preventive Health and Health Promotion
Preventive Health Health Promotion provides information, services and activities for individuals over 60, their spouses and families that include:
- Health screenings and assessments
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Organized physical fitness activities
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Health promotion programs
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Medication management
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Home injury control services
Available Classes
Managing Chronic Disease
Living Well in Idaho
The program is a 6-week series of two hour sessions that address topics important for effective self-management of chronic conditions such as:
- Hypertension
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Diabetes
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Arthritis
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High blood pressure, heart disease
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Depression
Better Choices, Better Health®
This free on-line six-week workshops help people with health issues including:
- Diabetes
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Arthritis
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High blood pressure, heart disease
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Chronic pain
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Anxiety
Other Classes
Fit and Fall Proof™
Fit and Fall Proof is an exercise-based fall prevention program. Attendance at classes two to three times per week enables older adults to:
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Maintain an independent, freely functioning life-style
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Achieve gains in flexibility, enabling older adults to reach and to bend
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Improve muscular strength
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Increase balance and posture
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Improve mobility, endurance, and walking gait
Over Sixty and Getting Fit
This low cost one-credit class, sponsored by the College of Southern Idaho provides the following benefits:
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Improves all aspects of cardiovascular functioning
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Impacts maintenance of independence in old age
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Helps preserve and restore flexibility
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Improves strength, balance and posture