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Now serving Jackson, Josephine, Douglas,
Curry and Coos Counties
"Row Your Own Boat"
Put Life Back In Your Life
"I was tired. I hurt all the time. It felt like my
health problems were telling me what I could and couldn't do. Living Well
With Chronic Conditions workshops put me back in charge."
"Now I have the energy to do the things that matter.
I've put life back in my life."
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Here is a workshop series
that shows you how to take small manageable steps toward healthier living and
improve your ability to manage day-to-day activities of life.
Thousands
have benefited...you can too
Workshops are ongoing and registration is
required
Limited to 8-15 participants for each 6-week series
Held on the same day each week for 2 1/2 hours
For Schedules,
Registration & Information
Call: 864 - 9611
or click on
CONTACTS
for an email address
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March 4th, 2009
Living Well With Chronic Conditions in Southern Oregon
was awarded
at the 4th Oregon Annual Living Well Forum
The "Outstanding Practice Award"
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Are you interested in volunteering your
time
to co-lead Living Well workshops?
CALL: 864 - 9611
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Watch this space for future
announcements
Announcing the new Regional Living Well Project Coordinator
Arlene Logan
Now offering Living Well Workshop Series in Jackson,
Josephine, Douglas, Curry and Coos Counties
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The Oregon State University Extension Service has developed an
interactive, research-based, on-line learning series with an option for direct
instructor contact. It will be
called
“Mastery of Aging Well.”
The
five-course series will be in an online
format with instructor-narrated PowerPoint presentations, imbedded video
featuring older adults talking about aging issues as well as hands-on learning
materials Examples of the materials
include: memory enhancement games, depression measurement scales, portion
control tools.
The five courses are 1) Memory Difficulties: Should
I Be Worried? 2) Depression in Later Life 3) Medication Jeopardy 4) Food as
Medicine? and 5) Physical Activity and Exercise: Aging Bodies in Motion. The
courses can be taken individually or as a series.
Review and get more information at:
www.outreach.oregonstate.edu/aging-well
Other
educational offerings for
Living Well in
Southern Oregon...
Strong Women
-- A Tufts University program developed by Dr. Marion Nelson is offering daily
strength training classes. Women (and men) participate in 45-minutes to 1 hour
of prescribed strength training routines using free weights and leg weights,
which are provided as part of the cost of the class. Participants in these
classes have realized improvements in endurance, balance, flexibility and
overall strength.
WATCH: Community Cable
Television’s Extension Program “Healthy Living”. Time changed to 2nd Thursday of
each month, aired at 6 pm and re-broadcast through-out the month. Web site:
www.roguetv.org. Hosted by OSU Extension
faculty, Sharon Johnson.
READ:
Sharon Johnson’s Healthy Aging column runs
weekly, on Tuesdays, in the Medford Mail Tribune, Healthy Living Section
www.mailtribune.com.
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