Living Well Series

• Living Well with Diabetes (Beginning April 8th)
• Powerful Tools for Caregivers (Beginning April 6th)
• Living Well with Chronic Pain Workshop (Beginning April 10th)
• Walk With Ease Workshop (No Workshops Available)
• Living Well with Hypertension (No Workshops Available)
• Stepping On (No Workshops Available)
• Ti Ji Quan Workshops (Beginning March 22nd)

Tai Ji Quan Movement for Better Balance Workshops

Tai Ji Quan Movement for Better Balance is a community based fall prevention program. The classes are taught 2x/weekly in groups where participants learn eight modified Yang style Tai Chi forms over a 6 month time frame.

Research is proven to:

• improve balance and strength
• improve flexibility and mobility
• reduce risk of falls by 55% in older adults

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  Cohort 1 - 3/22/21 - 9/1/2021 - 8:30 - 9:30 A.M.

  Cohort 2 - 3/22/21 - 9/1/2021 - 11:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M

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Powerful Tools for Caregivers

Anne Arundel County Department of Aging and Disabilities Presents Powerful Tools for Caregivers. 

Powerful Tools for Caregivers gives you the skills to take care of yourself while caring for someone else. Whether you provide care for a spouse, partner, parent, friend, someone living at your home, in a care facility or miles away - this is for a caregiver like you! Learn tools to help you:

• Reduce personal stress
• Improve self-confidence
• Manage time, set goals, and solve problems
• Better communicate your feelings
• Make tough caregiving decisions
• Locate helpful resources

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  April 6th - May 18th

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Living Well with Chronic Pain Workshop

Program Benefits

Living Well with Chronic Pain (LWCP) is a 6-session evidence-based workshop designed for those dealing with chronic pain. Participants learn self-management techniques and skills needed in the day to day management of their chronic pain condition. This program has also been proven effective with family and caregivers. This program also aims to help participants better communicate with their health care providers and make healthy day-to-day decisions. 

What Is Provided To Participants 

Participants who have completed a workshop demonstrate: 

• Pain and fatigue management 
• How to make an action plan to set and achieve attainable goals ● Problem solving 
• How to deal with difficult emotions 
• Appropriate physical activity for maintaining and improving strength, flexibility, and endurance 
• Effective decision making 
• Healthy eating 
• Communication skills 
• Pacing activity and rest 
• Working with your health care professional 

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  April 10th - May 15th

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Living Well With Diabetes

This is a FREE 6-week ZOOM workshop designed for people who have been diagnosed with prediabetes, Type 1 or Type 2 Diabetes and /or their caregivers. 

VIRTUAL classes meet 2 1/2 hours weekly. Each session builds on the last to help you learn the self management TOOLS of goal setting and creating action plans.

Come learn about:

• The complications of diabetes
• Managing blood sugar with healthy eating and exercise
• Dealing with stress
• Improving communication with healthy care providers

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  April 8, 15, 22, 29 May 6 & 13

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Hypertension 

Living Well with Hypertension is a 2.5 hour highly interactive workshop designed for people who have been diagnosed with hypertension or high blood pressure. This class teaches those participants how to better manage their condition. Topics covered include:

• What is high blood pressure
• Problems with Salt/Sodium Intake
• Home Monitoring Tips
• Where’s the Salt
• Knowing Your Numbers

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Stepping On (Falls Prevention)

Stepping On is a 7- week falls prevention workshop. Participants will build confidence and overcome their fear of falling.  Participants who attend the 2 hour class on a weekly basis will learn:

• Strength and balance exercises, adapted to their individual level
• To get back on their feet and recover from a fall
• To identify and remove or avoid fall hazards in the home and outside
• How vision, hearing, medication, and footwear affect the risk of falling

Gain professional advice from the following:

• Physical therapist
• Pharmacist
• Vision Expert
• Community Safety Specialist

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