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
Dates: March 22, 2021 - September 1, 2021. Virtual zoom classes options are listed below. 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. Register using form below or email Clemie Pizzillo. |
- Taj Ji Quan
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
Workshop dates are April 6th - May 18th. Register using form below or email Penny Tilghman. |
- Register for Powerful Tools for Caregivers
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
Workshop Details: Dates: April 10- May 15, Saturdays Time- 9:30-12:00, noon, on ZOOM. Register below using the online form or by contacting Penny Tilghman, 410-222-0268 or 410-980-8952, or by email. |
- Register for Living Well With Chronic Pain
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
This 6 week workshop begins on February 9th at 6 PM. Materials will be mailed to you. You must be able to access ZOOM. For questions about the series call or email Penny Tilghman at the Department of Aging at (410) 222-0268. |
- Register for Living Well with Diabetes
Walk With Ease - A program for better learning
Walk With Ease is a 6 WEEK self-management, community-based physical activity and education program.
While walking is the central activity, this program also includes health education, stretching and strengthening exercises, and motivational strategies. Walk With Ease will help you:
- Motivate yourself to get in great shape
- Walk safely and comfortably
- Improve your flexibility, strength
- and stamina
- Reduce pain and improve overall health
** All participants must be able to stand on their feet without pain for at least 10 minutes.**
There are currently no workshops available. To inquire about upcoming workshops, please call or email Clemie Pizzillo at the Department of Aging at (410) 222-0268. |
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
There are currently no workshops available. To inquire about upcoming workshops, please call or email Penny Tilghman at the Department of Aging at (410) 222-0268. |
- Register for Living Well with Hypertension
Stepping On (Falls Prevention)

Notice Regarding Stepping On
Due to COVID-19 this class will not be offered until in-person classes resume.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
There are currently no workshops available. To inquire about upcoming workshops, please call or email Penny Tilghman at the Department of Aging at (410) 222-0268. |
- Register for Stepping On (Fall Prevention)