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Morrison Senior Living's Travel the World program enriches lives with a culinary journey
From Cinco de Mayo to Oktoberfest, residents in Morrison's client communities experienced stimulating dining events every month during the yearlong Travel the World program. In 2014, the program received the ICAA Innovators Practical Solutions Award, which recognizes wellness products and services that demonstrate creativity and excellence.
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Senior PUMP: a high-level fitness program incorporates functional movements by Michael McCann, MS, Jeff Rose, BS, MBA, Jessica N. Enriquez, BS, ACSM, PT, and Jenna Belt, BS, ACSM, PT, RYT
At Friendship Village of Schaumburg, Illinois, the Lifestyles team has developed a new level of a higher-engagement fitness program and introduced it to the independent-living area of our continuing care retirement community. This program, called Senior PUMP (Physical-Uplifting-Motivational-Power), takes elements of high-intensity interval training (HIIT) and adapts them for older adults.
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NuStep's Pinnacle achievers demonstrate wellness excellence
Ask active-aging professionals what they love about their work, and one thing they'll say is it’s their ability to make a difference in the lives of older adults. Those dedicated to active aging promote a healthier, more vibrant way of aging, offering opportunities and environments that encourage living well. The impact on people's lives can be remarkable. Equipment manufacturer NuStep Inc., located in Ann Arbor, Michigan, shares this passion for Transforming Lives. With the NuStep Pinnacle Award, the company recognizes--and spotlights--organizations that advance older-adult wellness through the seven dimensions of wellness.
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Inverness Village promotes living "stronger" with Blue Zones campaign
Building on existing efforts to support whole-person wellness, Inverness Village launched a semester-long campaign in 2014 based on Dan Buettner’s bestseller "The Blue Zones," a book that describes the shared traits of populations in five long-lived areas of the world. The semester was the community’s most influential to date, observes Director of Wellness Jana Headrick.
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IntergenSational! A Plymouth Place initiative connects "the young and the young at heart"
Powered by the energy it inspires, IntergenSational is a "dynamic artistic and cultural collaboration" between Plymouth Place Senior Living and local schools and youth organizations. This multifaceted program provides robust opportunities for the generations to come together, learn from each other and develop relationships.
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Still Hopes creates a winning triathlon-training program
How do you raise the bar on older-adult fitness, promote confidence and a sense of achievement in participants, and challenge stereotypes of aging all at the same time? Still Hopes Episcopal Retirement Community has answered that question with its Triathlon Team and Training Program.
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