Exercise program for inactive older adults to launch in Santa Paula
Santa Paula News
Published: April 23, 2008
A nationally renowned program designed to help inactive seniors improve their overall health and lifestyle is being introduced in Santa Paula thanks to the combined efforts of SCAN Health Plan and the Santa Paula Senior Center.
A nationally renowned program designed to help inactive seniors improve their overall health and lifestyle is being introduced in Santa Paula thanks to the combined efforts of SCAN Health Plan and the Santa Paula Senior Center. The award-winning program, called Active Living Every Day, teaches seniors the skills needed to bring physical activity into their daily lives.
The initial session will begin on Tuesday, May 6 at 10 a.m. at the Santa Paula Senior Center, 530 W. Main Street. The class, which is led by a certified instructor, will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays for 14 weeks.
This class is now forming. Anyone interested in participating should call the SCAN Senior Resource Center at 658-0365 for more information and to see if you qualify.
Participants should be 65 years or older and not regularly physically active. The $40 program is being offered free to the first 20 qualified seniors. The full 14-week commitment is required.
Physical activity does not need to be strenuous or time-consuming, said Steve Lehman, MPH, MBA, manager of the SCAN Senior Resources Center in Ventura. The Active Living Every Day program helps people discover simple ways to make activity part of their day and help them reap the health rewards of being more active.
The renowned Cooper Institute developed Active Living Every Day, and in 2006 the program won a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Innovation in Prevention Award. SCAN introduced this successful program in Ventura in 2007, and is currently conducting the program at the Camarillo Health Care District.
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