{"id":92902,"date":"2017-09-12T08:33:18","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T13:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=92902"},"modified":"2017-09-12T08:33:18","modified_gmt":"2017-09-12T13:33:18","slug":"matter-of-balance-classes-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/09\/12\/matter-of-balance-classes-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Matter of Balance&#8217; classes announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Home Health Care Solutions home care agency has scheduled fall \u201cMatter of Balance\u201d classes free to public, held at the Wellness Center from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Tuesdays, starting October 10 and ending November 14.<\/p>\n<p>Classes are taught by certified instructors through the Area Agency on Aging. Instructors include occupational therapist Katie Morman and Cherie Conrad, RN.<\/p>\n<p>Many older adults experience concerns about falling and restrict their activities. A \u201cMatter of Balance\u201d is an award-winning program designed to manage falls and increase activity levels. This program emphasizes practical strategies to manage falls.<\/p>\n<p>Through the program, individuals will learn to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>View falls as controllable<\/li>\n<li>Set personal goals for increasing activity<\/li>\n<li>Make safety changes to reduce fall risks at home<\/li>\n<li>Exercise program to increase strength and balance<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Who should attend?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Anyone concerned about falls<\/li>\n<li>Anyone interested in improving balance, flexibility, and strength<\/li>\n<li>Anyone who has history of falls<\/li>\n<li>Anyone restricting activities because of falling concerns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Call the Home Health Care Solutions office to register at 419.238.3133 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Class size is limited to 15 participants and participants are asked to commit to six weeks to get full benefits from the class.<\/p>\n<p>Follow-up classes are offered at the Wellness Center to continue additional balance education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information Home Health Care Solutions home care agency has scheduled fall \u201cMatter of Balance\u201d classes free to public, held at the Wellness Center from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Tuesdays, starting October 10 and ending November 14. Classes are taught by certified instructors through the Area Agency on Aging. Instructors include occupational therapist Katie Morman and Cherie [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifestyles"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-20 07:11:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92902\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}