Health
breath deeply, live moderately,
cultivate cheerfulness and
maintain an interest in life.
Blood Pressure Clinic - Don Hearn, retired R.N. will check your blood pressure.
First Tuesday and third Thursday of each month.
Tuesday September 7, Thursday September 23
10:00 am -noon FREE
Visiting Angles
On the 4th Wednesday of each month Visiting Angles Homecare will be at the Centre to take your blood pressure and check your pulse/oxygen.
September 22 10:00 am - 12:00 noon
Take Off Pounds Sensibly - Anyone in the community is welcome to join the T.O.P.S. group that meets at the Hartland Senior Center. The cost for an annual membership is $24.00 per year. Please call Carol Ringle (810) 626-2139 for additional information.
Thurs. 10:00 (weigh in) - 10:30 a.m. Membership
Massage - Diane Beach is at the center on Tuesday mornings. You must call to make an appointment. A 15-minute massage is $10.00 and 30-minute massage is $20.00. Dress in loose comfortable clothes.
Nurses Foot Care Clinics Nurses Foot Care and Massage Services will be coming monthly to the Center as an alternative choice for foot care. Each 1/2 hour session with Ava Passino, R.N. provides a whirlpool footbath, reflexology and regular foot massages, as well as toenail trimming and callus care. It is a wonderfully relaxing session in which each client receives individualized health and safety education. You must make an appointment in advance. Call (810) 626-2135. Please bring a large clean towel and socks.
If you want to speak to Ava directly you may call her at (734) 878-7330.
First Tues. & Second Thurs. of each month. $34.00
Annual Flu Shot - See Coming Events for date and times.
Health Screening Clinics - See Coming Events for dates and times.
Medical Loan Closet
The Center maintains a loan closet open to the community. We are happy to loan crutches, walkers, canes, wheelchairs, shower chairs, and other medical equipment.
- Wheel Chairs
- Bedside Stands
- Commodes
- Shower Chairs
- Walkers
- Crutches
- Canes, etc.
Choose to be Active
Staying physically active can help you:
- Keep and improve your strength so you can stay independent.
- Have more energy to do the things you want to do.
- Improve your balance.
- Prevent or delay some diseases like heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
- Perk up your mood and help reduce depression.
You don’t need to buy special clothes or belong to a gym to become more active. Physical activity can and should be a part of your everyday life. Find things you like to do.
Go for brisk walks. Ride a bike. Dance. Work around the house. Garden. Climb stairs. Swim. Rake leaves. Try different kinds of activities that keep you moving. Look for new ways to build physical activity into your daily routine.
To get all of the benefits of physical activity, try all 4 types of exercise.
1. Endurance
Be sure to get at least 30 minutes of activity that makes you breathe hard on all or most days of the week. That’s called an endurance activity because it builds your energy or “staying power.”
You don’t have to be active for 30 minutes all at once. Ten minutes at a time is fine. Just make sure you are active for a total of 30 minutes most days.
How hard do you need to push yourself?
If you can talk without any trouble at all, you are not working hard enough. If you can’t talk at all, it’s too hard.
2. Strength
Keep using your muscles. Strength exercises build muscles. When you have strong muscles, you can get up from a chair by yourself, you can lift your grandchildren, and you can walk through the park.
Keeping your muscles in shape helps prevent falls that cause problems like broken hips. You are less likely to fall when your leg and hip muscles are strong.
3. Balance
Do things to help your balance. Try standing on one foot, then the other. If you can, don’t hold on to anything for support. Get up from a chair without using your hands or arms. Every now and then walk heel-to-toe. When you walk this way, the toes of the foot in back should almost touch the heel of the foot in front.
4. Flexibility
Stretching can help you be more flexible. Moving more freely will make it easier for you to reach down to tie your shoes or look over your shoulder when you back the car out of your driveway.
Stretch when your muscles are warmed up. Don’t stretch so far that it hurts.
Information provided by International Council on Aging, www.icaa.cc , to promote Age-Friendly Fitness.