- Crescent Hill United Methodist Church
- Welcome to our congregation on line!
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Ministry: Serving the congregation with our gifts. SOTERIA: HEALING BODY, MIND AND SOUL
We also welcome service professionals who would like to lead a segment of the workshops. Here is a rough schedule for the program (the order of the topics presented may change from workshop to workshop, depending on which professional is leading the topic on that day). 9-9:30 Registration, juice and fruit 9:30-10 First discussion group: How vision and hearing checks are important to falls prevention 10-10:15 STRETCH: Exercises using the resistance band to improve flexibility, balance and strength 10:15-10:45 Second discussion group: Monitoring your medicines and blood pressure to prevent falls 10:45-11 STRETCH: Exercises using the resistance band to improve flexibility, balance and strength 11-11:15 Bathroom break, invitation to fix plate of food (free lunch!) 11:15-11:45 Third discussion group: Tips for Home Safety 11:45-12 STRETCH: Exercises using resistance band to improve flexibility, balance and strength 12-12:15 Bathroom break, clearing of food 12:15-12:45 Fourth discussion group: Using canes, walkers and other assistive devices safely 12:45-1 STRETCH: Exercises using resistance band to improve flexibility, balance and strength 1-1:30 Fifth discussion group: How to fall safely (and how to get back up!) 1:30-2 STRETCH: Exercise using resistance band to improve flexibility, balance and strength 2-2:30 Sixth discussion group: “Feets Don’t Fail Me Now”—foot care and shoe choices in preventing falls 2:30-2:45 Bathroom break, survey of “fall proneness” and explanation of follow-up we’ll be doing to see how this workshop helped 2:45-3:30 Cooking demo, nutrition fact sheets, recipes and conversation about how good nutrition can help prevent falls |
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We
are pleased to offer, through a Mayor's Healthy Hometown Movement grant, a Falls
Prevention workshop that will be repeated six times in early 2009. The program
is FREE, and includes take-home materials and a free lunch. Dates are Saturday,
January 24; Thursday, February 19; Saturday, March 7; Tuesday, April 21;
Saturday, May 23 and Thursday, June 04 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. You need only
register for ONE workshop--each workshop offers identical content (though the
professionals leading the sessions will vary). Registration is REQUIRED: call
502.896.0396 or email