Health & Wellness
All of the following programs are free, other than Foot Care services.
Coffee with Caregivers
2nd and 4th Monday, 10:30 a.m.
Provides emotional, educational, and social support to members through monthly meetings. It is an opportunity to connect with others who share the same experiences and struggles in caring for a loved one with a dementia diagnosis. We ask that only caregivers attend the support meetings. Thank you for your understanding!
Mindful Memories
2nd and 4th Monday, 10:30 a.m.
Mindful Memories is a session for individuals experiencing memory and cognitive challenges to reminisce, share stories, and participate in a variety of activities to encour-age engagement and socialization. This monthly session takes place at the same time as Coffee with Caregivers to allow both the individual with dementia and the care giver to experience support in a safe environment.
Widowed Support Group
2nd and 4th Wednesdays, 2:00 p.m.
Are you a recent (or not so recent) widow or widower? The Widowed Support Group is here to discuss the struggles and changes your lives have gone through after the loss of a spouse. We all grieve in our own way. Here’s a way to have support during your grief journey.
Blood Pressure Check
First Thursday, 11:00 a.m.
Vision Source—Optical Perspectives offers free eyeglass adjustments.
Hearing Aid Cleanings
Second Thursday, 11:30 a.m.
Dr. Katie Bunker of Advanced Audiology offers free hearing aid cleanings.
Foot Care
Select Wednesday Mornings
Hermes Healthcare (from Wichita) offers quality foot care on select clinic dates. Call (316) 260-4110 for appointments.
Health Tips and Exercises
with Becky Behling
Range of motion exercises can help relieve pain, maintain normal body alignment, and help promote bone formation. Group exercise helps promote mental health and is more fun than exercising alone.
One should never do any movement that aggravates or over-extends any joint. If pain is felt, that is the body's signal to stop what you are doing! Always listen to your body!
All of the joints should be warmed up by using them from head to toe. After all joints are warmed up, more active movements will help to raise your heart rate.
Start your warm up at the head and neck with slow rotations around and up and down. Include eye movements such as the four points on a clock. Hands, fingers, wrists, elbows, and shoulders next. Follow with abdominal muscles, hips, knees, ankles, feet, and toes. Use of balls, bands, and weights may help with more strenuous movements to increase strength.
Find ways to encourage laughter and always be positive about our bodies and appreciate how we are able to move our body and to not be negative about what we cannot do. A thankful attitude is important to a successful exercise.
