CANCELED: Keys to Embracing Aging - Oscoda Senior Center 7.17 - 8.28 [In Person]

July 17, 2024 - Weekly sessions, Wednesdays, July 17th - August 28th, from 12:45pm to 1:45pm. No class on Aug 7th.

Registration Deadline: July 16, 2024 - 11:59AM

Oscoda AuSable Senior Center, 653 State St. Oscoda, MI 48750

Contact: To register call Tammi (center host) at 989-739-3781.

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Keys to Embracing Aging is an interactive program that highlights 12 keys aimed at helping you to grow old gracefully, successfully, and with increased longevity, based primarily on findings from centenarian studies and the advice from those who participated. Keys to Embracing Aging will influence attitude, nutrition, physical activity, brain health, social activity, technology, safety, medical literacy, stress management, financial security, sleep, and taking time for yourself.

Keys to Embracing Aging introduces 12 healthy behavior practices that encourage optimal aging throughout the life span. The 12 keys of optimal aging include:

1. Positive Attitude

2. Eating Smart and Healthy

3. Physical Activity

4. Brain Activity

5. Social Activity

6. Tuning-in to the times

7. Safety

8. Know Your Health Numbers

9. Stress Management

10. Financial Affairs

11. Sleep

12. Taking Time for You

We’re all aging — but whether we do so gracefully is up to us! Join us for this workshop to learn 12 keys that can help you grow old successfully and with increased longevity.

No matter your age, you can take steps now to age well into the future.

WHERE: Oscoda AuSable Senior Center, 653 State St Oscoda, MI 48750

WHEN: Wednesdays, July 17 – August 28 2024, 12:45pm – 1:45pm

PRESENTER: Michelle Luttrell, MSU Extension Program Instructor, luttre15@msu.edu

COST: FREE

TO REGISTER: Contact Tammi (center host) at 989-739-3781.

*Class limit – 20 participants.

Adapted and used with permission of the University of Arkansas Research and Extension, the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture and Kansas State Research and Extension.

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