Fans alone aren’t enough in high heat + high humidity. Get inside in A/C or go to a public place like the library, museum, or shopping mall. Here's where to stay cool during a heat advisory, an excessive heat watch, or an excessive heat warning: Prince William County (PWC) All PWC Public Libraries during their normal business hours. 12 locations including libraries in and near Manassas City. City of Manassas City Hall, 100 Park Central Plaza, Manassas Park, VA 20111 Mon. - Fri. 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Tues. - Fri. 8:30 a.m. - 9 p.m. Sat: 10 a.m.- 9 p.m.; Sun: 10 a.m.- 6 p.m. Manassas Park Community Center, 99 Adams St, Manassas Park, VA 20111 Mon. -Fri. 8 a.m. - 9 p.m. Sat: 7 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sun: 10 a.m.- 6 p.m. Police Station, 329 Manassas Dr., Manassas Park, VA 20111 Open 24 hours /day **If you require a fan or portable A/C please reach out to PMAH to establish eligibility by calling 703.792.7663** https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/prince-william/cooling-centers-in-the-greater-prince-william-area/
Fans alone aren’t enough in high heat + high humidity. Get inside in A/C or go to a public place like the library, museum, or shopping mall. Here's where to stay cool during a heat advisory, an excessive heat watch, or an excessive heat warning: Prince William County (PWC) All PWC Public Libraries during their normal business hours. 12 locations including libraries in and near Manassas City. City of Manassas City Hall, 100 Park Central Plaza, Manassas Park, VA 20111 Mon. - Fri. 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Tues. - Fri. 8:30 a.m. - 9 p.m. Sat: 10 a.m.- 9 p.m.; Sun: 10 a.m.- 6 p.m. Manassas Park Community Center, 99 Adams St, Manassas Park, VA 20111 Mon. -Fri. 8 a.m. - 9 p.m. Sat: 7 a.m.-7 p.m.; Sun: 10 a.m.- 6 p.m. Police Station, 329 Manassas Dr., Manassas Park, VA 20111 Open 24 hours /day **If you require a fan or portable A/C please reach out to PMAH to establish eligibility by calling 703.792.7663** https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/prince-william/cooling-centers-in-the-greater-prince-william-area/
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Evidence Based Programs
Evidence-Based Programs
Evidence-based programs (EBPs) offer proven ways to promote health and prevent disease among older adults. They are based on research and provide documented health benefits, so you can be confident they work:
Health and Wellness
This 6-week workshop helps adults living with chronic conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, depression, heart, lung, or kidney disease, and fatigue. Learn practical symptom management techniques.
• Work more effectively with health care providers
• Action-planning, problem-solving, decision-making
• Exercise for maintaining and improving strength and endurance
• Healthy eating
Matter of Balance Managing Concerns About Falls
This 16-hour award-winning program is designed for adults 60 and older to manage concerns about falls, improve self-efficacy and increase activity levels. Emphasizes cognitive restructuring and practical strategies to manage and view falls as controllable.
• Set goals for increasing activity
• Problem-solve
• Make changes to reduce fall risks at home
• Exercise to improve strength, endurance, and flexibility
Fall Prevention
Bingocize®
This proven 10-week health promotion program is a socially engaging group-based program combining bingo with a mix of exercise, health and fall prevention education to help overcome health problems.
- Socialization
- Cognitive improvement
- Physical improvement
Tai Chi for Arthritis and Fall Prevention
This 16-hour program is focused on a series of slow moving meditative whole-body exercises.
Increases strength and flexibility
• Decreases pain in joints
• Decreases stress
• Helps reduce high blood pressure
• Increases sense of well-being.
• Improves balance
For more information about programs,
contact Kathleen Wiley, Evidence Based Programs Coordinator
Call 571-241-3925 or email [email protected]
Interested in becoming a volunteer coach for one of our programs? Click here for more information.