Virginia Commonwealth University Partnership for People with Disabilities (VCU-PPD) and the Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) is conducting a survey of Area Agency on Aging (AAA) clients across Virginia. The aim of the National Core Indicators-Aging and Disabilities (NCI-AD) Adult Consumer Survey is to gather information about the services that AAA clients receive, their needs and preferences, and their quality of life. A random sample of AAA clients across Virginia will be selected for the survey and contacted by VCU-PPD staff. The NCI-AD survey is administered by VCU-PPD staff over the telephone. Participating in the survey is voluntary and completely anonymous. Your voice matters! If you are contacted by VCU-PPD, please consider participating. If you have any questions, you may contact Kathy Lee-Meredith by phone at 703.792.7150 or email [email protected] For more information about the NCI-AD Adult Consumer Survey can also be found at this website: http://www.nci.partnership.vcu.edu.
Virginia Commonwealth University Partnership for People with Disabilities (VCU-PPD) and the Virginia Department for Aging and Rehabilitative Services (DARS) is conducting a survey of Area Agency on Aging (AAA) clients across Virginia. The aim of the National Core Indicators-Aging and Disabilities (NCI-AD) Adult Consumer Survey is to gather information about the services that AAA clients receive, their needs and preferences, and their quality of life. A random sample of AAA clients across Virginia will be selected for the survey and contacted by VCU-PPD staff. The NCI-AD survey is administered by VCU-PPD staff over the telephone. Participating in the survey is voluntary and completely anonymous. Your voice matters! If you are contacted by VCU-PPD, please consider participating. If you have any questions, you may contact Kathy Lee-Meredith by phone at 703.792.7150 or email [email protected] For more information about the NCI-AD Adult Consumer Survey can also be found at this website: http://www.nci.partnership.vcu.edu.
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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.