COSCO BC Workshops

Health Promotion Workshops

The Council of Senior Citizens' Organizations of B.C. has developed many health and safety promotion workshops that are available free of charge to any seniors' group. Each session lasts for approximately 90 minutes and a trained senior facilitator delivers the program. The workshops contain practical and useable information and are free of technical jargon. Participants are encouraged to make concrete plans to create a safe physical environment and to adopt strategies for healthy living.

Success

Since the first health promotion workshop on fall prevention was offered in 2007, Sheila Pither estimates that COSCO has presented some 200 workshops to over 4,000 recipients. Nineteen different workshops are currently available, with several more under development.

Current List of COSCO Workshops.

 FALLS PREVENTION
 HEALTHY EATING FOR SENIORS
 PREVENTING ELDER ABUSE & NEGLECT
 SAFETY IN THE HOME
 MEDICATION AWARENESS FOR SENIORS
 UNDERSTANDING OSTEOARTHRITIS
 OSTEOPOROSIS: THE SILENT THIEF
 DOING IT YOUR WAY- LEGAL DOCUMENTS YOU NEED
 CARE GIVING
 EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FOR SENIORS
 ABCs OF FRAUDS & SCAMS
 CREATING AN AGE-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY
 DEALING WITH STRESS
 CHRONIC DISEASES
 MENTAL HEALTH
 PENSION & TAX OPTIONS
 SOCIAL CONNECTEDNESS
 ADDICTION & SENIORS


Each workshop is about 90 minutes long and free of charge

 
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