McGill Cares: New Series of Exercise Videos Promotes Healthy Aging
Join us on December 1, 2021 at noon for the next McGill Cares webcast to support informal caregivers. During candid, 30-minute interviews with leading experts, Claire Webster explores topics related to caring for a loved one with dementia.Ìý    Â
New Series of Exercise Videos Promotes Healthy AgingÂ
The senior adult fitness exercises (safe) program is designed to improve the health, mobility and independence of seniors.Ìý Safe is a series of exercise videos to help older adults gain strength, balance and flexibility to prevent falling and increase confidence to keep moving.ÌýÂ
Dr. José A.ÌýMorais is the Director of Geriatric Medicine at the McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, the Ï㽶ÊÓƵ Health Centre and the Jewish General Hospital.Ìý He is also the Academic Lead of the Dementia Education Program.Ìý Â
Dr. Morais is the creator of the safe program.Ìý He will talk about the importance of fitness to prevent falls and promote healthy aging, explain why he created the video series, and share a sneak preview.Ìý
Safe was funded by the Montreal General Hospital Foundation.Ìý It is bilingual and available for free at .
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