South Shore Caregiving Collaborative Announces Caregiver Fitness Forum

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DATELINE: BRAINTREE, MA… The South Shore Caregiving Collaborative, a group of diversified agencies committed to assisting family caregivers, is offering a caregiver fitness forum on Thursday, June 15th from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at New England Friends Home, 86 Turkey Hill Lane in Hingham, MA.

The FREE forum, “The Role of Exercise in the Caregiver’s Well-Being: Mission Impossible or Achievable Goal?” is geared toward educating caregivers on how to achieve better health and reduce stress through exercise. A light dinner is included.

Wayne L. Westcott, Ph.D., CSCS, Fitness Research Director at the South Shore YMCA, will discuss the feasibility of exercise options that caregivers can easily do at home.
Dr. Westcott shares his professional expertise and discusses how caregivers can achieve good health and reduce stress through exercises that can be done in 20 minutes at home in as few as two times per week. Special attention is given to practical, safe, effective and time-efficient ways to meet caregivers’ needs.

The program is made possible in part by a grant from Blue Hills Community Health Alliance, South Shore Hospital and Shields MRI of Massachusetts.

“It’s not that caregivers don’t want to reduce stress and maintain their own health; it’s just that caregivers already have long to-do lists but very little time, particularly for themselves and their own well being. But the caregiver’s health is just as important as the person’s for whom they care and in fact, directly affects the care that one can deliver,” explained Donna Ciappina of South Shore Elder Services.

To pre-register for the Forum or for more information, please call Donna Ciappina at South Shore Elder Services at 781-848-3910, ext 335.

The South Shore Caregiving Collaborative is a diversified group of agencies committed to assisting family caregivers through education and support. Members include South Shore Elder Services, Inc., Family Service of Greater Boston, Scituate Council on Aging, Norwell VNA, Senior Resource Center, Inc., and Welch Healthcare and Retirement Group.

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Since 1977, South Shore Elder Services, Inc. has been providing South Shore seniors and caregivers with the resources and services that promote and maintain optimal levels of elder independence.

As one of 27 Aging Services Access Points in Massachusetts, South Shore Elder Services coordinates and provide a wide range of services to elders and caregivers throughout Braintree, Cohasset, Hingham, Holbrook, Hull, Milton, Norwell, Quincy, Randolph, Scituate and Weymouth. The agency’s mission is to promote and maintain an optimal level of elder independence through the coordination of resources, advocacy and caregiver support.

Supported in part by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs, South Shore Elder Services is located at 159 Bay State Drive in Braintree, MA. For more information contact (781) 848-3910 or (781) 383-9790 or visit the website at www.sselder.org.