{"id":14546,"date":"2022-08-08T09:03:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T14:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/?p=14546"},"modified":"2022-08-08T09:03:43","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T14:03:43","slug":"seniors-be-well-project-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_6\/2022\/08\/seniors-be-well-project-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Seniors Be Well Project Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Fall of 2021, an exciting partnership with the Grand Rapids Public Library (GRPL) and Trinity Health Saint Mary\u2019s Family Medicine Residency Program began as a result of the funds from an NNLM Public Library Collaboration Grant. The series was called Seniors Be Well<\/a> held once a month in the auditorium of the Main Library, the medical Residents presented health topics pertinent to the community\u2019s senior population: health misinformation, memory loss, nutrition, diabetes and heart disease, preventative medicine, advance care planning, and managing grief and stress. At some of the talks, community partners such as the Area Agency on Aging or Alzheimer Association co-presented on services available to the seniors in our community.<\/p>\n

\"Conference<\/a>Making a day of it, after the talks we scheduled a low-impact exercise class geared towards seniors, and ended the day with a book club. In between we had coffee and snack breaks and time to explore the library. Many of the participants stayed for all 3 events, and some participants became very close throughout the series. They expressed sincere gratitude for this programming just for them and how it had helped alleviate the loneliness from aging in general which was of course exasperated by the pandemic. The list of books we read and discussed is below, and participants were able to keep all the books, building a nice health library.<\/p>\n